Performance Review or Effectivness Appraisal – Be Mindful of What Your Systems Communicate!

By Michelle Malay Carter on August 5, 2009 

I worked?with?a client this week conducting requisite role analysis and?writing job descriptions.? Although this?project is not about?performance review, we recognize that these job descriptions?will then become the basis for performance review. Be INTENTIONAL Please Systems drive behavior so the systemic implications for the way the performance review is designed, and its stated strategic intent are […]

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Employee Engagement Kiss of Death – Ignoring Performance Issues

By Michelle Malay Carter on July 24, 2009 

Subodinating the Moment for the Greater Goal Since my kids don’t read my blog, I have to admit that there are times when I pretend not to see rule violations in my home, because I don’t have the energy to deal with them.? However, if it is obvious that I have witnessed an infraction, I […]

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How Does Requisite Organization Integrate with Your Model?

By Michelle Malay Carter on January 11, 2009 

I taught a public course, Introduction to Requisite Organization, last week.? Each time I teach this course, people ask me – How does this apply to X? (insert your favorite model)? My standard answer is:? Requisite Organization will inform your model.? How Can I Make This Bold Assertion? Because the two theory pieces which form […]

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Requisite Organization Resources – Talent Management, Accountability, and More

By Michelle Malay Carter on November 10, 2008 

For those of you interested in Requisite Organization,?Don and Bonnie Fowke, management consultants from the New Management Network, are hosting a weekly internet radio show exploring various management topics and methodologies. Below are summaries of their last two shows.? You can access them here. Talent Management Don Fowke of Toronto explores how a talent management […]

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Best Intentions Don’t Equal Best Practices – Ask the Bigger Questions of Your Systems

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 20, 2008 

I believe in people.? Their inherent goodness.? Their desire to contribute.? To do well by themselves and others.? But clearly, this does not always translate into best practices.? Sometimes to do right by ourselves, our systems force us to do wrong by others. Whoa!? Where Did?We Go? Many times we start out doing something for […]

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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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Talent Management – What HR Should Have Done

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 23, 2008 

In last week’s post, Performance Evaluations, Rating Scales and Fraud, I discussed a manager who had a performance review returned to him from HR. He was told by HR to lower the ratings he gave his stellar employee because, “You can?t rate every line item a 5 out of 5”.? In other words, he was […]

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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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Office Policies Straight Off the HR Press – A Friday Funny

By Michelle Malay Carter on September 19, 2008 

Since I’ve been picking on HR all week…? Bonus Question:? What values?do these office policies?telegraph? Dear Valued Employees: New Office Policies – Effective Immediately Dress Code: You are advised to come to work dressed according to your salary. -If we see you wearing Prada shoes and carrying a Gucci bag, we will assume you are […]

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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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