Lead Change Blog

AUGUST 10, 2015

This diversity stuff doesn’t work. Feeling internal and external pressure to have more diversity, some companies define diversity as “making the numbers,” and task Human Resources (HR) with hiring more women and minorities. That’s typically the beginning and end of attention companies give to becoming more diverse.

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Management Diversity Cooper Human Resources 150

Great Results Team Building

MARCH 1, 2023

Improved productivity Collaboration is key in the workplace, and when teammates work well together, productivity can increase. A study conducted by the University of Michigan found that employees who collaborated frequently and effectively were more productive than those who worked alone.

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Teamwork McKinsey Conference Survey 169

Lead Change Blog

JANUARY 27, 2015

.” Several of our leading voices shared their observations about interdisciplinary efforts they have seen that reduced or minimized silos , and contributed to a better product and experience for everyone. Jon Mertz – Product management is a team sport. Interdisciplinary Workshops. This is a great trend.

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Power Workshop Trends Cooper 150

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 29, 2014

If he had taken his research out of the office, Mark would have found that Jennifer felt very strongly about her local identity and bought her vegetables from a local organic cooperative; at the same time, she was concerned about global issues and invested her savings in Indiegogo , a global crowdfunding platform.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 3, 2015

It’s the channel through which you sell your initiatives to the people you depend on for cooperation and support. Your network’s strategic advantage and, therefore, the extent to which it helps you step up to leadership, depends on three qualities: Breadth: Strong relationships with a diverse range of contacts.

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How To Diversity Letter Learning-by-Doing 8

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2017

Meta-analysis is particularly useful for identifying and quantifying patterns, for drawing inferences from a diversity of results, and for generalizing from results derived from numerous single studies. This can produce a more satisfied, cooperative, and productive workforce.

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Analysis Absenteeism Diversity Cooper 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 13, 2012

So it's not surprising that we received a striking diversity of entries from every kind of organization and from every corner of the world. As a $17 billion, 90,000-person network of 258 cooperatives, the Mondragon Corporation is the antithesis of the monolithic, go-it-alone enterprise at the center of so much economic activity.

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