by Jamie Notter | Apr 12, 2011 | Conflict, Managing People, Truth
One of my favorite books that cuts across two of my favorite topics (truth and conflict) is Michael Roberto’s Why Leaders Don’t Take Yes for An Answer. He is the source of the definition I often use of consensus: it’s not universal agreement–it...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 24, 2011 | Change, Truth
In my March e-newsletter, the question of the month was, basically, “What are you going to stop doing?” I have loved this theme for a long time (maybe Jim Collins was the first time I remember it being presented clearly?), but it came up twice at Great...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 16, 2011 | Announcements, Leadership, Truth
Okay, I am home from Great Ideas, and as I promised the attendees in my session, here are the handouts and the slides from the session. The handouts are actually the same as the session I did at ASAE's annual meeting last year, which is a copy of the cover story I...
by Jamie Notter | Mar 8, 2011 | Announcements, Leadership, Truth
This coming Sunday I will be speaking at the ASAE Great Ideas Conference in Colorado Springs. I love this conference and haven't missed one yet. I have been speaking at them quite regularly now, and I like pushing the edge of the envelope with sessions here. Two...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 14, 2010 | Change, Learning, Truth
I did some work last week with a volunteer group that was half way through it's year of activity. They were at a point where they wanted to look back at how the experience has been going so they could make adjustments for the second half of the year. So at the...
by Jamie Notter | Dec 9, 2010 | Leadership, Truth
Here's a follow up to my last post (slides from my session on building trust between Boards and members). In the presentation I talked about four ways to build trust. I won't go into all the details, but here's the gist of it. 1. Be consistent. In short,...
