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How to Improve Your Organization’s Culture Through Employee Connections

Michael Lee Stallard

As a leader, think about what your words and actions communicate to those who report to you and your colleagues. For example, do team members understand that the quality of connection can affect the level of cooperation and collaboration? Do they feel that you value each person as a unique individual and as part of the team?

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The Rise In Portfolio Careers

The Horizons Tracker

As with the gig economy, there are many following this career path that do so in a fulfilling and rewarding way, with the combination of assignments giving them a rich and diverse professional life. The report highlights the work done by Smart , the freelancers cooperative founded in Belgium before spreading out into seven other EU countries.

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The Challenges When Creating Across Cultures

The Horizons Tracker

Diversity is generally accepted as a good thing, with MIT research highlighting how diversity within our organizations can boost the bottom line of those businesses. If coordinating across global teams is the key to untapping the benefits of diversity, a high degree of “global fluency” is likely to be crucial.

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The Movement Of People And Ideas Is Key To Economic Growth

The Horizons Tracker

Hidalgo and Ricardo Hausmann compare the best economies to a bucket of Lego bricks, with the most diverse buckets those that are able to grow and produce the most innovative solutions. Within countries, universities tend to be at the heart of attempts to foster such diversity.

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Mars Incorporated: A Sweet Place to Work

Coaching Tip

For example, a typical Mars plant manager influences associates by his or her ability to pace development of operational systems and innovative approaches. These operational managers' value to Mars is they initiate or design positive changes. It is still 100% family-owned -- now by the three elderly offspring of Forrest Mars Sr.,

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6 Silent Productivity and Profitability Pitfalls, part 5 of 7

Strategy Driven

Contemporary information systems are blind to many of the key drivers of productivity and have consistently failed in their quest to integrate the diverse operations of a company.

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What Does It Mean to Be an Inclusive Leader? - SPONSOR CONTENT FROM DELOITTE DIGITAL

Harvard Business Review

Diversity and inclusion are key factors attracting and engaging the kind of workforce that will build your company’s future. Terri Cooper, Deloitte Consulting. Terri, diversity and inclusion have never been more relevant. Terri Cooper, Deloitte Consulting. Terri Cooper, Deloitte Consulting.

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