To Engage or Not to Engage? – A Work Level 1 and 2 Distinction

By Michelle Malay Carter on January 7, 2009 

Happy New Year! Let’s start off with a concrete example of work levels and how understanding them can?help you as a manager?with employee engagement.? As we begin to work with clients, it takes a while for managers to fully grasp the distinctions between work levels, like a radiologist learning to distinguish the shades of gray.? […]

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Boundaries are Liberating – Micromanagement is Not

By Michelle Malay Carter on August 27, 2008 

In my last post, we discussed the requisite components of an effective task assignment.? Anyone who has lived under the opression of micromanagment might look at the?level of detail in?the task assignment format I shared and conclude that it would squelch creativity rather than facilitate it. Waste not Want Not When ambiguous assignments are given, […]

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The Lowest Hanging Fruit in Managerial Leadership – Effective Task Assignment

By Michelle Malay Carter on August 25, 2008 

With all the curriculum out there -?from supervisory training to MBAs to leadership courses, you would think that?effective task assignment?techniques would be at the top of the list.? My experience is that it is not.? Managers I’ve met have usually had?more Myers Briggs training than they have effective task assignment training. What does an effective […]

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