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How to Achieve Better Gender Balance through Succession Planning and Development

Great Leadership By Dan

There’s a “Diversity” strategy driven from one office, and a succession planning and development strategy driven by another. Here’s an example of a 2X2 grid with both variables: The vertical axis represents availability of successors (low to high), and the horizontal represents diversity of successors (low to high).

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CMI Highlights

Chartered Management Institute

In terms of solutions, Ann emphasised the need for employers to promote women proportionately through the ranks, offer flexible working solutions for those on career breaks and create sponsorship programs that cater to women from diverse backgrounds. All leaders should commit to these actions. Don’t miss out!

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Research: Black Employees Are More Likely to Be Promoted When They Were Referred by Another Employee

Harvard Business Review

But firms that rely on current employees to refer new hires could end up with a less diverse workforce. Disadvantages at the referral stage may also affect career outcomes that are further downstream (e.g., Specifically, we examined the personnel records of nearly 16,000 employees hired from 2003 to 2013 in a large U.S.-based

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How the Navy SEALs Train for Leadership Excellence

Harvard Business Review

A member of Seal Team 3, Webb became the Naval Special Warfare Command Sniper Course Manager in 2003. I’ve seen it happen, and careers ended when it did. This was a precarious time. By the time we had gone through the bulk of our overhaul, it had plummeted to less than 5 percent.”

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How Singapore Became an Entrepreneurial Hub

Harvard Business Review

Ultimately dubbed the Technology Incubation Scheme (in Singapore, a scheme is a good thing), the program helped bring a flood of diverse investors into the country by offering to put up 85% of the capital in a start-up when investors put in 15%. One year later, we partnered with the government to prototype a new program under the NFIE.