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

The Horizons Tracker

A recent study from the University of Houston argues that homogenous hiring committees are a key barrier to progress. The research found that when the head of the search committee was a woman, 23% more women apply for the job than when the committee was headed by a man. Birds of a feather. Learning from personal experience.

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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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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. Use 8-10 to waste your time and resources.

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Parkinson's Law of Triviality

Great Leadership By Dan

This post was first published in SmartBlog on Leadership on 11/29/2012: Have you ever noticed that committees or management teams tend to spend way too much time in meetings endlessly debating the most unimportant or mundane topics, while at the same time, not enough time on the most important or strategic issues?

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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.

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

N2Growth Blog

Actively participating in conferences, seminars, and workshops allows you to connect with thought leaders and experts in the field. Board members bring valuable insights and perspectives by participating in the search committee or engaging with external search consultants.

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Four Ways to Break Career Stagnation

Career Advancement

Volunteer for committees and events. Participating in a committee or helping to host a conference or charity event translates to an abundance of networking opportunities. Meetings with your boss can help you formulate a plan for your transition into the next step of your career.

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