Remove category
article thumbnail

The Cognitive Diversity That Makes For The Best Teams

The Horizons Tracker

They argue that just the right amount of diversity is required to secure the benefits of different opinions whilst retaining the homogeneity required to have a cohesive unit. Diverse contributions. A new study from Carnegie Mellon doesn’t provide this conclusion either, but is no less interesting for that.

article thumbnail

Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. I’ll take it one step further – I can’t really think of any issue that should be argued or decided solely on the merits of diversity. In fact, let me take it up even another notch…diversity should be a non-issue altogether.

Diversity 296
Insiders

Sign Up for our Newsletter

This site is protected by reCAPTCHA and the Google Privacy Policy and Terms of Service apply.

article thumbnail

How to Achieve Greater Board Effectiveness With a Board Advisory Partner

N2Growth Blog

With that, they’ll recruit new board members who fill skill gaps, bring much-needed diverse perspectives to the table, and help the board and the organization ultimately arrive at their desired future state. They should also have diverse, representative directors who bring a valuable perspective. What Is Board Effectiveness?

Diversity 217
article thumbnail

How Team Leaders Can Improve Problem Solving Skills With a Clear Process

Great Results Team Building

And the most Effective Leaders follow a repeatable, step-by-step process for clarifying and solving the right problem, emphasizing the importance of writing down and agreeing on the problem, acknowledging distracting assumptions, listing possible causes through diverse perspectives, and gaining support for implementing the solution.

Process 175
article thumbnail

Full-Spectrum Thinking

Leading Blog

Bob Johansen describes full-spectrum thinking as “the ability to seek patterns and clarity across gradients of possibility—outside, across, beyond, or maybe even without any boxes or categories—while resisting false certainty.”. In this future, it will be very dangerous to fit new threats or new opportunities into old categories of thought.

article thumbnail

Diversification Putting Pressure on FinTech Executives

N2Growth Blog

With technology reshaping the global business landscape, many companies will be pushed to fundamentally reconsider their ways of doing international business, diversifying into new product categories and adopting a “borderless” expansion model. Undoubtedly, this is putting added pressure on FinTech executives.

Execution 341
article thumbnail

A List of Referrable Keynote Speakers and Topics to Consider for Your Next Conference

Great Results Team Building

In fact, according to Speakers.com , the top 10 speaking topics of 2023 are: Leadership Diversity and Inclusion Team Building Mental Health Innovation Healthcare Technology Trends Motivation Finance Economy And according to the 2023 Speaking Industry Benchmark Report by AAE Speakers Bureau, the topics event professionals are prioritizing the most in (..)