Looking for Leaders – No Personality Required

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 12, 2007 

Leadership: the ability to set purpose or direction for others and then get them to move along in that direction with competence and full commitment –Elliott Jaques. Within organizations, leadership is an accountability of all managers. Leadership ability could fall into the hands of an intuitive, a senser, an extrovert, an introvert, a thinker, a […]

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A Slack Attack Against Bullying Bosses

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 9, 2007 

I had a high-spirited boss at my first “real?job” out of college.? She?bullied me?when I underperformed, but was elaborately appreciative when I went the extra mile.??Her favorite bullying technique was public humiliation.? She seemed to revel in bellowing statements at me such as, “If this is all you’ve got, you’ll never amount to *&% anything.”? […]

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Employee Performance and Promotion Myths

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 4, 2007 

?Employees should be promoted based on contribution.? ?Jim Stroup, Managing Leadership Blog* Not many would argue with that statement, but I am going to take a shot at it. Employee Performance Myths Employees should be promoted based on contribution. FALSE. High potential means high performance. FALSE. Employee Performance Truisms 1. Employees should be promoted not […]

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I’m Babu. Will You be My Jerry Seinfeld?

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 2, 2007 

I’m endlessly enthralled with managerial leadership and organization design.? I love to write. “You should be blogging,” I’ve been told.?? “If you write it, they will come!” So here it is, after some study and coaching, I’ve soft-launched Mission Minded Management.? I’ve got a decent-sized mailing list in my back pocket for the official launch, […]

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The Potential in Spotting Potential

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 30, 2007 

Chip Conley, a Fast Company blogger, started my neurons firing with the following sentence:? “I?ve always believed a great leader knows how to tap into potential and actualize it into reality.? Yes, I agree. ?Isn?t that what great investors do too?? Whether it be real estate, stock market, or venture capital.? I suppose if it […]

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Protecting High Potentials from Themselves

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 29, 2007 

After having to terminate a young, high potential for quasi-illegal activity in a highly regulated industry, a client of ours offered the following metaphor. There are hot stove assignments, and there are playing in traffic assignments.? Young, high potentials should be given hot stove assignments.? They touch the stove; they feel the heat; but they […]

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Is Micromanagement Inherent or Contexual?

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 27, 2007 

Chuck at I Hate Your Job had this to say about micromanagement: Have you ever stopped to consider why some bosses seem to be in love with micromanaging their employees? If so, then here?s your answer: They are incapable of managing in any other way. I offer that one person’s micromanager is another’s dream boss. […]

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