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If You Want A Diverse Workforce, You Need A Diverse Recruitment Committee

The Horizons Tracker

Despite a diverse workforce having moral and practical benefits, there remains considerable progress to be made before organizations can consider themselves truly diverse. The authors argue that homophily perhaps has an unfair reputation, however, and can actually be used to increase diversity.

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How to Improve Your Organization’s Culture Through Employee Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

There are three steps I’ve developed throughout my coaching practice that can help build strong connections within your organization. I believe when their needs are met, employees thrive, and the organization can gain a performance advantage. Many organizations even require unconscious bias training. You May Also Enjoy:

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How Class Affects How We Collaborate

The Horizons Tracker

Having a diverse workforce has numerous benefits to an organization, with MIT research highlighting that the most diverse workplaces tend to be the most profitable. A study from the University of Virginia Darden School of Business took this a step further and explored the impact of class diversity on the success of a team.

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Leading for Others

Great Leadership By Dan

The vast majority of senior leaders across nearly all organizations throughout the United States and Europe are white men. Qualified people are inhibited from getting a fair chance to succeed, which harms both them and the organization. Influence is often judged in organizations by who has “a seat at the table”.

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45 Career Advice Experts Offer Career Success Secrets

Miles Anthony Smith

45 Career Advice Experts Share Their Blueprint for Career Success (Plus Leaderboard)​ Does your career seem to be a struggle at times? It’s why I wrote my book Why Career Advice Sucks™ … to share the stories of my own career success and failures and help you grow your career more quickly.

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The Growing Power of Women in Business

Women on Business

If we have too many leaders in an organization who are men, we don’t have a balance and we don’t have the ability to grow relationships with a holistic approach. In the past, business was about cooperation, and we cooperated because we had to. Men are great at cooperating. Women are more adept at relationship building.

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50 Forms of Dysfunction in the Workplace

Lead from Within

At its worst, it can bring down an entire organization. Sometimes people in leadership think that constant tinkering with an organization’s structure is the way to fix any issues. An organization that compromises on quality jeopardizes everything it does. How bad news is shared says a lot about an organization.

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