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Diversity and Inclusion – Two Very Different Concepts

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Whilst both are important, leadership is the cornerstone, without which all the diversity initiatives in the world will be in vain. Diversity and inclusion – despite that they are often discussed together – are actually two very different concepts. Diversity is about the mix of people on your team or in your organisation.

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Leadership Essentials for the Matrix Environment

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to “How do I attain enterprise goals by working effectively within a very fluid and complex networked environment?” For the dinosaurs, size alone was an advantage in a stable environment, but agility helped the smaller mammals prosper when the asteroid hit. Network deliberately and diversely. Create space to learn. Be resilient.

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How Leaders Can Fix a Negative Company Culture

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Guest post from Chris Dyer : When company culture fails, it’s usually on one of two planes: the work environment has gone rotten, or the way in which work is transacted has deteriorated. If your environment is not supportive—or doesn’t feel that way to your staff—you may need to take one of these steps: Say yes instead of no.

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Effective Leadership Begins with a Strong Foundation

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Why, in our current environment, is there confusion around these two terms and does what makes a strong leader still exist? Her diverse background has provided her with numerous opportunities to work with government agencies and some of the world’s largest companies, including Fortune 500 companies like BP, 3M, and General Mills.

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Great Leadership Comes with a Counterintuitive Approach

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Speed – Not Always the Answer In a global environment of rapid change, “better and faster” dominates the agenda in the boardroom. These teams, bringing together diverse opinions and the institutional knowledge of multiple departments, are the ones that solve the big problems and seize the Big Opportunities.

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Finding Executive Education Courses that Provide Networking Opportunities

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Does your course foster a group-based learning environment? Typical executive education courses operate on some combination of lectures, exercises, and an interactive group-based learning environment. As the article above also points out, these group-based learning environments also lend themselves to smaller networks.

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Leadership: Leveraging Your Soft Skills

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Leaders of today have a bigger challenge, given the diversity of modern-day teams. As president of the non-profit Medical Development Group of Boston (MDG), I found myself in an environment that required me to make good decisions and speak with authority and passion.

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