by Jamie Notter | Jan 14, 2011 | Individual Development, Managing People
Jim Collins is probably best known for his Good to Great book, but I remember seeing a video of him speaking years ago talking about career development. He drew a classic three-circle venn diagram. Two of the circles were "what you love to do" and "what...
by Jamie Notter | Nov 18, 2010 | Generational Diversity, Managing People
When I talk about generational differences, I try to distinguish between the real stuff and the "hype." The hype is always judgmental, typically focuses on the negative, and usually blames a particular generation for being the source of a problem in the...
by Jamie Notter | Oct 26, 2010 | Learning, Managing People
Ask a random person on the street, and they'll support collaboration. Of course it's a good idea when people get together to work on something, solve a problem, help each other out. I'll go out on a limb and suggest that you, reading this post, agree that...
by Jamie Notter | Jul 15, 2010 | Conflict, Individual Development, Managing People
We spend a lot of time wringing our hands over the problems that "others" have in our lives. The Board isn't strategic enough. The boss doesn't understand me. That department over there is not cooperative or competent. My spouse doesn't...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 25, 2010 | Conflict, Individual Development, Managing People
The title of this post, of course, is the reverse of the popular phrase, "I'll believe it when I see it." In other words, until you show me proof, I'm not sure I'm going to believe you. That is fine, and it reflects our cultural bias...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 25, 2010 | Conflict, Individual Development, Managing People
The title of this post, of course, is the reverse of the popular phrase, "I'll believe it when I see it." In other words, until you show me proof, I'm not sure I'm going to believe you. That is fine, and it reflects our cultural bias...
