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Boards Need To Up Their Game In Terms Of Cognitive Diversity

The Horizons Tracker

Diversity has long been recognized in terms of its importance to things like innovation and creativity, with research from MIT showing how cognitive diversity improves the profitability of organizations. Such diversity can have costs, however, as paper from Wharton illustrates. Constructive disagreement. Struggling to diversify.

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New Research Shows That Board-Level Diversity Continues To Prove Elusive

The Horizons Tracker

Recent research highlighted how much better more diverse organizations performed relative to their more homogenous peers. Despite this logical reason for greater gender diversity, especially at the board level, performance still lags worryingly behind public sentiment. Struggling to diversify.

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2020 Top CHRO List – The People Leaders To Watch

N2Growth Blog

For members of the 2020 Top CHRO List, Diversity and Inclusion are a cornerstone of their work, not an afterthought. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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Trent Henry on Building Tomorrow’s Leaders

HR Digest

In an exclusive interview with HR Digest, Trent Henry, EY’s Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO), shares key strategies driving EY’s commitment to diversity, innovation, employee well-being, and leadership development.

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Stefan Ries on SAP’s Most Comprehensive Workforce Skills Upgrade

HR Digest

"Workforce Skills Upgrade: A New Competitive Advantage" SAP is one of the few companies leading diversity & Inclusion, having implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade since 2017. The HR Digest: Under your leadership, SAP successfully implemented a comprehensive workforce skills upgrade in 2017.

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Introducing 100 Coaches: Pay It Forward Champions

Marshall Goldsmith

Jim Kim (President of the World Bank), Peter Drucker (founder of modern management), Paul Hersey (noted author, teacher, and personal mentor of mine), and Warren Bennis (one of the world’s greatest leadership thinkers of his time). They represent leaders in their own worlds with a diversity of interests that relate to the topic of coaching.

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What 11 CEOs Have Learned About Championing Diversity

Harvard Business Review

The business case for diversity is clear. Diversity can boost innovation and employee engagement , and companies with greater gender and racial diversity financially outperform their peers. And many diversity programs fail. I asked three questions: Why do you care about diversity? For example, Gap Inc.