How To Interview Your Prospective Boss for Leadership Potential

By Michelle Malay Carter on February 6, 2010 

Let’s face it – your boss can make or break your work experience.? S/he provides you context (aka the big picture), gives you your assignments, provides your resources, integrates your work with your peers, assesses your performance and helps build your skills in your current role.? Because of this, when you are interviewing for a […]

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Leadership Gut Check – Performance Reviews

By Michelle Malay Carter on October 23, 2008 

Eschew the Performance Review I wrote earlier this week about best intentions not leading to best practices.? Even if we were to grant that performance reviews started with the best of intentions – they have wandered dangerously off course. Deming argued against them back in his day.? I’ve argued against them myself.? But this Machine […]

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