How to Match People to Roles – It’s Not Just about Personality

By Michelle Malay Carter on March 17, 2009 

“It is as if we are blessed with elegant tiles for a mosaic but have no design.? There are great ideas, insightful bits, and clever pieces but no artist with a plan for turning the assortment into an elegant, integrated picture.” –Beck and Cowan, Spiral Dynamics What is Work? Work is the exercising of judgment […]

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Are You Open to the Idea that You are Closed Minded?

By Michelle Malay Carter on June 15, 2008 

I came across a job announcement the other day and one of the personal characteristics they were looking for in a candidate was open-mindedness.? My question is, if you asked 100 people if they were open minded, how many would say no? I suspect that closed-minded people view themselves as being principled, right, or knowledgeable, […]

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