by Jamie Notter | Jun 30, 2006 | Managing People
Pfeffer’s column in Business 2.0 talks about the cost of turnover. The cost of recruiting, training, and adjusting to new employees is huge. So if you invest in keeping what you have, you can save money in the long run. In the example he cites, a consulting firm...
by Jamie Notter | Jun 19, 2006 | Managing People
I found this interesting post on the signal v noise blog about trust. They had to choose a designer for a project they were working on, and it turns out the deciding factor among three talented designers was trust. Not price. Not physical location of the designer....
by Jamie Notter | Jun 12, 2006 | Leadership, Managing People
Ben Martin at the CAE Blog recently put out an idea and invited those of us writing the "We’ve Always Done It That Way" blog to expand upon it. I took the challenge and wrote a post about the tendency in associations to focus on the ends and ignore the...
by Jamie Notter | May 30, 2006 | Leadership, Managing People
Please check out this great post on the Fast Company blog about the power of starting new behavior, rather than trying to stop old behavior. Here’s a snippet:One place this idea can be important is in changing one’s management style. Often I have clients...
by Jamie Notter | May 23, 2006 | Books and Reading, Managing People
In 1973 the government issued a report on “Work in America,” that was apparently “explosive” in reporting the alienation of blue collar workers and the “search by women for a new identity,” according to an article in Fast Company magazine. One of the people that...
by Jamie Notter | May 10, 2006 | Culture, Leadership, Managing People, Misc
Guy Kawasaki pointed to this unbelievably good post from a woman named Pamela Slim who delivers a harsh but important message to senior management in organizations. I love her clarity, her honesty, and the content of the points she makes. We need to say this stuff...
