Diversity, Dignity, Culture & Spirit I want to start a dialogue about seemingly unrelated matter that I find is at the core of every human interaction. Whether it’s business relations, family relations, social relations, community, faith community, associations, politics, romance, or the arts; the world runs on relationships. So I want to separate the components and comment on what we see and what we miss in…
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Create Deliberate Diversity By Following These 7 Steps – Part 2 of 2
Create Deliberate Diversity By Following These 7 Steps – Part 2 of 2 Deliberate Diversity™ is a management discipline with a purpose, a process and a payoff. It is where diversity and management skills intersect and is designed to produce better business results. For companies looking to take the next logical step in their diversity Journey, this management discipline allows for continued growth and ensures that…
Diversity in Knowledge and the 4 Forms of “Knowing”
Diversity in Knowledge and the 4 Forms of “Knowing” Optimal operational efficiency and innovation is achieved when an organization draws from the widest and deepest knowledge base possible. In order to do this, its important to recognize the four categories of things that can be known. First there are the things that we know and that we are aware of knowing. I know, for instance, that…
How to Measure Diversity Effectiveness to Establish the Right Diversity Mix
How to Measure Diversity Effectiveness to Establish the Right Diversity Mix Sometimes companies learn to understand the value of diversity management by accident. Some of the most successful products that have been introduced in the last ten years are the the result of companies executing a similar strategy when managing diversity. Consider the world’s most innovative and most productive companies, they almost always do business in…
Why Vision is a Critical Piece of Diversity
Why Vision is a Critical Piece of Diversity Crafting a vision for a Deliberate Diversity project comes down to answering two questions: First, what would you like to see happen as a result of implementing the project and second, how will you know if you have been successful in bringing this result about? Developing a clear path of where the project is supposed to be going, and…
Don’t Succeed by Accident – Succeed on Purpose
Don’t Succeed by Accident – Succeed on Purpose Deliberate Diversity™ is based on a principle that has been proven time and time again: a diverse group of people will always come up with a better solution than any one expert in any particular discipline. Most businesses that benefit from diversity do so by accident. But people should be doing diversity deliberately, to get better business results. And that’s…
4 Challenges You May Face Implementing Deliberate Diversity™, and How to Overcome Them
4 Challenges You May Face Implementing Deliberate Diversity™, and How to Overcome Them Deliberate Diversity™ is a concept that can be applied to open the door to world-class results. That said, like any new idea, sometimes we run into challenges as we go about putting it to use for the first time. These are the four most common challenges people run into when implementing Deliberate…
Driving Diversity: Are You Up to the Job?
Driving Diversity: Are You Up to the Job? If the diversity movement is going to enter a new, results-oriented era, then the movement is going to need a new type of leader. But what does that leader look like? The new leaders of the diversity movement must have two qualities: sophistication and practicality. The ideal diversity champion will have a few important qualities: Extensive operational…
What’s the Hardest Part of Implementing Deliberate Diversity™?
What’s the Hardest Part of Implementing Deliberate Diversity™? Humans are subject to our natural tendencies. We often operate on autopilot. We don’t think about what drives our thinking or influences our opinions. We just go with the unexamined flow. We carry unconscious biases. We operate on learned prejudices. We hold storage banks of stereotypes, and we find it unnatural to appreciate differences. The same sort…
Retention: Empowering Your Employees to Stay and be Happy
Retention: Empowering Your Employees to Stay and be Happy Retention is part of the diversity equation. It’s not just about getting people: it’s also about how you keep them. Without retention, hiring is a vicious cycle. If you hire people who don’t fit, you might think you can force them to assimilate – to be like “us.” All that does is make people leave. You wind…