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The Big Picture of Business – Diversity is Important for Business

Strategy Driven

Diversity is most important for business, the economy and quality of life. I have conducted many diversity audits of companies. I have seen corporate America embrace diversity in many practices, including the workforce and suppliers. Diversity is about so much more than human resources issues.

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The Big Picture of Business – Doing Your Best Work on Deadlines: Mobilizing the Energy for Best Business Success

Strategy Driven

I recommend that diversity audits, quality control reviews, ethics programs and other important regimen be conducted as part of Strategic Planning, rather than as stand-alone, distracting and energy diverting activities. Copyright 2007-2014 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. All rights reserved.

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Attention Leaders: Five Attitudes to Take to work in 2014

You're Not the Boss of Me

I’m posting it again because well, I think it continues to be relevant in 2014. However, if you have something that would make the workplace of 2014 much better, attitude-wise, I encourage you to share it. That makes valuing diversity a business imperative. I expect the coming year would be the richer for it.

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The Most (and Least) Empathetic Companies, 2016

Harvard Business Review

These are the companies that retain the best people, create environments where diverse teams thrive, and ultimately reap the greatest financial rewards. We break down empathy into categories: ethics, leadership, company culture, brand perception, and public messaging through social media. Methodology. billion ($1.39

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Urban Meyer, Ohio State Football, and How Leaders Ignore Unethical Behavior

Harvard Business Review

Reading the report with that lens can help leaders better understand the biases that get in the way of ethical conduct and ethical organizations. However, in competitive environments such as work and sports, the classic findings flip : competence is prized over character. Performance over principles. Gain awareness.

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What Happens to Mental Health at Work When Our Devices Know How We Feel?

Harvard Business Review

One recent global research survey of employee assistance programs found that, combined, employee anxiety, stress, and depression accounted for over 80% of all emotional health cases in 2014, compared with 55% in 2012. Employers and employees alike will want better and clearer insights into healthy and unhealthy workplace environments.

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Getting More Black Women into the C-Suite

Harvard Business Review

In late 2014, poised to publish a report on women’s ambition , we stumbled on a startling fact: black women are nearly three times more likely than white to aspire to a position of power with a prestigious title. And yet white women are about twice as likely as black women to attain one. Roughly twenty women helm a Fortune 500 company.

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