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Case Study: How Hard Should You Push Diversity?

Harvard Business Review

It had appeared in a special online supplement of Businessweek on the subject of diversity, and it concerned the company's efforts to increase female and minority representation in management. Charles Begley, GlobeBank's managing director of diversity recruiting, was already reading it onscreen, dumbfounded. "We Who wrote that?". "He

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What Europe Can Teach the US About Gender in the Boardroom

Harvard Business Review

In other words, diversity — especially gender diversity — unlocks growth. Many companies are already putting admirable efforts and resources into strengthening a diverse pipeline of women and minorities. As the U.S. But there's promising news from Europe that's also worth attention.

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Your Leadership Development Program Needs an Overhaul

Harvard Business Review

Barclays Bank PLC and The Walt Disney Company EMEA are great examples. Employees are invited to propose ideas for new products and services that have a business case and promise to make a positive impact on society. Consider Barclays and two examples of intrapreneurs from programs run by the bank in 2013 and 2015.

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Egypt's Rebellion, U.S. Competitiveness, and National Service

Harvard Business Review

One young woman in a head scarf smiled through her braces and asked in flawless English for business career advice. Through direct service in schools as teacher aides, tutors, and role models, corps members are raising student achievement in the worst schools, working in diverse teams across racial and income divides.

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The Rise of the Hands-On Dad

Harvard Business Review

Let’s start with the pioneering companies now offering generous paid parental leave to new dads — firms such as Yahoo (8 weeks), PwC (12-14 weeks), and Bank of America (12 weeks). The FAMILY Act, which has been proposed in the U.S. Phil Dunphy of “Modern Family” is a great example. Senate, would apply this model nationwide.

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The Big Picture of Business: Institutional Reviews Help Public Companies to Learn from the Downturn and Move Forward

Strategy Driven

Branch 3: Accounting, banking, investments, financial planning, benefits programs, real estate, fund raising for non-profit organizations and investor relations services for public companies. Branch 4: Training for diversity, team building, professional education and development, motivational and executive development-mentoring.

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What You Should Know About Dodd-Frank and What Happens If It’s Rolled Back

Harvard Business Review

His bottom line: “For a manager running a nonfinancial business, the proposed reforms to Dodd-Frank are probably a bad trade-off.” The rethink took place in the context of a lot of skepticism (at best) about the banking system, the banking business model, and its contribution to American well-being.