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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

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

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to discuss what operational screenings and organizational development exams you need and when you need them. Your operations deserve a longer, healthier life. 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. How assured?

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The Challenges When Creating Across Cultures

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Diversity is generally accepted as a good thing, with MIT research highlighting how diversity within our organizations can boost the bottom line of those businesses. If coordinating across global teams is the key to untapping the benefits of diversity, a high degree of “global fluency” is likely to be crucial.

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Why Businesses Fail | N2Growth Blog

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Gut instincts can only take you so far in life, and anyone who operates outside of a sound decisioning framework will eventually fall prey to an act of oversight, misinformation, misunderstanding, manipulation, impulsivity or some other negative influencing factor. They make bad decisions.

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Target’s Fall Guy: Is Your Board Prepared?

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In 2008, thieves simultaneously hit more than 2,100 ATMs across the globe and within 12 hours stole more than $9 million in cash. Getting back to Target, major kudos to the board for having excellent operational experience. There is also international expertise and diversity both in terms of gender and ethnicity.

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Leadership & Political Correctness | N2Growth Blog

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That said, buckle-up and join me for a ride as we journey into the politically incorrect mind of Mike Myatt… The institutionalization of “Politically Correct Thinking&# in the corporate world has done more to harm operating businesses than just about any other social and/or cultural influence in recent times.

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Stop Trying to Make Others Happy | Aspire-CS

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Second of all, as someone who has managed large, diverse teams I completely agree with you about the motivational value of tailored practices, and am now wondering if adopting more tailored practices would spruce up my parenting game… Mary Jo Asmus : July 22, 2010 at 12:11 pm Thanks Laura. Leave a Reply Click here to cancel reply.

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