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Leadership Matters

N2Growth Blog

In 1973/4 I participated in an Overseas Fellowship at General Motors Institute (now Kettering University) in a work/study cooperative programme in Flint, Michigan, which was the birthplace of GM. I had joined the Rio Board in 2009, so I already had broad oversight of the company’s diverse operations.

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5 Leadership Modes for Team Success

Skip Prichard

We are witnessing the most progressive organizations operate as engines for learning. Other ‘strategies’ that were once cosmetic, including diversity and inclusion, have been revealed to be both good for the bottom line and for human betterment. It entails operating from a place of what one can learn , not from what one knows. “.

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How Masculinity Contests Undermine Organizations, and What to Do About It

Harvard Business Review

blaming subordinates for any failure), undermining cooperation, psychological safety, trust in coworkers, and the ability to admit uncertainty or mistakes. Organizations rely on cooperative teamwork to succeed. Dropping a diversity initiative onto these types of workplaces is unlikely to create meaningful change.

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The Subtle Ways Our Screens Are Pushing Us Apart

Harvard Business Review

The virtual distance model is made up of three factors: physical distance, operational distance, and affinity distance. Cooperative and helping behaviors go down by over 80%. But compliance is not the same as collaboration. Physical distance is essentially geographic distance. Trust declines by over 80%.

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Uber Is Finally Realizing HR Isn’t Just for Recruiting

Harvard Business Review

Uber CEO Travis Kalanick and prominent board members, with the cooperation and support of the head of HR, have initiated an investigation. But with the departures of a number of high-level HR leaders in late 2016, head of operations Ryan Graves largely took on the head HR role in addition to his other duties. Each has its place.

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Being Persuasive Across Cultural Divides

Harvard Business Review

Whether you are working in a large corporation with a presence in all the major markets or you're an owner operator with a single website, it is likely that your communications will reach people from a wide variety of cultural origins. If you are in business, then you are in a global business.