Check Your Perceptions at the Door, If You Can – A Friday Fascinating
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 19, 2009
Mission Minded Management is all about?debunking the widely held misconceptions that prevail about work, human capability, and what causes most dysfunction at work.? Hint:? I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system. A few weeks back I wrote a post called, Is the Story You are Telling Yourself Helpful?,? and I’ve since?found?a video clip that […]
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How To Have Employees Experience their Manager As A Leader – A Design and Screening Solution
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 10, 2009
My last post?had the word impotent in it twice, so those who read my posts via email may have had the post hijacked by a spam filter.? Additionally, because my last post was so long, I am?repeating the end of my last post under a new title with one new context setting introductory paragraph. Managers […]
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Appropriate Focus? – A Friday Funny
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 5, 2009
A while back I wrote a poem about focusing upon the right things.? This sign reminded me of that poem.? (Be sure to squint read the fine print.)? The sign is for your Friday funny pleasure.? I was serious when I wrote the poem. I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system. Seek and Ye […]
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Hate Your “Boss on Paper” but Receive Leadership Elsewhere?
By Michelle Malay Carter on May 26, 2009
Too Many Managerial Layers Bogs Down the Work Having too many reporting layers in an organization creates frustration and slows decisions and communication down.? It impedes work.? Considering that humans are wired to work, they get cranky when their work is impeded. Best Intentions Does Not Always Equal Best Practices Organizations often add management layers […]
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Hidden High Potentials and Underachievers – There is a Blog for You!
By Michelle Malay Carter on March 26, 2009
My friend Forrest of Requisite Writing, a blog aimed at hidden high potentials aka underachievers, thinks the advice I offered young, high potential leaders about using wait time for character building in my last post was a bit naive, maybe uninformed – my words, not his.? He did, however, give me credit for being well […]
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Young, High Potential Leaders – Use Wait Time to Build Character
By Michelle Malay Carter on March 25, 2009
In terms of requisite cognitive capability, high potentials graduate from college with the ability to problem solve at work level 3 or 4.? Which loosely translates into a director or vice president type role within an organization.??I say?loosely because?we know without a collective understanding that a universal measurement system exists for work, titles are useless […]
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Don’t Judge Too Quickly – A Friday Funny
By Michelle Malay Carter on March 20, 2009
This week, we’ve been talking about assessing talent, and one part of that is judging cognitive capacity. Revisit Judgments We do caution managers to hold their judgments loosely because it takes a while to become skilled at making the judgments.? We encourage clients to perform a talent pool evaluation annually. Counter Intuitive Finding Also, it […]
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Talent Assessment – How to Judge Cognitive Capacity aka Complexity of Information Processing
By Michelle Malay Carter on March 18, 2009
In my last post, I discussed human capability in terms of cognitive capacity or in Elliott Jaques’ terms, Complexity of Information Processing. Two Equally Valid Methods Used under Differing Circumstances I had an inquiry about just how one can go about determining cognitive capacity.? At PeopleFit, we use two methods for determining cognitive capability. Expert […]
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Pay for Performance Doesn’t Work in the Corporate World, and It Won’t Help in Medicine Either
By Michelle Malay Carter on March 10, 2009
I’ve talked at length about the dangers of pay for performance systems.? They end up driving all sorts of unintended behaviors.? Further,?they can lead to disengagement for your most highly principled employees.? We all know people who did everything right and did not meet their goals due to circumstances beyond their control.? Conversely, we all […]
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Economic Woes Will Spur More Underemployment Which Will Spur More Workplace Woes
By Michelle Malay Carter on February 9, 2009
Back in May, I blogged about the dangers of overhiring.? With all the clammering to hire the best and the brightest, some managers intentionally overhire for roles.? Sure, these managers have to do less up front training and sure they get more “bang for their buck” – temporarily.? But unless you are building a bench […]
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