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Five New Year’s Resolutions Every Leader Should Make

Harvard Business Review

The answer, according to CTI’s latest research , is a diverse workforce managed by leaders who cherish difference, embrace disruption, and foster a speak-up culture. Those numbers add up to employees who are more committed, more engaged, and more likely to attract similar talent. Crack the code of executive presence.

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U.S. Latinos Feel They Can’t Be Themselves at Work

Harvard Business Review

They modify their appearance, body language, and communication style — all components of executive presence (EP), that intangible element that defines leadership material. ” More than half (53%) of Latinas and 44% of Latinos say that EP at their company is defined by conforming to traditionally white, male standards.

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Business Needs to Do What Government Can't

Harvard Business Review

As Ashoka CEO Bill Drayton told us, the ongoing shift in our economies means we must abandon institutions where a few people tell "everyone else how to repeat together efficiently, be it a law firm or an assembly line, a world characterized by a limited and vertical nervous system." Accelerating Customer Adoption at the Bottom of the Pyramid.

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