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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. A recent study from the University of Houston argues that homogenous hiring committees are a key barrier to progress. Learning from personal experience.

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Nonprofit vs. For-profit Executive Search: What’s the Difference?

N2Growth Blog

Flexibility, adaptability, and the ability to collaborate with diverse stakeholders are also crucial skills for nonprofit executives, as they often work with diverse groups and individuals, including board members, donors, volunteers, and other community organizations.

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Decision Markets Outperform Committees (But Trust In Them Is Low)

The Horizons Tracker

Decision markets are increasingly common to help weed out the best decisions, but they are still dwarfed by decisions made via committees or other adhoc groups. Prediction markets work by participants placing bets on particular outcomes. It’s a choice that new research from UC Riverside suggests is increasingly untenable.

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Enhancing Board Performance: Strategies for Effective Board Evaluations

N2Growth Blog

Board evaluations provide a unique opportunity for boards to reflect on their effectiveness and identify gaps in skills, expertise, or diversity. Furthermore, board evaluations enable a comprehensive assessment of board processes, including governance practices, committee structures, and decision-making processes.

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10 Ways to Select Participants for a Leadership Development Program

Great Leadership By Dan

A colleague and I recently talked about the challenge of selecting participants for leadership development programs. Use these guidelines (1-7) for participant selection for leadership development programs, and you’ll ensure that the right person gets the right development at the right time. Inclusion and diversity.

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Unlocking Corporate Social Responsibility: 10 Impactful Ways to Give Back as a Business Owner

Strategy Driven

Practice Diversity and Inclusion Having a diverse workplace and welcoming people from all backgrounds also falls under corporate social responsibility. Provide diversity training within the organization. Ensure equal hiring opportunity by setting up an unbiased interview and hiring committee.

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Action-Learning based leadership development using entangled-trios

Mike Cardus

Create the process structure and curriculum – review with the GEEKS committee Identity and match the Executive Sponsors, Project Sponsors, and Team Coaches Create evaluation criteria (using Learning-Transfer-Evaluation-Method ) . Participate and be a good team member Submit a business plan and participate in the proposal presentation.