I was giving a morning keynote at a diversity conference when I asked the organizer what the rest of the day's sessions would be. But things get complicated when we tell a manager, "In general your talent development is great, but you suck at promoting diversity." Wittingly or not, diversity has become a numbers game. In 2012?". MORE >>

So, with that in mind, here are five attitudes that I think will be necessary for business leaders to take, in achieving success in 2013 and beyond: Attitude # 1: Diversity is not a black and white subject   ~ There are a myriad of distinctions between human beings. That makes valuing diversity a business imperative. What do you think? MORE >>

Want to be a high-performing company? study on HR metrics by i4cp shows that higher-performing companies are more apt to measure talent-related metrics than lower performers. For example: 71% of higher performers measure compliance or completion of diversity plans (52% in lower-performing companies). MORE >>

How do you grow your company ? Whether we talk about entrepreneurial growth or renewing a mature company, the wrong move can break the firm. To succeed, therefore, managers have to learn to right way to grow their company – and also learn when and how to abandon the strategies they have grown up with. From my research with W. MORE >>

Personality factors in individuals are something that every company seems to want to assess and change. For example, “Sales people need to be more socialable” we have all met sales people who are all over the spectrum on “socialness” and they can be very successful at their role of sales. You are not a psychologist, you are a manager. MORE >>