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The Racial Stereotypes That Underpin EDI Appointments

The Horizons Tracker

The finding emerged after several hundred recruiters and HR managers were shown a press release that announced the new senior leader in a fictitious firm. “Just like a Chief of Operations or a Chief of Finance, EDI leaders should be guaranteed a seat at the table.”

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Focusing On Unicorns Is The Wrong Approach

The Horizons Tracker

Now, as a recent report from the European Innovation Council suggests, the concern has moved from creating to keeping unicorns. There is considerably less coverage given to operational matters, such as growing revenues, an expanding workforce, or indeed any of the numerous matters by which we tend to assess most other businesses. .

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Research Suggests Firms Should Look Externally For New Bosses

The Horizons Tracker

New markets The data implies a lively market for CEOs, enticed by the prospect of elevated remuneration, reduced public scrutiny, and the operational proficiency that private equity (PE) firms offer. After successfully taking Nielsen public, he went on to become a senior executive at The Blackstone Group, overseeing portfolio operations.

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Eighth Annual Hay Group Study Identifies Best Companies for Leadership

Great Leadership By Dan

Here is the press release from the Hay study: The 8 th annual Hay Group study ranks the best companies for leadership around the globe and examines how those companies nurture talent and foster innovation in their ranks. At the same time, the Best Companies for Leadership foster cultures that encourage innovation.

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Cast the Net Wide – Make the Most of Your Promotional Time and.

Women on Business

But many businesswomen are so overwhelmed with running day-to-day operations, there is little or no time to do a good job at casting the net of promotional effort out—whether through community activities, donations, networking events, promotional campaigns, public relations initiatives, or advertising—it is NEVER enough!

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Twitter for Non-Profits: An Interview with Twitter’s Claire Diaz-Ortiz

Ron Edmondson

Claire leads social innovation at Twitter, where she has worked since 2009. Claire holds an MBA and other degrees from Stanford and Oxford, and is the co-founder of Hope Runs , a non-profit organization operating in AIDS orphanages in Kenya. I lead social innovation and run the Twitter for Nonprofits program.

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The Stage Where Most Innovation Projects Fail

Harvard Business Review

When a CEO announces a major initiative to foster innovation, mark your calendar. In most cases we’ve studied at Innovation Leader, an online resource for people responsible for innovation and R&D, there’s a surplus of good ideas for new products, services and business models. So how to improve?

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