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Doubting Existing Management: Private Equity’s Talent Conundrum

N2Growth Blog

The Leadership Quandary and Private Equity Talent A recent disclosure from a survey conducted by PitchBook resonates with a concerning reality: “Nearly half of PE firms and their portfolio companies question whether they have the right leadership in place.”

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. I’ll take it one step further – I can’t really think of any issue that should be argued or decided solely on the merits of diversity. In fact, let me take it up even another notch…diversity should be a non-issue altogether.

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Racially Diverse Boards Are Best For Organizational Performance

The Horizons Tracker

Diversity has long been accepted as being extremely valuable to the effective functioning of teams, yet it remains an area many organizations struggle with. It’s a piece of evidence that supports the business case for diversity.”. Such firms performed worse than those within which little racial diversity was seen at all.

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50 Years of Diversity Training – How Far Have We Really Come?

Women on Business

NEWS AND INSIGHTS UPDATE: Diversity training formally debuted in the 1960s to ensure companies were policy compliant and protecting themselves. That’s according to the history of diversity training timeline from Elizabeth Lisican of Diversity Executive. 1979: McDonald’s Corp. 1979: McDonald’s Corp.

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The Why, What And How Of Learning

Eric Jacobson

Keyes recaps his learned business lessons for top management and CEOs at companies of all sizes. Forming strategic collaborations to rescue a dying company. from 2007 to 2011. And in his book, he shares much about his time at Blockbuster and that company’s journey. He covers: Discovering what customers truly care about.

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Apple Needs Women and Workplaces Need Diversity

Women on Business

An amazing group of seven women, The Chipsters, who are also IP Lawyers, tell us why companies with women in top positions are run better and why without Steve Jobs, Apple is doomed unless they get some women in their executive team. So how do we get more women in management in companies everywhere?

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5 Strategies, Tactics and Traits to Support Diversity in the Modern Workplace

Strategy Driven

Whether it’s embracing differing cultural backgrounds or bringing in workers from abroad, modern businesses are becoming more diverse than ever in terms of talent. However, bear in mind that today’s companies aren’t adopting a sort of “melting pot” mentality “just because.” Think about it. Conduct Individual Check-In’s.