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How Royal DSM Is Improving Its Geographic and Gender Diversity

Harvard Business Review

But the ones who really understand the issue see gender balance as not just a numbers game but part of a broader, more strategic cultural shift that includes developing leadership teams representing geographically diffuse markets. Without balance, they simply won’t understand the world that’s emerging. .

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75% of Cross-Functional Teams Are Dysfunctional

Harvard Business Review

As one middle manager told me, “No one was willing to go to management and say, ‘Let’s redeploy everyone, including myself, and do something else because this project isn’t working.'” Cross-functional teams have become ubiquitous because companies need to speed innovations to market.

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