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Diversity and Inclusion – Two Very Different Concepts

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You need to de-bias the systems that run the organisation, such as recruitment, pay, procurement, talent management and marketing. Whilst both are important, leadership is the cornerstone, without which all the diversity initiatives in the world will be in vain. Diversity is about the mix of people on your team or in your organisation.

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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. While teamwork had been important with my Tupperware team, my leadership skills were really put to the test when I took on the responsibility for all Sales and Clinical teams at Radi Medical Systems (Radi). Examples include: Achieve Now!

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Elon Musk, Joking Around is Serious Business!

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They are open to diverse perspectives, and willing to take risks. There’s an entire branch of social science that studies the psychological and physiological effects of humor and laughter on the brain and the immune system— it’s called gelotology. These leadership characteristics can be further enhanced by humor.

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What is Great Leadership?

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These young eager beavers will only be patent with these, “less than impressive leaders”, for a short period of time then, without warning, will bolt to companies that offer them the challenges, diversity, involvement, and opportunity that they seek. Is there leading by example? Is it inclusive? Does it allow for differing opinions?

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28 Leadership Development Recommendations for your Individual Development Plan

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Everyone can improve their coaching, exactly what form "improve coaching" takes could vary for every individual: be more encouraging, be more challenging, focus on building an understanding of the organization as a system, spend more time coaching - less time reading and writing reports, etc.

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The Challenges of Choosing the Right Way to Grow your Company: Build, Borrow or Buy?

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In a research I did with Professor Will Mitchell (Duke & Toronto University) on 150 telecom firms, I find that firms prepared to grow in diverse ways outperform the ones that narrowly focus on one single mode. The reliance on a single growth mode is misplaced. How Close do you Need to be with your Resource Partner?

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