by Jamie Notter | Sep 23, 2014 | Change, Leadership, Truth
As I typed in the title of this blog post, I asked myself, “Why would I have the need to say that out loud?!” But I do. Because in organizations, many of us are miserable with the way things are, and instead of changing it, we simply conclude that this is...
by Jamie Notter | Aug 29, 2014 | Books and Reading, Leadership, Managing People
This week’s Friday quote is by Peter Block (though I’m reading the quote in Lindy and Maddie’s Open Community book, p. 118): Community is not built by specialized expertise, or great leadership, or improved services; it is built by great citizens....
by Jamie Notter | Aug 5, 2014 | Leadership, Strategy
Almost everyone is on the data bandwagon these days. Even those who might still be skeptical about the whole “big data” thing will likely admit that using data in decision making is critical, and we all have stories of organizations, leaders, and managers...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 9, 2014 | Change, Humanize, Leadership
One of the main points that I make in my keynote speeches these days is that we are currently standing in the neutral zone between two distinct eras of leadership and management. The old era started in the early 1900s, as we ramped up the industrial age, and for the...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 8, 2014 | Books and Reading, Individual Development, Leadership
Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by the Arbinger Institute Berrett-Koehler Publishers, Inc. 2010 This book argues that many problems we face internally in our organizations (conflict among employees or silos, nasty bosses, ineffective employees,...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 7, 2014 | Culture, Leadership
This is a guest post from Eric Lanke, the CEO of the Fluid Power Association. How does an association executive build and sustain the culture of his organization? Specifically, what is his role versus others in the organization’s hierarchy? Conventional wisdom says...
