Is Training Anything More Than Putting Lipstick on a Pig?

By Michelle Malay Carter on April 2, 2008 

A friend sent me a Financial Times article written by Sathnam Sanghera, a gentleman who was thrilled when his Icebreaker training course was canceled.? Even though I frequently play the role of trainer, I found it a funny article worth a read. In the article, Sathnam cited these statistics: In 2006, Hudson, a New York […]

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Trouble in Egalitarian Paradise – San Francisco Strippers Go Co-Op

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 31, 2008 

Egalitarianism sounds good in theory but falls apart in practice. Everyone takes credit when times are good. When things go badly, it was someone else’s fault. Egalitarianism often includes the dismantling of structure, processes, and policies. The mindset being – we’re all good, hard-working people. If everyone does the right thing, we’ll be OK. This […]

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Good Friday Freebie – Digital Book: Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 21, 2008 

Free Digital Book I authored a chapter in an edited book published last summer, Organization Design, Levels of Work and Human Capability. If you like the content of this blog and want to read more about the history and application of Elliott Jaques’ meta-model Requisite Organization, click here, fill out a survey for the Global […]

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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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