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Tag Archives: hiring
Building a Great Software Development Team
Elliot: I worked with some of the best programmers I’ve ever known at the tiny, obscure ASEE Adam Solove: Why do you think that happened? They hired for passion, rather than experience? If I had to pick one thing, passion … Continue reading
More Evidence of the Damage Done by Kleptocrat CEO Pay
I have been writing about the problems of overpaid executives that has lately become so bad that verbiage understand the nature of the problem. Today I see many CEO’s are acting as kleptocrats do – taking food out of others … Continue reading
Posted in Management, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged business, executive pay, hiring, Investing, management research, overpaid executives, stakeholders, stockholders
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Management Improvement Blog Carnival #171
The Curious Cat Management Improvement Blog Carnival has been published since 2006. We find great management blog posts and share them with you 3 times a month. We hope you find these post interesting and find some new blogs to … Continue reading
Manufacturing Skills Gap or Management Skills Gap?
I stumble across articles discussing the problem of manufacturers having difficulty finding workers with the skills they need (in the USA largely, but elsewhere too) somewhat regularly. While it is true that companies have this problem, I think looking at … Continue reading
Posted in Lean thinking, Management, Manufacturing, quote, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged Career, Deming, hiring, jobs, lean manufacturing, long term thinking, management, managing people, Manufacturing, problem solving, quote, respect for people, Systems thinking, workplace improvement
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Management Blog Posts From October 2006
I have selected a few posts from the Curious Cat Management Blog back in October 2006 for those of you who were not reading this blog then. Why Pay Taxes or be Honest – “I don’t think acting illegally, immorally, … Continue reading
Posted in Quality tools, Respect
Tagged continual improvement, hiring, Quality tools, respect for people
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Finding, and Keeping, Good IT People
Finding good IT people, wherever you located globally, is hard. Waiting for the good IT people to apply for positions, is not likely to gain enough good candidates. To get really good IT people you need to actually manage your … Continue reading
Posted in Career, IT, Management, Software Development
Tagged Career, hiring, jobs, Software Development
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Dee Hock on Hiring
Great quote from Dee Hock, founder of Visa: Hire and promote first on the basis of integrity; second, motivation; third, capacity; fourth, understanding; fifth, knowledge; and last and least, experience. Without integrity, motivation is dangerous; without motivation, capacity is impotent; … Continue reading
Posted in Management, quote
Tagged curiouscat, hiring, leadership, managing people, quote
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Improving the Recruitment Process
I have thought the recruiting process for hiring staff was very inefficient. I still think it is very inefficient. Not only do companies waste time or resources we also do not do a good job systemically placing the right people … Continue reading
Posted in Career, Management
Tagged Career, hiring, management, managing people, respect for people
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Hire People You Can Trust to Do Their Job
How great companies turn crisis into opportunity The right people don’t need to be managed. The moment you feel the need to tightly manage someone, you’ve made a hiring mistake. The right people don’t think they have a job: They … Continue reading
Posted in Deming, Management, Management Articles, Psychology, Respect, Systems thinking
Tagged coaching, hiring, jobs, Management Articles, managing people, training
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What to Wear to an Interview
Response to What to Wear for an IT Job Interview?. Is this just a huge bit stereotypical? Who can blame them for not wanting to bother with their wardrobes? Fashion is fickle. Fashion is expensive. Fashion requires imagination and inspiration, … Continue reading →