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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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What Makes Urban Labor Markets Resilient?

The Horizons Tracker

They looked at data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics for every metropolitan area in the country during the period covering the Great Recession between 2007 and 2009. Both the size of the city and the diversity of employment available there were key determinants in the resilience it displayed. Size matters.

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How ‘Swing Voters’ Influence Group Decision Making

The Horizons Tracker

Of course, in reality, people don’t fall neatly into particular camps, and the middle ground tends to shift over time as people observe both the environment and the views of others. By contrast, the New Jersey State Supreme Court exhibited two pivotal voters playing a major role in votes between 2007 and 2010.

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The Evolution of the Executive, C-Suite, and Boardroom

N2Growth Blog

Companies focused on diversity across many forms. exchanges had to comply with the Sarbanes-Oxley Act beginning with fiscal years ending after July 15, 2007, if their market capitalization exceeded $75 million. It, of course, doesn’t hurt to understand their governance requirements either. Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002.

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Indy 500 Races Can Be Won or Lost in the Pit. How’s Your Pit Crew Doing?

Great Leadership By Dan

It is likely your organization is multigenerational, multiracial, multilingual, ethnically-diverse and gender-fluid. I have the “up close” view that comes from long days of working, long nights of dining and long weeks of studying together in development courses. It may cross time zones. What a privilege! What else did they need?

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Changing The Way We Work For Today’s World

Tanveer Naseer

Of course, any discussion of competing in a global economy understandably introduces the importance and value of encouraging diversity within the workplace to tap into new ways and approaches to address a particular situation. But why do we have to limit this notion of diversity to visible or cultural differences?

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

It has spread to pandemic proportions, crossing boarders and cultures, such that you’d be hard pressed to actually find someone under the age of 40 who hasn’t had substantial amounts of “diversity training&#. I'm troubled by the generic approach of "treating everyone the same." We end up ruled by the elite.

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