Mission Minded Management Turns Two – I’m OK. You’re OK. Let’s Fix the System.

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 25, 2009 

Turning two this week is Mission Minded Management, PeopleFit’s organization design,?executive leadership, and?operational management blog that draws its theory from the meta-model Requisite Organization and draws its contents from the author’s work and life experiences.? Thank you for your continued?support and readership.? Please send a link to a friend! Here were the most-read posts published […]

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Esther Dyson, Thought Leader on Engagement, Leadership, and Accountability

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 29, 2009 

I read Art Kleiner’s strategy+business interview with Esther Dyson, a thought leader in the field of high tech innovation.? Some thoughts from this article parallel what I’ve been saying here at Mission Minded Management.? (Emphasis added) On Engagement “The really good marketers will become much more clever about what they do, and engage with people […]

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A Requisite Failure to Communicate – A Friday Funny

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 24, 2009 

Requisite Organization Efficiency in Language One of the greatest benefit our clients receive by adopting a Requisite Organization Leadership Framework is a common language to be able to talk about talent assessment, high potentials, and organization design.? It allows them to diagnose issues quickly and design work enabling organizations. Who is Right? I’ve said before, […]

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High Potential + Zero Opportunity = A Tragic Waste

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 22, 2009 

On a similar note as my post, Cognitive Surplus Gone Bad at San Diego State, it turns out the surviving teenage Somali pirate was?not just a flunky, he was the ring leader.? According to the AP and the Fort Worth Star Telegram, “Abdiwali Abdiqadir Muse grew up destitute in Somalia, the oldest of 12 children […]

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Young, High Potential Leaders – Use Wait Time to Build Character

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 25, 2009 

In terms of requisite cognitive capability, high potentials graduate from college with the ability to problem solve at work level 3 or 4.? Which loosely translates into a director or vice president type role within an organization.??I say?loosely because?we know without a collective understanding that a universal measurement system exists for work, titles are useless […]

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Cognitive Surplus Gone Bad at San Diego State

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 13, 2008 

I guess the demands of the college life and fraternity membership aren’t enough to keep all students occupied. High cognitive capacity + Character issues = Trouble Undercover agents busted 128 suspected drug dealers at San Diego State University last week. Even Criminals Use Work Levels During the investigation, agents posing as students found their way […]

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When To Overhire – An Exception to My Rule

By Michelle Malay Carter on May 12, 2008 

Talent Pipeline Development My posts last week on over hiring stirred many comments. Thank you! Bloggers love comments. And you, my astute readers, sniffed out the one instance when you might choose to over hire – when you are preparing for growth. A Conscious Choice not an Ignorant One However, overhiring as a conscious choice […]

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A Daily Prescription for Attitude Problems – A Friday Funny

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 24, 2008 

If your micro-manager suddenly volunteers to bring you coffee in the morning, you might want to check the bottom of the cup for sarcasma residue. Like the can’t-sit-still children waiting for their ritalin outside the school nurse’s door, can’t you see the unruly corporate under-employed being lined up to have their daily sarcasma pill administered […]

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