HR Digest

MARCH 8, 2024

There are many examples of diversity and inclusion in the workplace but we often get caught up in two areas—hiring and leadership. For a genuine focus on diversity and inclusion in the workplace, there need to be many layers to diversity planning. Employees who feel secure are employees who are motivated to work.

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Diversity Examples Environment Metrics 94

Lead from Within

FEBRUARY 7, 2023

This can involve promoting collaboration and teamwork, encouraging diverse perspectives, and providing support and resources. By doing so, this helps team members work effectively together, fostering a sense of unity and cooperation. Thus, seeking out opportunities to lead others towards a shared goal or objective.

Development 216

Development Succession Team Leadership 216

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2017

Setting aside social, political, and moral reasons for encouraging a more diverse workplace, there is arguably no better incentive for promoting diversity than the premise that diverse teams and organizations are more creative. Leading a Brainstorming Session with a Cross-Cultural Team. Too much diversity is problematic.

Diversity 12

Diversity Creativity Analysis Consensus 12

You're Not the Boss of Me

DECEMBER 7, 2013

It was lovely to see the easy cooperation that danced among them as they shared the various pieces of playground equipment and discussed the merits of this climbing apparatus over that. Some people think that collaboration is just like that… playing and working together cooperatively for a common purpose.

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Cooper Leadership Styles Film Brainstorming 66

You're Not the Boss of Me

AUGUST 6, 2011

It was lovely to see the easy cooperation that danced among them as they shared the various pieces of playground equipment and discussed the merits of this climbing apparatus over that. Some people think that collaboration is just like that… playing and working together cooperatively for a common purpose.

Cooper 76

Cooper Brainstorming Discount Reference 76

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Build a team around them: It’s been said that there are “no statues of committees,” but innovation is always the result of coordinated human activity — people combining their diverse abilities and interests to translate creative ideas into actual innovations. Leading a Brainstorming Session with a Cross-Cultural Team.

Creativity 12

Creativity Motivation Diversity Innovation 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

In a recent piece in The New Yorker exploring the flaws inherent in the groupthink of brainstorming sessions, Jonah Lehrer cited research into the process of free association by psychology professor Charlan Nemeth of the University of California at Berekely. A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences.

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Creativity Groupthink Stress GDP 16