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Diversity of a Different Persuasion

N2Growth Blog

Diversity is a complex issue because it comes in all shapes and sizes. As an Executive Recruiter, I have been asked to identify candidates who are diverse in terms of race, ethnicity, gender and even geography. One type of diversity that has more recently begun to receive subtle yet perceptible attention is age diversity.

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Appointing Female CEOs Can Cause White Men To Try Less

The Horizons Tracker

Organizations around the world have been striving to make their senior managerial positions more diverse and representative of both their workforce and their customer base. Also, white males’ biases may make them feel that racial minority and female CEOs give them less respect in strategic decision-making processes,” the researchers explain.

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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. This blog was recently nominated for Kevin Eikenberry’s Best Leadership Blogs of 2010 , and I noticed recently that Kevin was taking heat from the gender police for having only one woman on the list of nominees.

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Five Foundational Truths of Youth Marketing (and Leadership)

Leading Blog

They are people born between 1996 and 2011. Their generational voice is diverse, engaged, knowledgeable, pragmatic, collaborative. In the book, they list the five foundational truths of youth marketing (and leadership). Each truth is introduced by a well-chosen quote that is worth applying more broadly in a leadership context.

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The Essence of Strategy (Part 2) | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. In a strategy seminar I asked the leadership team to tell me what business they were in. The CEO said, “We’re in the peace-of-mind-business.” Leadership.

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LeadershipNow 140: April 2011 Compilation

Leading Blog

Here are a selection of tweets from April 2011: How to be Perfectly Average by @learning_ceo. "By By far the most difficult skill for me to learn as CEO was the ability to manage my own psychology." drbret: Leadership traits and behaviors : four evidence-based suggestions. leadership. mikemyatt: Leadership: What’s Next?

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Do Vulture Cultures still prevail in Business? | In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife

In the CEO Afterlife. Leadership. by John • May 2, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership • 1 Comment. The most blatant was the Boards of Scott Paper and Sunbeam hiring ‘Chainsaw Al Dunlap’ as their CEO despite his reputation as a corporate sociopath. October 9, 2011 at 6:50 am.

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