It’s Not About FINDING Talent. It’s about IDENTIFYING and TAPPING What You Already Have

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 3, 2009 

I answered the following question posted on LinkedIn, and I’m posting my response for your enjoyment: What are the most important factors needed to be considered for effectively managing talent? Talent, Talent Everywhere PeopleFit research, with over 7,000 data points, finds that about 20% of employees are UNDERUTILIZED. So the problem does not lie with […]

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NonCommission Sales Compensation – Is this Blasphemy?

By Michelle Malay Carter on August 24, 2009 

Show Me the Logic Should sales people be held accountable for their effectiveness (which includes?output as one input)?but their managers ultimately accountable for their output.? This is the standard of accountability that I have proposed be used for all employees.? If we held sales people accountable to the same standard as all employees, does it […]

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How to Avoid Scapegoat Syndrome – Understand Work Levels

By Michelle Malay Carter on August 14, 2009 

Scenario:? A safety violation occurs at work on the front line.? Who is accountable? ?Understanding work levels can answer this question. Bye Bye Employee Engagement Holding the wrong person accountable reduces trust and fairness, and these are two precursors to engagement. Work Level 1 Accountability – The Front Line Employee Work to procedures and training.? […]

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Performance Review or Effectivness Appraisal – Be Mindful of What Your Systems Communicate!

By Michelle Malay Carter on August 5, 2009 

I worked?with?a client this week conducting requisite role analysis and?writing job descriptions.? Although this?project is not about?performance review, we recognize that these job descriptions?will then become the basis for performance review. Be INTENTIONAL Please Systems drive behavior so the systemic implications for the way the performance review is designed, and its stated strategic intent are […]

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Employee Engagement Kiss of Death – Ignoring Performance Issues

By Michelle Malay Carter on July 24, 2009 

Subodinating the Moment for the Greater Goal Since my kids don’t read my blog, I have to admit that there are times when I pretend not to see rule violations in my home, because I don’t have the energy to deal with them.? However, if it is obvious that I have witnessed an infraction, I […]

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On Vacation – NC, VA, WV, OH and Back

By Michelle Malay Carter on July 12, 2009 

I’m on vacation for the next 10 days.? We drove our first leg of our trip today and took a tour of a nonactive West Virginia coal mine.? My forefathers made their living doing this.? The pay was 20 cents per one ton coal cart loaded without rock.? If the inspectors found rock, they would […]

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Esther Dyson, Thought Leader on Engagement, Leadership, and Accountability

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 29, 2009 

I read Art Kleiner’s strategy+business interview with Esther Dyson, a thought leader in the field of high tech innovation.? Some thoughts from this article parallel what I’ve been saying here at Mission Minded Management.? (Emphasis added) On Engagement “The really good marketers will become much more clever about what they do, and engage with people […]

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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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Requisite Felt Fair Pay – Key Elements, Principles and Texts

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 18, 2009 

The following is part thee of a three-part post on Felt Fair Compensation. ?See Part 1 and Part 2 here. This Felt Fair Pay series was authored by my colleague, Barry Deane of PeopleFit Australasia.? My hat is off to him for addressing the topic so thoroughly and for backing it with historical data and […]

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Is it Possible to Agree on What Fair Pay Is? Science-Based Felt Fair Compensation ? A 60 Year History

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 17, 2009 

The following is part two of a three-part post on Felt Fair Compensation.??See Part 1 here. This Felt Fair Pay series was authored by my colleague, Barry Deane of PeopleFit Australasia. My hat is off to him for addressing the topic so thoroughly and for backing it with historical data and research citations. Over 60 […]

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