Cognitive Surplus Gone Bad at San Diego State

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 13, 2008 

I guess the demands of the college life and fraternity membership aren’t enough to keep all students occupied. High cognitive capacity + Character issues = Trouble Undercover agents busted 128 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University last week. Even Criminals Use Work Levels During the investigation, agents posing as students found their way […]

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When To Overhire – An Exception to My Rule

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 12, 2008 

Talent Pipeline Development My posts last week on over hiring stirred many comments. Thank you! Bloggers love comments. And you, my astute readers, sniffed out the one instance when you might choose to over hire – when you are preparing for growth. A Conscious Choice not an Ignorant One However, overhiring as a conscious choice […]

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Requisite Organization Training Course – June 4 – Raleigh-Durham, NC, USA

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 11, 2008 

Still a few seats left… Who and What Will Work, When, and Why: Using a Requisite Model to Enable Effectiveness and Engagement June 4, 2008 Regus Corporate Center, Meridian Parkway, Durham 8:30 am – 11:30 $150 – Click to Register and Pay Online-Scroll to Bottom of Page Many mainstream management models focus on fixing individual […]

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What to Do with Our Cognitive Surplus? A Friday Funny

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 8, 2008 

Paul Hebert at Fistful of Talent does a nice job of summarizing the issue of “cognitive surplus” that he ran across on Barry L. Ritholtz’s The Big Picture blog.? One in Five Employees is Underutilized These ideas line up nicely with my posts this week and our research that says 1 in 5 employees is […]

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Hiring Advice for Seth Godin – Beware of Six Month Syndrome

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 8, 2008 

Working Interviews Kris Dunn at HR Capitalist resurfaced an idea put forth by Seth Godin a while back – when interviewing a candidate, rather than chatting, you should make them work. Copywriters should copywrite. Widget designers should design widgets. A Good Idea – With a Caveat, Hirer Beware I have no problem with this, and […]

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Hiring Star Performers Can Be a Mistake – The Dangers of Overhiring

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 7, 2008 

With all the buzz about hiring the best and the brightest, few people talk about the downside of overhiring. Overhiring Trumps Underhiring Our data shows one in five people is in a role that does not tap their full capacity, i.e. they’ve been overhired in a role. In contrast, only 15% are slotted in roles […]

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If You’re Happy and You Know It, Will It Last?

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 5, 2008 

I’m finally reading Upping The Downside. The first half of the book features articles by a variety of authors. At least two discuss the concept of feel-good happiness versus values-based happiness as coined by Dr. Steven Reiss. Feel-Good Happiness Americans consume as a means of chasing feel-good happiness like a drug addict desperate to score […]

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