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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. 2 Comments 1 Tweets that mention Advocacy to Shift Culture :: Women on Business -- Topsy.com January 12th, 2011 at 12:36 pm [.] This post was mentioned on Twitter by Gretchen Glasscock, Mary L.

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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. In fact, companies with more female representation, outperform companies don’t have women.

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Alternative Selection – Total Benefit of Ownership

Strategy Driven

When considering various operations to continue or new initiatives to pursue, there tends to be a singular focus on the revenue generation potential or regulatory compliance necessity of the activity. Copyright 2007-2011 by StrategyDriven, Inc. Not a StrategyDriven Premium Member ? All rights reserved.

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Diversity Policies Don’t Help Women or Minorities, and They Make White Men Feel Threatened

Harvard Business Review

companies spend millions annually on diversity programs and policies. Mission statements and recruitment materials touting companies’ commitment to diversity are ubiquitous. In terms of increasing demographic diversity, the answer appears to be not reall y. For the other half, the materials did not mention diversity.

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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. Home Go to QAspire.com Guest Posts Disclaimer The Quest of Better Outcomes: Hierarchy And Process In quest of better outcomes (efficiency, results, productivity, improvements etc.), Don’t Kill It!

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QAspire Blog 2009 – Essential Posts Redux

QAspire

Two diverse experiences shaped up this post and lessons learned from these experiences are still very relevant. February 2009: Experiences and Learning on Respecting people This essential post touched upon the issue of respecting people at workplace. Don’t Kill It! Working and Walking – Where Are You Going?

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Empowering Women Doesn't Help Them

Harvard Business Review

As the Head of Diversity at a large German multinational, she is the natural recipient of surveys asking how German companies are going to meet the 35% gender balance quotas that DAX 30 companies self-imposed in 2011. Gender balancing a company ought to be a lever for performance, not compliance.

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