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Norway’s Wealthiest Sovereign Fund Pushes For Gender Equality on Company Boards

HR Digest

trillion in assets, wants more diversity and gender equality reflected on the boards of companies it invests in. The wealth investor has suggested that companies with fewer than 30 percent female directors should set targets to increase the numbers. percent of every listed company in the world. percent in Germany, 28.6

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Wild West Days of Social Media Are Over: Time For Some Discipline, Communicators

leaderCommunicator

79% of companies use, or are imminently planning to use, social media. Nearly half of the companies who were rated as “effective” in social media said it was integral to the company strategy. 52% of executives say that social business is important to their companies today. Harvard Business Review Analytics Services.

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Winners Are Born In Difficult Times

Tanveer Naseer

Last year I spent some time speaking with a senior HR director in a large, global FMCG company that illustrates the problem well. Diverse Team that Challenges You Diversity is no longer about simply sitting on cross-functional teams. Change requires diversity of thought.

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Help Your Global Talent Succeed and Lead - Cultivate Communication Skills

Great Leadership By Dan

According to the Harvard Business Review , English is now the global language of business, and more and more multinational companies are mandating English as the common corporate language. The non-native speakers in your company may perform their daily responsibilities well. You can cultivate these skills within your global company.

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Possibility Maximizer: iFractal / KnowHR's Book Club

Sales Wolf Blog

Getting outside their comfort zone, exploring areas outside the HR world, and having discussions with other smart people about how they can apply the principles and concepts of a great book (or blog, white paper, survey, report, etc) to their position within their organization.   Now go Maximize Possibility!

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How Cities Can Help High-Growth Companies Flourish - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELL AND INTEL®

Harvard Business Review

Gazelles – companies that show 20 percent revenue growth annually for four consecutive years, starting from a revenue base of at least $1 million – may be scarce on the landscape, but they are incredibly productive. companies generated 10.7 So how can cities help spur the growth of these companies? Local Support.

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Healthcare, Paradigm Shifts and the Influence of W.E. Deming

Deming Institute

In 2014 I presented a paper at the 20th Annual International Deming Research Seminar on the topic of “ Understanding and Application of Deming’s System of Profound Knowledge in Healthcare.” The cycle continues as diversity of ideas starts a new formation phase. The S-Curve has several phases. 
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