CO2

JUNE 24, 2016

Fundraising Fast Facts. · Raised just under $1M in 2015. · Doubled the number of donors over the past four years. · Increased fundraising by more than 50% over the past four years. We teach and work by the values of Compassion, Integrity, Excellence, Inclusion and Diversity. VOYAGEUR OUTWARD BOUND SCHOOL. THE MISSION. THE VALUES.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2018

Companies today spend millions of dollars on workplace diversity programs and outreach, often with little to show for it. Research has found that most workplace diversity programs fail to produce meaningful diversity and inclusion, and some have actually increased bias among individual employees. Nick Purser/Getty Images.

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Harvard Business Review

JULY 11, 2017

In today’s workplace, diversity is more than just a buzzword; it’s a way to build a stronger business. At Pinterest, we understand that diverse teams yield smarter , more innovative results, which are essential in the competitive, dynamic tech industry. Setting diversity goals isn’t enough.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 22, 2016

In numerous studies , diversity — both inherent (e.g., For example, a 2009 analysis of 506 companies found that firms with more racial or gender diversity had more sales revenue, more customers, and greater profits. In addition, people believe that diverse teams breed greater conflict than they actually do.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 11, 2015

“That partner simply couldn’t remember that it was my leadership, my work — aided of course by the team and that one guy (we’ll call him Jim) — and that I’d been instrumental in hiring Jim and promoting him while I was leading it,” she says. He did such a great job with that cost reduction project.’”

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Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2016

Activists launched 159 campaigns in 2015 focused on shareholder value maximization, nearly double the 88 that were launched the year before. Is the company’s portfolio too diverse? Now, you will have to translate your strategic thinking into a value creation plan that your management team and board will embrace.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 11, 2018

On March 3, 2015, hyperlocal social network Nextdoor announced that it had raised $110 million in venture capital. Agile teams benefit from different perspectives, skills, and expertise, so the co-founders assembled a small, diverse team to tackle the issue. chuttersnap/unsplash. This last step proved to be the thorniest.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 20, 2011

corporate officers, despite the fact that 75% of corporate executives believe that having minorities in senior level positions enables innovation and better serves a diverse customer base, says Sandra Finley CEO of the League of Black Women. Black women are toiling in middle management and that is usually the height of their career.".

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Diversity Competitive Advantage Middle Management CEO 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 8, 2016

The World Economic Forum’s recent Global Gender Gap Report 2015 gives us a wealth of detail about the continued worldwide imbalance in gender equality and what it means for the future. They make up the majority of top managers in only four of those countries. In some areas the news is good. How can this be?

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Strategy Driven

JULY 3, 2015

I conduct Executive Think Tanks for corporate management. One Course Will Fix the Problem. I recommend that team building training be conducted as part of a company Strategic Plan, with top management participating. Understand and celebrate diversity. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC.

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Education Company Succession Mentor 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 22, 2017

Cornell University encourages students to pave their own path by choosing among a wide range of courses to design their own “independent major.” Drawing from this research, teachers and managers can use certain strategies to help their students and employees from working-class backgrounds realize their potential.

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Class Influence Diversity Education 10

Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

You are Amazing Even if Today You Are Off Course. Originally published on Management Craft December 30, 2009. I love to discover the source of a person’s passions and am fascinated by our diverse natures. I think that stress and the dizzying circumstances of our lives can push us off course. Are you off course?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 27, 2018

In 2015, shortly before Amazon bought Whole Foods, co-CEO John Mackey is faced with a plummeting stock price and is under fire. Sigmund Freud wrote, “The conceptions I have summarized here I first put forward only tentatively, but in the course of time they have won such a hold over me that I can no longer think in any other way.”

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Of course, we’re not unique. The best lists of “must read” books by leaders in business are often incredibly diverse. In addition, the act of reading in community can help you read more deeply and better understand diverse perspectives. But reading is often viewed as a solitary activity. I believe they can.

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Books Diversity Real Estate Emotional Intelligence 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 4, 2017

People with these traits can quickly pick up the technical skills through on-the-job training, industry certifications, community college courses, and modern vocational and skills education programs. hiring in cybersecurity since 2015 has consisted of new collar professionals. The P-TECH model has expanded to over 50 U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 13, 2016

It has InsideNGO, which works to improve the operational and management capacity of organizations in the global NGO community. What would this entity do, in a world with so many diverse charities with so many diverse political and religious views? The Kansas City Royals’ 2015 team payroll was over $110 million.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 13, 2016

Since early 2015, when he began working with Sodexo’s executive committee as the global services firm’s chief transformation officer, Sunil Nayak has undergone his own leadership transformation. How talent management is changing. ” Insight Center. . ” Insight Center. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders.

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Management Craft

DECEMBER 28, 2014

You are Amazing Even if Today You Are Off Course. Originally published on Management Craft December 30, 2009. I love to discover the source of a person’s passions and am fascinated by our diverse natures. I think that stress and the dizzying circumstances of our lives can push us off course. Are you off course?

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How To Course Chaos Theory Hotels 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. internet companies have scaled internationally, of course (Facebook and Google are two obvious examples). It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets.

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Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 12, 2018

before 2010, and in only 50 countries by 2015. internet companies have scaled internationally, of course (Facebook and Google are two obvious examples). It also must face a diverse set of national regulatory restrictions, such as those that limit what content can be made available in local markets.

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First-mover Advantage Globalization Content Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 28, 2015

Massive Open Online Courses (MOOCs) are challenging work flows in the education sector. Companies like these, who tap directly into the full diversity and energy of their human marketplaces, are able to scale faster, learn faster, innovate and adapt faster. The theme: Claiming Our Humanity — Managing in the Digital Age.

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Restructuring Diversity Hotels Drucker 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2018

Leaders, of course, are necessary. Findings about the clear link between CEOs and organizational outcomes are unclear or mixed ( Cannella, Park & Lee, 2008 ; Hambrick, Humphrey & Gupta, 2015 ; Pitcher & Smith, 2001 ). Otherwise, companies would fail once they are gone. Some were planned, but many were unplanned.

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Harvard Business Review

JUNE 17, 2016

In everything it does, the company pays as much attention to its growth engine — its ability to manage innovation and launch consistently valuable products — as in any particular garment or device it sells. In 2015, it had been one of Wall Street’s most favored alternative energy companies.

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Company Engineering Apparel Survey 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

“Increasing demand for clean, affordable electricity combined with an aging infrastructure, retiring workers, growing regulations, rising capital costs, and intensifying budget pressures challenge utility executives and managers now more than ever. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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Power Licensing Engineering Benchmarking 50

Harvard Business Review

MAY 7, 2013

By 2015, according to my own firm''s projections , not only will 75 percent of the world''s population have access to the internet. For managers, this development creates challenges both long term and urgent. A study undertaken by researchers from the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St.

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Supply Chain Business Model Software Long-term 8

Strategy Driven

APRIL 17, 2015

Every astute organization assesses the status of each branch on its Business Tree™ and orients its management and team members to meet constant changes and fluctuations. Managers, by default, see “band-aid surgery” as the only remedy for problems… but only when problems are so evident as to require action.

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Self-aware System Learning-by-Doing Bottom-up 50

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 9, 2015

This tool becomes advantageous for technical communicators, project managers, and engineers doing contract work to both promote their skills and expertise, educate potential clients, as well as maintain multiple projects and clients. Copyright 2007-2015 by StrategyDriven Enterprises, LLC. Consider leaving a comment!

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Harvard Business Review

MAY 30, 2014

Not Good at All Google Finally Discloses Its Diversity Record, and It’s Not Good PBS NewsHour Google released its global workforce numbers, revealing that 70% of its employees are men, a number that increases to 83% and 79% if you look only at tech jobs and leadership roles. Communication Managing yourself'

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Short-term Mass Marketing Long-term Diversity 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2015

In this adaptation from the new book, Your Strategy Needs a Strategy (HBR Press, 2015), BCG strategy experts make sense of the all the different, and competing, approaches to strategy: Which strategy is right for your business? In fact, for many managers, it may be the approach that defines strategy.

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Strategy Competitive Advantage Environment Execution 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 20, 2016

When the students in the MBA course I teach on the gig economy ask me for the best thing they can do to prepare for their future careers, I tell them: “Stop looking for a job.” In 2008, the rate of job creation fell even further—below 1%—and has remained at that historically low level through 2015.

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Katz Disaggregation McKinsey Outsourcing 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2017

There is general consensus that a major solution lies in better managing and preventing adult chronic diseases such as diabetes and heart failure. These include infant safety and injury prevention, social work, legal advocacy, case management, tutoring, fitness classes, nutrition and lactation, mental health, and dental care.

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Health Care Metrics Efficiency Absenteeism 9

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 2, 2016

Last year, Jimmy Wales, the founder of the Wikimedia Foundation, which runs the site, said that the organization failed to meet its goal of increasing women’s participation to 25% by 2015 , despite launching several initiatives. Mentorship programs and training volunteer leaders to manage issues as they happen have also been slated.

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Survey Diversity Participative Report 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 18, 2017

Empathy is the foundation of inclusive design in that when we understand human motivations on a universal scale, we design for a broader, more diverse audience. In 2015, Real Madrid had a lofty goal in mind: to thrill its supporters by allowing them to participate in unbelievable experiences. In sports, every second matters.

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Sports Brand Content Industry 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2016

Donald Trump and many of his advisers appear hostile to action on climate change and to progress on many social issues that companies have already embraced, such as diversity and LGBT rights. CEOs signed a letter to the president-elect that urged him to stay the course on global climate action and building the clean economy.

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Supply Chain Bottom-up Short-term Globalization 8