Comments on: Undercover Boss – Well-Meaning Window Dressing http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/undercover-boss-well-meaning-window-dressing 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/undercover-boss-well-meaning-window-dressing/comment-page-1#comment-3870 Michelle Malay Carter Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:06:29 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=687#comment-3870 Hi Tom, That's funny. It's an interesting dichotomy. We want the big guy to come in an take care of us, until the big guy comes in and takes care of us in a way we don't find pleasing. You can't have it both ways. Thanks for the comment. Michelle Hi Tom,

That’s funny. It’s an interesting dichotomy. We want the big guy to come in an take care of us, until the big guy comes in and takes care of us in a way we don’t find pleasing. You can’t have it both ways.

Thanks for the comment.

Michelle

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One of my clients smilingly says they should rename the show “Undercover Boss” to the “Benevolent Dictator.” In the short run, it makes for good TV, in the long run, they may go the way of “How the Mighty Fall.”

]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/undercover-boss-well-meaning-window-dressing/comment-page-1#comment-3865 Michelle Malay Carter Fri, 05 Mar 2010 00:08:30 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=687#comment-3865 Hi Sharon, I agree with you. Thanks for stopping by and commenting. I don't want to discourage these gentlemen, and I want to encourage them toward doing more. Michelle Hi Sharon,

I agree with you. Thanks for stopping by and commenting.

I don’t want to discourage these gentlemen, and I want to encourage them toward doing more.

Michelle

]]> By: Sharon Marks http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/undercover-boss-well-meaning-window-dressing/comment-page-1#comment-3864 Sharon Marks Thu, 04 Mar 2010 20:06:27 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=687#comment-3864 I think it is important to remember it is TV. The employees are real people and it is very heartening to see the good. I totally agree it isn't much that happpens with respect to the issues raised here. I am an optimist and I know the show inspires me. I want to believe that after the experiences these men have and allow to be aired on national TV, other managers, supervisors, and senior executives will be more open to the employees. Small incremental changes are good too. I think it is important to remember it is TV. The employees are real people and it is very heartening to see the good. I totally agree it isn’t much that happpens with respect to the issues raised here.

I am an optimist and I know the show inspires me. I want to believe that after the experiences these men have and allow to be aired on national TV, other managers, supervisors, and senior executives will be more open to the employees. Small incremental changes are good too.

]]> By: Michelle Malay Carter http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/undercover-boss-well-meaning-window-dressing/comment-page-1#comment-3861 Michelle Malay Carter Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:22:50 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=687#comment-3861 Hello David, Thank you for stopping by. Yes, I'm having the same issue. Without a model for effective organization design and managerial leadership, even when you see symptoms, because you don't know the root cause, you are still stuck guessing at a solution. Michelle Hello David,

Thank you for stopping by. Yes, I’m having the same issue. Without a model for effective organization design and managerial leadership, even when you see symptoms, because you don’t know the root cause, you are still stuck guessing at a solution.

Michelle

]]> By: davidburkus http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/undercover-boss-well-meaning-window-dressing/comment-page-1#comment-3860 davidburkus Wed, 03 Mar 2010 02:14:35 +0000 http://www.missionmindedmanagement.com/?p=687#comment-3860 I'm struggling with this show because it doesn't seem like the Undercover Boss's are making significant enough changes in their organization. I’m struggling with this show because it doesn’t seem like the Undercover Boss’s are making significant enough changes in their organization.

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