Leading Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

Like it or not, we need to deal with diverse, conflicting, and challenging contexts. She was formerly with McKinsey, working with MNCs and local companies in the US, China, and India. These days, it’s safe to assume that our current or future challenges are unlike those from the past.

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Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

Leadership podcasts provide a treasure trove of knowledge, offering diverse perspectives and practical solutions to help you unlock and enhance your leadership abilities. Blanchard LeaderChat Perfect for those seeking diverse, expert insights into leadership and team management from seasoned professionals.

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Women on Business

SEPTEMBER 6, 2011

Statistics have shown companies with more women in management score better on the nine dimensions of company excellence. ( Women Matter , McKinsey 2007). They are saying Steve Jobs was a genius and in order to carry on this legacy for Apple the current all-male executive team is going to need to add some estrogen to even things out.

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Strategy Driven

MARCH 25, 2016

The call for greater diversity at senior leadership levels is not new, although it has itself become more inclusive, extending beyond gender, race and ethnicity, to encompass age, education, socioeconomic background and sexual orientation, as well as experience, skills and talent. As early as 2004, research by Catalyst, Inc.

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CO2

JANUARY 14, 2024

A study by McKinsey & Company highlights that 86% of CEOs who prioritized innovation successfully led their companies through recent economic uncertainties. Effective leadership fosters a collaborative environment where diverse ideas and perspectives are valued.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 22, 2023

Why the drive for gender diversity? Workplace equality could add £150bn to the UK economy by 2025 (Mckinsey). 82% of managers agree diversity training should be core to every manager's professional development. Only 8% of managers say that their organisation sets gender diversity targets.

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N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

For members of the 2020 Top CHRO List, Diversity and Inclusion are a cornerstone of their work, not an afterthought. With a diverse background in human resources, information technology, and operations, his business and leadership acumen is only exceeded by his commitment to making others better.

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HR Digest

MAY 2, 2023

The report suggests that businesses take action by promoting diversity in leadership positions, offering flexible work arrangements, and investing in upskilling and reskilling programs. Companies should prioritize diversity and inclusion efforts during the pandemic. Women’s jobs are 1.8

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The Practical Leader

MARCH 27, 2024

WorldatWork writer, Rebecca McKinsey’s investigative report on ROT mandates discovered they face a backlash over flexibility. .” They found that many managers are using this issue as a scapegoat for their organization’s poor results.

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ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

Diversity is complicated, and that’s why most companies fail to meet their Diversity, Equity & Inclusion goals. Businesses tend to see diversity as a numbers issue. But emphasizing statistics ignores the uncomfortable factors that lead to poor diversity. These factors make conversations around diversity difficult.

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Great Results Team Building

MARCH 1, 2023

A study conducted by the University of Texas found that diversity in a team can lead to more creative and innovative ideas. Enhanced creativity When you work with people from different backgrounds and perspectives, you can tap into a wider range of ideas and approaches.

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Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

Interview: Embedding EDI as KPIs: The organisations using inclusion metrics as performance indicators Written by Sonia Sharma-Karia Wednesday 02 August 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email How do we make equality, diversity and inclusion a measurable goal and an aspect of our strategic success?

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The Horizons Tracker

JANUARY 19, 2022

Hidalgo and Ricardo Hausmann compare the best economies to a bucket of Lego bricks, with the most diverse buckets those that are able to grow and produce the most innovative solutions. Within countries, universities tend to be at the heart of attempts to foster such diversity.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

McKinsey alums Charles Conn and Rob McLean teach us how to be bulletproof problem solvers using a simple 7-steps approach. Having a diverse team allows for different viewpoints to be brought together. Organizations are looking for people that can define problems and form solid creative responses. Yet these skills are rarely taught.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

McKinsey & Company’s report underscores that robust client communication strategies breed customer retention and positive referrals. Starting with active listening, curbing misunderstandings, and averting issues, it cultivates unbiased spaces for diverse viewpoints. Proactivity is key.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

Authors Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux of McKinsey and Company, take a different view in Africa’s Business Revolution. Develop programs to grow talent from within and make gender diversity a priority. I N THE WESTERN WORLD, we often do not have an accurate picture of Africa as a growing marketplace. Turnover is high.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Celebrate cultural diversity while nurturing a shared identity. And if you do not address the many issues that a corporate merger or acquisition present regarding your culture, you will soon lose many of the people that could propel your organization forward successfully. Highlight these similarities to build trust and empathy.

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ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Reach your diversity goals. When companies hire fresh graduates, they’re more likely to attain their diversity goals. Pew Research Center reports that recent graduates are more diverse than ever. Hiring Fresh Graduates.

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HR Digest

DECEMBER 27, 2018

They now seek diverse firms that easily improve their work-life experience and properly engage them. More businesses are recognizing diversity as a means of improving performance and workplace culture. However, this will be encouraged by a quest for improved productivity promised by ethnic and gender diversity in a recent report.

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Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

When McKinsey & Co. asked senior executives at 60 big companies recently why they are trying to advance women, "they laughed at us," says Dominic Barton, McKinsey's global managing director. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto."

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First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 8, 2013

Polzer Lockheed''s "Skunk Works" McKinsey & Company Organization Science Talk the Disney animators who created classic films such as Snow White and Bambi The Manhattan Project Xerox PARC' How Trusted Leaders Use Conversation to Power their Organizations with Michael Slind Jeffrey T.

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Film McKinsey Human Capital Organizational Behavior 80

Strategy Driven

MAY 2, 2019

Have we brought outside perspectives and diversity of views to bear in the team? We urge teams to have hypotheses about the answer but open them to challenge in the team, by having diverse perspectives, role playing and actively tapping expertise outside the team. This may require a lot of debate in the team. That’s important too.

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HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

According to Mckinsey & Company , “Leaders have an essential role to play in developing solutions to tackle these challenges.” With the workforce becoming more diverse and hybrid, organizational leaders in many industries need to tailor the employee learning experience accordingly. Diversity and Inclusion.

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Great Leadership By Dan

MARCH 12, 2019

A McKinsey article published in April 2018, for example says that AI ‘creates space and time to think by filtering the signal from the noise’. Her speaking commitments take her into boardrooms as diverse as the Institute of Directors, the Cabinet Office, the Royal College of Surgeons, Lloyd’s of London, The City Women’s Network and Nomura.

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Agility Leadership Open-book McKinsey 256

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 30, 2021

The leader of McKinsey’s Institute for Black Economic Mobility talks about the racial gaps in the U.S. economy.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Diversity is the bedrock of innovation. . When diverse perspectives are combined, discussions are richer, more robust, and more relevant and we find better solutions. Click on the diagram to see the full McKinsey Report: Mapping the Value of Employee Collaboration. You can’t hide your morals behind closed doors.

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Coaching Tip

SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

In fact, according to a study conducted by McKinsey & Company, those who attempt to affect change by concentrating on changing mindset are four times more likely to succeed than those who focus only on changing behavior. Promoting Diversity at Work. Can't Get Enough Leadership , . Related articles.

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ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Reach your diversity goals. When companies hire fresh graduates, they’re more likely to attain their diversity goals. Pew Research Center reports that recent graduates are more diverse than ever. Hiring Fresh Graduates.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

Great for hearing a diverse range of leaders discuss the most pressing current challenges facing businesses today. The McKinsey Podcast. Great for business and management insights from leading experts at McKinsey. The free, high-quality tablet and smartphone app allows for reading on the go. The Bottom Line.

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Women on Business

NOVEMBER 11, 2011

Another study by McKinsey & Co has “proven a positive correlation between a company’s performance and the proportion of women serving on its executive board.

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HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Some researchers argue that innovative technologies could create more wealth, increase productivity and diverse jobs in the end by eliminating unpleasant rote work. A recent McKinsey study estimated that as many as half of current jobs could be automated, and predicted 400 million jobs worldwide will be automated into nothingness by 2030.

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The Horizons Tracker

MAY 30, 2023

A global survey of nurses undertaken by the consultancy firm McKinsey in the summer of 2022 highlighted the perilous state of the sector. Seldom has the state of the NHS workforce been more in the public consciousness.

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The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 27, 2019

Indeed, the authors note that “power rests with a narrow section of the population – the 7% who attend private schools and the 1% who graduate from Oxford and Cambridge” A recent study from McKinsey highlights how this is underpinning a worrying trend across the developed world that sees inequality widen.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2018

Amazon came under fire last week after its board opposed a shareholder proposal to increase the diversity of the board. Companies like Microsoft and Costco use this type of process for their board selection, as increasing diversity of candidate slates is an important step for increasing diversity of the board overall.

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HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

With the ongoing focus on diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) within workplaces, it is important to understand that conflicts are more likely if employee relationships and anti-discriminatory practices are not prioritized. Verbal acknowledgments of performances are a great start to building a communication channel as well.

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Striving to increase workplace diversity is not an empty slogan — it is a good business decision. In recent years a body of research has revealed another, more nuanced benefit of workplace diversity: nonhomogenous teams are simply smarter. Let’s dig into why diverse teams are smarter. They Focus More on Facts.

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CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

Getting honest feedback about leadership’s behavior is critical because 33 percent of failed transformations happen due to leadership’s behaviors not algining with desired changes, according to Mckinsey. Over the past few decades, we’ve coached top leaders from startups to Fortune 500 companies across a diverse array of industries.

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