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Overcoming The Network Gap To Build Socially Diverse Workplaces

The Horizons Tracker

Diverse workplaces are valuable in all manner of ways, so it’s perhaps no surprise that MIT research finds that the more diverse a workplace is, the more profitable it is. Their data highlights the prevalence of what they refer to as the ‘network gap’, which prevents people from accessing the best roles.

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Diversity & Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Let me be clear: leadership and diversity should have nothing to do with one another. I’ll take it one step further – I can’t really think of any issue that should be argued or decided solely on the merits of diversity. In fact, let me take it up even another notch…diversity should be a non-issue altogether.

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5 Critical Skills You Will Need to Hit the Ground Running After College

Leading Blog

They participate in campus life but too often from the sidelines, so they lack and deep engagement in activities that provide much needed skills for the job market. I want diversity of experiences in college that have exercised their brain,” Brown said. Something a liberal arts education is designed to do. Enterprise is not alone.

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Board Performance Optimization: Beyond Compliance Towards Excellence

N2Growth Blog

Understanding the Concept of Governance Excellence Governance excellence refers to the strategic oversight conducted by a company’s board of directors that ensures ethical, sustainable, and profitable organizational operations. On the other hand, high performance is often a manifestation of excellent corporate governance.

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The Making of Legends

Strategy Driven

My four Legends books include “Pop Icons and Business Legends,” “The Classic Television Reference,” “Houston Legends” and “Non-Profit Legends.” Business dilemmas, solutions and analyses are framed first in the field of reference (pop culture teachings of their youth) and then reframed in modern business context. Honoring our elders.

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The Right Way to Use the Wisdom of Crowds

Harvard Business Review

The “ wisdom of crowds ” refers to the result of a very specific process, where independent judgments are statistically combined (i.e., We also asked participants how intelligent or ethical they perceived the other person to be, based on their recommendation. The problem of independent judgments. We asked 401 U.S.

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The Big Picture of Business- Professional Education Necessary for Company Success

Strategy Driven

Expert teachers (fountains of learning material) are the building block in the educational process, and the student must be an active participant (rather than a non-involved or combative roadblock). Has current references and case histories. Mentorship (which has seven levels) is a stairstep process of bettering all participants.