N2Growth Blog

AUGUST 1, 2016

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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You're Not the Boss of Me

JULY 13, 2009

In this scenario too, the performance review often becomes something we do to people rather than with them. Hopefully then, we can agree that while the principle of performance review is sound, where it often falls short is in the execution of the process. My clients are in the middle of pushing performance reviews out right now.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 30, 2020

What we can learn from Goldman’s former head of Human Capital Management about addressing race at work and retention strategies.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 22, 2018

Terri Cooper, Principal & Chief Inclusion Officer, Deloitte Consulting LLP. Welcome to the Quick Take, a sponsored conversation with Harvard Business Review and Deloitte Consulting. Today, we’re talking with Dr. Terri Cooper, the Global Sector Leader for healthcare and the US national chief inclusion leader for Deloitte.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 25, 2018

Diversity and inclusion are key factors attracting and engaging the kind of workforce that will build your company’s future. Welcome to the Harvard Business Review Analytic Services Quick Take. Terri Cooper, Deloitte Consulting. Terri, diversity and inclusion have never been more relevant. Download this podcast.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Instead, companies that aim to build an inclusive environment with the intention to see diversity in experience and perspective, thrive with unlimited potential and creativity in every domain. However, the Deloitte study also emphasizes the importance of diversity and inclusion. Arbitrary inclusion practices will only get you so far.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Statements like that of the Silicon Valley engineer who expressed resentment at his manager’s demands by saying, “[he] doesn’t have two kids and a wife, he has people that live in his house, that’s basically what he has,” as reported by Marianne Cooper, are increasingly common among younger men. Diversity Gender Work life balance'

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

” Based on a review of the existing literature, this study finds that mentoring and networking are indeed critical to developing political understanding. Research published in the Journal of Applied Psychology argues that women prefer work environments that foster cooperation, teamwork, and support.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 30, 2014

Anderson Cooper. Cook’s new openness shows that Apple is walking its talk on diversity – positioning them even more favorably in the never-ending Silicon Valley talent wars. Apple Diversity' Michael Sam. All three broke barriers by coming out in their respective industries – comedy, television news, and football.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2017

” In the workplace, this “can stymie diversity, recruiting, promotion, and retention efforts.” ” On the other hand, words like “collaborative” and “cooperative,” tend to draw more women than men. ” Go blind for the resume review. ” Set diversity goals.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2012

When CNN reporter Anderson Cooper recently announced that he's gay , making him the most famous out newsman in the country, it generated enormous media attention — and praise. By coming out in a friendly venue (Sullivan is also gay), Cooper assured himself a receptive hearing. How about your boss?

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 6, 2012

Artisans' cooperatives help market products from diverse artists. Agricultural cooperatives such as Land of Lakes and Ocean Spray offer big brand names and wide distribution to their farmer-members. Some things that are hard to do alone can be easier if small-sized groups join forces. Following Hurricane Sandy in the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Build a team around them: It’s been said that there are “no statues of committees,” but innovation is always the result of coordinated human activity — people combining their diverse abilities and interests to translate creative ideas into actual innovations.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 24, 2014

Morgan Asset Management’s Head of Diversity Gordon Cooper told me his firm is now introducing a Legal ReEntry Program. (In Morgan’s Cooper explains it this way: “Many companies are waking up to the incredible amount of untapped talent that has left Wall Street firms.” And last week J.P.

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You're Not the Boss of Me

NOVEMBER 7, 2010

Two is, that the wider our span of authority gets, the more we need the support, cooperation, ideas and good will of others to be successful. Announces Social Media, Branding & Diversity Strategies" by @ bizshrink. And, as you know, to engage others requires us to conduct ourselves with good grace.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

The idea started with two Janssen employees, Annick Daems and Enrique Esteban, who were spearheading an initiative to increase the company’s diversity of thought and experience. Their proposal would solve a diversity and inclusion problem, but the impact on the company’s bottom line wasn’t clear. They overcame short-term thinking.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2012

Instead, managers need to know how to create teams that feel psychologically safe enough for conflicting opinions to be aired and the benefits of diversity exploited. Teams composed of high-performing individuals are naturally subject to contradictory tensions, like cooperation and rivalry, trust and vigilance.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 30, 2018

Rather than handpick the usual senior managers, a team called Pathbuilder was formed of a diverse group of insiders to present senior leaders with new ideas. First, and most important, by relying on the self-nomination approach, the company tapped into the hidden energy, diversity, and skills of its employees.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 23, 2016

Effective coaches look for opportunities to cooperate and collaborate with others. Don’t encourage diversity. They do this not because of laws or rules in the organization but because they truly value and appreciate the advantages that diversity brings. Not collaborative. Ineffective coaches, conversely, are competitive.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2013

One design strategy that helps biological systems achieve robustness to these threats is diversity — genetic diversity in a species, species diversity in an ecosystem, and molecular diversity in an immune system. Complex systems rarely eliminate malicious threats permanently.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2013

These diverse perspectives often lead to conflict. But the tension created by diverse viewpoints also has a positive side. Start with strong sales and marketing leaders who, through their words and actions, consistently reinforce a cooperative, customer-focused culture. Marketers design strategies; sellers implement tactics.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 7, 2018

Many fire departments recognize that their lack of diversity as a problem and say they’re committed to increasing racial and gender diversity. ” But what’s the actual path for departments achieving more diversity? The fire service’s challenges with diversity go beyond gender and race.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2018

As a professional speaker who delivers between 30-50 paid keynotes per year, here are three strategies I’ve discovered that can help you craft a successful talk that resonates with diverse attendees. First, it can be helpful to envision the sections of your speech as “modules” that you can shift and reshuffle as needed.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 14, 2014

Funded by grant money and generous donors, with the luxury of inviting people to sit around on a grassy lawn for a whole weekend, you might think it’s easy for them to spark such conversations, to find such a diverse array of interesting people. We believe strongly in diversity for a few reasons. But this goes beyond gender, of course.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2015

They feel a sense of shared fate that fosters the development of trusting, cooperative relationships. Frame the challenge ahead (the work, the initiative, the project) as something in need of diverse perspectives and skills. They also focus on what the work means for the company’s value proposition – for their customers.

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Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 7, 2018

Take the example of a dairy cooperative I worked with recently. They’re stakeholder-focused, no-stone-unturned companies that defy expectations in their ability to pull together a diverse population of employees to produce amazing results. The trick is to identify stakeholder roles.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 26, 2013

In addition to incorporating security considerations into formal design processes, companies should encourage a skeptical culture in which intellectually diverse groups from different product teams review one another''s designs and give feedback about flaws, including those that affect security. Data Under Siege An HBR Insight Center.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 19, 2018

A qualitative analysis (currently under review) of almost 1,000 physician-mothers found that many feel they are in a double bind. This can hamper cooperative parenting and make it harder for women to stay in the field. ” Research on other professions suggests that women of color encounter additional hurdles in becoming leaders.

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 2, 2018

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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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 16, 2017

A couple of years ago I was invited to facilitate an offsite training for the diversity committee of a Fortune 500 company. In an era in which “diversity” has become a buzzword in the business world, the firm’s interest in the topic was both admirable and understandable.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 27, 2012

Wandering around — observing, talking to strangers, taking pictures, inhaling the rich diversity of unfamiliar life, may feel unproductive or even wasteful. A lot of people in our industry haven't had very diverse experiences. If you never take the time to fill your creative well, you'll having nothing to contribute.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2017

In 1970, the year I was born, Guyana’s dictator declared the country a cooperative republic and deepened relations with Cuba, North Korea, and the Soviet Union. This is the kind of diverse team that CEOs covet and that builds great businesses. Consider the country where I grew up. Imports were banned, including flour.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 7, 2016

These abilities lend themselves well to content creation, and the team members who possess them tend to be more cooperative and effective in creating thought leadership content. You should have an idea of who stands out as a leader among others and who is patient and knowledgeable enough to go out of their way to teach their co-workers.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2012

The diversity of ideas was as striking as the diversity of the contributors. The Mondragon Cooperative Experience: Humanity at Work. In just two-and-a-half months, we received some 148 entries from leaders, thinkers, and innovators of all stripes, from every corner of the globe. Hack by Kevin McKouen. Hack by Blair Miller.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 28, 2011

By going beyond mere cooperation and coordination, collective work produces more innovative and productive outcomes that exceed the simple sum of individual efforts. A team is a group of people who do collective work and are mutually committed to a common team purpose and challenging goals related to that purpose.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 12, 2018

At its Center of Competence for Cities, in London, Siemens employs a diverse set of experts, from architects and urban planners to public finance specialists. For companies, the trick will be balancing each city’s desire for custom solutions with their own need for scale.

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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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