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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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Is a Corporate Board Seat in Your Future? :: Women on Business

Women on Business

I sure that most of us are aware of the current studies that prove that having a diverse board (at least 30% women representation) contributes directly to a company’s performance. The opportunity to network and leverage relationships with other board members who can potentially help you advance your career and broaden your influence.

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Advocacy to Shift Culture

Women on Business

This is very true as it relates to organizations that are working to increase gender diversity at the leadership levels. Advocacy is what makes the “world go round&# so to speak as we observe how individuals rise through their careers. Culture shift is very difficult and ambiguous.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

I believe it was Cyrus the Great who said “diversity in counsel, unity in command” meaning that good leaders seek the counsel of others, but maintain command control over the final decision. Another aspect that needs to be factored into the decisioning process is the source of the input.

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Business coaching for women (…and why you should use gender stereotypes to your advantage)

Women on Business

For this reason, a large number of women are either putting off having children until later life, or are sacrificing the ideal of having a family altogether in a bid to keep up with men on the career ladder. She was appointed MD & Head of Training for The Coaching Academy in 2008, the world’s largest training school for coaches.

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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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The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy Versus Process

QAspire

Periodically, they overhaul their structure, add new positions and assign new/diverse responsibilities to people. I sometimes wonder about an organization with a loose and nimble structure with a solid work-flow and technologies that enable such an efficient work-flow. Most re-orgs I have seen don’t produce results.

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