Comments on: How to Match People to Roles – It’s Not Just about Personality http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/how-to-match-people-to-roles-its-not-just-about-personality Equipping Managers via Requisite Organization Systems Design. Talent Management, Leadership, Organization Design. Mon, 30 Jan 2012 07:30:40 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.3 By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/how-to-match-people-to-roles-its-not-just-about-personality/comment-page-1#comment-3711 Michelle Malay Carter Fri, 23 Oct 2009 17:08:03 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=569#comment-3711 Hi Daniel, Thanks for the comment. What you say is true, but interestingly, my experience is that overqualified people tend to wreak more havoc, more quickly than those over their heads. The overqualified have more time! Michelle Hi Daniel,

Thanks for the comment. What you say is true, but interestingly, my experience is that overqualified people tend to wreak more havoc, more quickly than those over their heads. The overqualified have more time!

Michelle

]]> By: Daniel Kaufman http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/how-to-match-people-to-roles-its-not-just-about-personality/comment-page-1#comment-3710 Daniel Kaufman Thu, 22 Oct 2009 20:40:11 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=569#comment-3710 I agree with Chris though I would add that not only do you not want overqualified people in jobs but we also don't want underqualified folks in jobs either. It's not good for an org when people are "in over their heads" D I agree with Chris though I would add that not only do you not want overqualified people in jobs but we also don’t want underqualified folks in jobs either. It’s not good for an org when people are “in over their heads”

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]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/how-to-match-people-to-roles-its-not-just-about-personality/comment-page-1#comment-2897 Michelle Malay Carter Mon, 23 Mar 2009 12:31:07 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=569#comment-2897 Hi Chris, Thanks for the mention. I agree that personality and temperament are extremely important, as we cannot sustain that which is not "natural". My beef is that organizations seem to focus on it and knowledge and skills to the exclusion of cognitive capacity. Regards, Michelle Hi Chris,

Thanks for the mention. I agree that personality and temperament are extremely important, as we cannot sustain that which is not “natural”. My beef is that organizations seem to focus on it and knowledge and skills to the exclusion of cognitive capacity.

Regards,

Michelle

]]> By: Chris Young http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/how-to-match-people-to-roles-its-not-just-about-personality/comment-page-1#comment-2891 Chris Young Mon, 23 Mar 2009 04:06:13 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=569#comment-2891 Great post Michelle - While I will always insist that personality plays an important role in the job matching process, it is critical that one does not overlook cognitive ability. I find this especially important in avoiding placing candidates in positions that they are "over qualified" and will eventually feel stale and unchallenged. I've shared your post with my readers in my weekly Rainmaker 'Fab Five' blog picks of the week (found here: http://www.maximizepossibility.com/employee_retention/2009/03/the-rainmaker-fab-five-blog-picks-of-the-week-3.html) to remind them to look beyond personality when looking for the right employee for the job. Be well Michelle and thanks for sharing this! Great post Michelle – While I will always insist that personality plays an important role in the job matching process, it is critical that one does not overlook cognitive ability. I find this especially important in avoiding placing candidates in positions that they are “over qualified” and will eventually feel stale and unchallenged.

I’ve shared your post with my readers in my weekly Rainmaker ‘Fab Five’ blog picks of the week (found here: http://www.maximizepossibility.com/employee_retention/2009/03/the-rainmaker-fab-five-blog-picks-of-the-week-3.html) to remind them to look beyond personality when looking for the right employee for the job.

Be well Michelle and thanks for sharing this!

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