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The 3 Types of Diversity That Shape Our Identities

Harvard Business Review

Since the 1980s, most global companies have developed diversity and inclusion policies led by human resources. The most frequent include: assessment tools (climate surveys, statistics monitoring, minority targets), human resources programs (flexible policies, mentoring or coaching), communication campaigns, and training programs.

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The Olympics' Greatest Feat: An Unpaid, Highly Engaged Workforce

Harvard Business Review

They are expressing overwhelming enthusiasm and pride in taking part in something positive and important. They give new life to the old-fashioned notion that good work gives us good societies. They are expressing their personal quirks and foibles in the seemingly mundane activities of giving people directions.

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Recruiting Strategies for a Tight Talent Market

Harvard Business Review

According to the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM), late 2015 was the most difficult hiring period in four years. Following are three such innovative approaches for connecting with top talent. ” message and think, Hey, maybe it’s time for a change. For Millennial women, it might be Levo or The Muse.

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To Radically Redesign Health Care, Start with One Unit

Harvard Business Review

The road map starts with creating an environment for frontline workers to imagine innovative new ways of delivering care. When I was CEO of ThedaCare in Wisconsin, we chose a medical-surgical unit at our Appleton Medical Center in 2007 as the place to develop an innovative process for caring for inpatients we dubbed Collaborative Care.

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Build a Great Company Culture with Help from Technology

Harvard Business Review

For us, those values are employees, customer service, integrity, innovation, fun, and profitability. We are certain that our high customer satisfaction ratings and top spot on many best-place-to-work lists come from our early recognition that culture permeates every sales call, every employee interaction, and every product innovation.