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Want to build high-performing teams?

Coaching Tip

In China, employee perceptions of inclusion accounted for 78% of innovation and 71% of team citizenship. In Mexico, they accounted for 51% of innovation and 60% of team citizenship. In India, they accounted for 62% of innovation and 43% of team citizenship. Inclusive leaders are humble.

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Yes, You Can Brainstorm Without Groupthink

Harvard Business Review

In articles in both the New York Times and The New Yorker earlier this year, the concept of brainstorming as introduced in the 1940's by Alex Osborn has been attacked as ineffective and linked to the concept of " Groupthink.". Suffice it to say, we dislike consensus-based "Groupthink" as much as the next person. Here's our advice: 1.

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Five highlights from the 2023 CMI President’s Dinner

Chartered Management Institute

Five Highlights from the 2023 CMI President's Dinner Words CMI Insights / Photography Amanda Forman The evidence about good and bad management; the new CMI president; and all the 2023 award-winners. Bad management harms society: fact “Bad management is bad – on every level,” said CMI’s chief executive Ann Francke OBE in her opening comments.

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India Remakes Global Innovation

Harvard Business Review

In prior blog posts, we have described how Western multinationals such as Xerox and GE are embracing polycentric innovation by sourcing more R&D capabilities from emerging markets such as India and China and integrating them into a synergistic global innovation network. Integrate with local innovation ecosystems.

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People Suffer at Work When They Can’t Discuss the Racial Bias They Face Outside of It

Harvard Business Review

Last month, in an unprecedented show of solidarity, 150 CEOs from the world’s leading companies banded together to advance diversity and inclusion in the workplace and, through an online platform, shared best practices for doing so. At the Center for Talent Innovation, we wanted to look into these suspicions.

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10 Common Thinking Errors Leaders Make

Mark Sanborn

This can result in poor decision-making and a lack of innovative thinking. A manager only listens to team members who agree with them, neglecting diverse opinions that could offer a new perspective. A manager ignores potential issues with a new initiative because they don’t want to be the only one questioning it.

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Improving the Way Boards, CEOs, and Shareholders Interact

Harvard Business Review

companies, the guidelines contain helpful (although not entirely novel or innovative) recommendations such as compensating outside directors with stock, giving non-executive directors unfettered access to management, and discouraging the practice of earnings guidance. Intended to strengthen corporate governance at U.S.

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