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Diverse Teams Help Organizations Adapt To Change

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from Carnegie Mellon suggests that diverse teams are more likely to make successful pivots than their more homogenous peers. The research reveals that businesses established in dynamic environments tend to have a longer survival rate when their founding teams exhibit greater functional diversity.

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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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MFG of South Dakota: Trying To Do Some Good in the World

N2Growth Blog

MFG of South Dakota is a subsidiary of the Molded Fiber Glass Companies (MFG), a leader in the field of reinforced plastics and composites, serving diverse markets with a variety of composite material systems and processes. Certainly, firms looking to profit from sustainable energy initiatives are in business to make a profit.

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

In the CEO Afterlife

by John • October 30, 2011 • Human Resources , Leadership , Marketing , Strategy • 4 Comments. At Fortis we help businesses use natural gas more efficiently, save energy and seek innovative energy solutions to save money. October 31, 2011 at 11:12 am. October 31, 2011 at 11:52 am. December 2011.

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Decision-Making Best Practice 12 – Diverse, Redundant Data Sources.

Strategy Driven

Combinations of data bits are logically joined to form the packets of information upon which decisions are made and actions taken.

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What is the most powerful behavior in the leader’s toolbox?

Strategy Driven

I’ve seen individuals from diverse industries and cultures who are extremely proficient as individual contributors, for example, get promoted to lead small teams and, despite great promise, simply fail to deliver. 1] Michael Burchell and Jennifer Robin, The Great Workplace, (San Francisco, CA, Jossey-Bass, 2011). [2] About the Author.

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Corporate Diversity Still Coming Up Short for Women

Strategy Driven

Women may make up more than half the workforce 1 but continue to be significantly underrepresented on corporate boards and in C-level executive positions, according to a major new study released today by Calvert Investments, a long-time leader in advocating for corporate diversity.