Where is the Leadership Wisdom? Hiding with Waldo

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 15, 2008 

Have you played the game, Where’s Waldo?? The point is to search an incredibly cluttered image and isolate Waldo, who is hiding amongst the debris.?Can you find Waldo in the image to the left? We Don’t Need More.? We Need Discernment When it comes to leadership wisdom, it’s a little like Where’s Waldo.? There is […]

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When the Student is Ready, the Management Consultant will Appear

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 13, 2008 

How often do consultants get paid not to do the client’s work but rather?to act more like athletic coaches?? Coaches get to know their players and their competition.? They help clients build a repertoire of knowledge and skills and then lie-in-wait in order to?suggest the right context within which to use those skills. What is […]

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Most Viewed, My Favorites – Mission Minded Management Turns One

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 22, 2008 

Mission Minded Management turns one today.?? Thank you for your readership, your support, comments, and link love! I thought I’d do a mini year in review with links to my top five viewed posts and some of my personal favorites. Most Viewed Posts I Didn’t Say You Stole My Money – Why You Should Deliver […]

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When is Fraud OK? Ask HR

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 17, 2008 

I’m picking on HR this week to make a point about the general lack of systems thinking within organizations, most particularly in the area of “people systems”. Executive Ignorance is Costly As I’ve stated before, I think the tarnished reputation of?Human Resources?is a result of a lack of collective consciousness on the part of executive […]

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Organization Structure is a Business Initiative Not an HR Initiative

By Michelle Malay Carter on August 14, 2008 

Playing off a line from my last post, organization structure is a business initiative, not an HR initiative.? A Missing Collective Understanding I think executives underestimate the connection between organization design as well as all of an organization’s “people” systems, i.e. compensation, performance management, talent management, and organizational sustainability. When executives push down the accountability […]

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Executives are Spiritual Stewards – Help Me Build a Collective Understanding

By Michelle Malay Carter on July 28, 2008 

Do executives understand their role as spiritual stewards?? I would love to build a collective understanding around this idea, and I invite you to pass this idea along. Work is a psychological imperative for humans, and all work is creative as it requires discretion and judgment. Therefore, work has the potential to be a noble, […]

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Can We “Luck” Our Way into Effective Organization Structure? A Friday Funny

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 26, 2008 

If we don’t really understand work levels or human cognitive capability?in terms of levels, what do you think the probability is that we will luck our way into effective organizational structure to carry out our strategy and live our values? As probable as this, I suspect… I’m OK.? You’re OK.? Let’s fix the system!? It […]

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Join Me at BlogTalkRadio’s The Epic Living Hour – Friday, June 20

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 18, 2008 

I’ll be a guest on Eric Pennington’s BlogTalkRadio show, The Epic Living?Hour.? Please join us Friday, June 20th, at 12:30 EDT. Click here to both set up an email reminder for yourself and?to listen live.? If you care to participate on Friday, you can in at +1 347 945 5139. If that time is not […]

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The Dangers of Promoting from Within – Avoid “Right Place at the Right Time” Promotions

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 21, 2008 

It’s a noble thing when organizations strive to promote from within, but this can really become a mess during times of explosive growth. HR’s Image Problem May Be Rooted in Promoting From Within In my last post, I eluded to the fact that this happens in HR quite frequently, and this may be why HR […]

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Elliott Who? Elliott “MidLife Crisis” Jaques

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 10, 2008 

Where did the term ?midlife crisis? come from? How about ?corporate culture?? Who founded the Tavistock Institute (precursor to OD?s seminal home, the National Training Lab)? Who received a special award from General Colin Powell in 1992 for military leadership and instruction? Who created an actual science out of the arbitrary, highly subjective selection, promotion, […]

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