Boundaries are Liberating – Micromanagement is Not
By Michelle Malay Carter on August 27, 2008
In my last post, we discussed the requisite components of an effective task assignment.? Anyone who has lived under the opression of micromanagment might look at the?level of detail in?the task assignment format I shared and conclude that it would squelch creativity rather than facilitate it. Waste not Want Not When ambiguous assignments are given, […]
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Improving Communication with a Work Levels, Attractive Leadership Framework
By Michelle Malay Carter on August 20, 2008
In my last post I talked about the elusive holy grail of leadership – effective communication.??I plan to throw a new iron into the fire on this one by discussing how an understanding of work levels can improve communication within organization. Employee’s Want RELEVANT Communication Since each work level of an organization contributes a specific […]
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Distracted from the Mission – A Friday Funny
By Michelle Malay Carter on August 1, 2008
How much time do you spend a work negotiating and renegotiating with peers and colleagues in order to get your work done?? What if we systematized specifying role relationship accountabilities and authorities into job descriptions, leaving the people free to do their work without the constant relationship strategizing? Defining Role Relationships For example:? A human […]
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Are You Making Your Employees Choose? I’m OK. You’re OK. Let’s Fix the System
By Michelle Malay Carter on July 21, 2008
The best thing we could do for employees to build engagement is simply get out of their way.? We have lived with conflicts of interest in the system for so long, they have disappeared into the landscape.? We simpy accept them, and no longer question their effects on our employees’ psyche or our business’ effectiveness. […]
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Titles Are Useless for Benchmarking or Measurement Purposes
By Michelle Malay Carter on July 16, 2008
From the Mailbag I received an inquiry at the PeopleFit site asking about whether we had a database of role mandates by title – CEO, CFO, CIO, HR manager – available for subscription.? And the inquiry was coming from?someone inside?a global business consulting group. Specifically, the request was for:? “Role mandates, describing individual and shared […]
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Models Drive Diagnosis and Cure – Are You Committing Organizational Malpractice?
By Michelle Malay Carter on July 7, 2008
Last week, I listed ten requisite managerial leadership behaviors (below)?from the Requisite Organization model.? -Two way managerial teamworking -Context setting -Planning -Task assignment -Personal effectiveness appraisal of direct reports -Merit review -Coaching -Selection and induction -Deselection and dismissal -Continuous improvement Systems Drive Behavior – Check Here First Assuming your leadership system is designed to elucidate, […]
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What Does Managerial Leadership Look Like? A Requisite Approach
By Michelle Malay Carter on July 2, 2008
Elliott Jaques’ Requisite Organization model does a great job of defining a set managerial leadership behaviors which, within a Requisite Organization leadership framework,?would become explicit accountabilities of all managers.? Two way managerial teamworking Context setting Planning Task assignment Personal effectiveness appraisal of direct reports Merit review Coaching Selection and induction Deselection and dismissal Continuous improvement […]
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Michelle Malay Carter Interview on the Epic Living Hour
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 23, 2008
As promised, here is my Friday interview with Eric Pennington on his Epic Living Hour radio show. I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system.
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Anticipation – Are You a Penguin or a Polar Bear? A Friday Funny
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 20, 2008
If Friday is the last day of the workweek in your part of the world, I hope you are excited about the prospect of some relaxation, recreation,?and rejuvenation this weekend. But my greater hope would be that on Monday morning, you would have that same sense of optimistic anticipation as you return to work.? For […]
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Help Candidates Self Select with Work Levels Job Descriptions
By Michelle Malay Carter on June 8, 2008
Because we don’t?have?science-based understanding?about work, i.e.?that it occurs in discreet, measurable levels, we do a really poor job of writing job descriptions. What About the WORK? Most job descriptions are a mishmash of ambiguous competencies, personality characteristics, and often include arbitrary educational qualifications.? They do a lot of talking about the candidate qualifications but precious […]
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