Category: Business

The counterintuitive secret factor that highly productive people rely on

Today, more than half of Americans consider themselves chronic procrastinators. The rapid evolution of technology is largely to blame: on the one hand, we are more globally connected to others than ever and we have limitless information at our fingertips. On the other, life online increases physical isolation, information overload, and distraction. In a recent […]

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This technique can help diverse teams deal with conflict effectively

What often goes unsaid in workplaces is how well employees perform (which in a perfect system determines how they advance) is dependent on their social environments. However, if the social environment is dysfunctional, out-of-sync, or toxic, that creates significant barriers and hurdles to improvement and promotion. Early on in my diversity management program, we were […]

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Diversity is critical, but orgs can’t reap the full benefits without this

It’s an obvious claim, but it’s worth stating: Organizations benefit from all kinds of diversity. A workforce that has people of different backgrounds with different experiences and types of training can better encourage conversations that bring to light hidden assumptions, leading to novel solutions to difficult problems. But merely bringing people from different backgrounds into […]

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