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Apple’s Latest Diversity Report A Big “So What”

N2Growth Blog

Last week, Apple released its latest Diversity Report. Apple claims that from July 2016 to July 2017, half of its new hires in the U.S. I don’t think hiring by the numbers is the best way to establish a diverse and inclusive corporate culture. I think that you have to work at changing people’s minds to do that.

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Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

This resource-intensive and time-consuming process put additional pressure on FinTech executives while leading highly diverse and remote teams. The diversity across markets results in a mixture of backgrounds of different belief systems, habits, and perceptions that govern the behavior of local team members.

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Diversity, Group Think and Few Ideas

QAspire

They have a fortified belief system about how things should be done in the team. Group dynamics in a team is a strong force. People on the team are used to work in a certain way. They always encounter/expect some specific/known behaviors from their colleagues. There is a specific way of communication and often the [.]

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10 Things to Watch Out for When Acquiring A Business

Strategy Driven

For example, if the buyer’s company is all-inclusive and diverse, it is not wise to acquire a business that isn’t. If the owner’s morals and values do not line up with the investor’s own belief systems. Does the Company’s Culture Fit Your Ideals? It could create damage for the investor.

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10 Insights from the 100 Most Creative People in Business

In the CEO Afterlife

The tendency in any organization is to look for the 5 steps to do anything and make a system. Located in Harlem, Red Rooster serves American comfort food that honors the diverse culinary traditions of the community. I bike and I walk every corner of Harlem, and see so much diversity that’s unexpected.”

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Should Leaders be Consistent or Flexible?

The Center For Leadership Studies

Assumptions/Predispositions/Mindset – Effective leadership emanates from a belief system or a set of values that could most succinctly be described as “people are good.” Collaboration – Effective collaboration is typically a function of competent individuals representing diverse perspectives that are tackling a complex problem.

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Overcoming Opposition

Strategy Driven

Every day, in every way, we regenerate our biases; in service to maintaining systems congruence, we filter in/out anything that causes us to question status quo. Why would anyone disrupt their stable internal systems just because something from outside that attacks our core beliefs tells us to?