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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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Economies Based On Renewable Energy Are More Resilient

The Horizons Tracker

Their analysis revealed that countries dependent on a diverse range of energy sources tend to experience lengthier recovery periods. The analysis encompassed various countries, including Ireland, which confronted the 2008 economic crash.

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Diversity Doesn’t Have To Come With Productivity Trade-Offs

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The most innovative businesses tend to be the most diverse. Whilst diversity is undoubtedly a good thing, it does require higher levels of coordination than more homogeneous teams. Whilst diversity is undoubtedly a good thing, it does require higher levels of coordination than more homogeneous teams. Cultural diversity.

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Covid Saw An Exodus Of Over 50s From The Workforce

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This generally pessimistic viewpoint on the returns from working suggests that while economic inactivity has been reversed in the past, not least after the 2008 financial crisis, it may not be so straightforward after Covid. It emerged that those with such high-quality work environments were most likely to delay their retirement. “As

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What Impact Do Immigrant-Founded Startups Have On The Labor Market?

The Horizons Tracker

Indeed, analyses suggest that between 2008 and 2012, immigrants accounted for 25% of new employer businesses. Do founders tend to recruit from similar backgrounds to themselves or are they fishing in a more diverse pool? That immigration has a profound impact on innovation, and especially on entrepreneurship, is well established.

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Winners Are Born In Difficult Times

Tanveer Naseer

In today’s environment, employees have to deal with complexity and ambiguity at a much higher rate than before. And it is managers’ ability to innovate, collaborate and adapt to a constantly changing environment that are the leadership skills we most need to develop. Change requires diversity of thought.

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Organizational Health Care with N2Growth: When was your Last Check-up?

N2Growth Blog

Well, the results from a 2008 survey stated how workers at all levels needed to learn to accept conflict as an inevitable part of their work environment. hours per week dealing with conflict, equating to approximately $359 billion in paid hours back in 2008. Organizations also have cholesterol; it is their acumen for diversity.