Avoiding the Reputation Trap: Staying on the Path to Diversity Management Companies fall into the reputation trap when they have not been successful utilizing diversity and managing it for business results. When this happens, their fallback position is, “We should at least be known for being diverse.” Even though these companies aren’t really leveraging diversity for better results, they want the glory of being seen as diverse companies….
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Results Driven Diversity Management: Why It’s the Key to Success
Results Driven Diversity Management: Why It’s the Key to Success Diversity management is a management theory, just like scientific management, total quality management, transformational leadership, and all the rest. All of these are theories that have been put into practice. The management theories that work when you put them into practice have been used for one reason: there’s a direct line of sight from application…
Different Roles, One Goal: How Leaders and Managers Make Change Happen
Different Roles, One Goal: How Leaders and Managers Make Change Happen In his book Good to Great, Jim Collins talks about “having the right people on the bus” – meaning building the right kind of teams for your organization. In order to implement Deliberate DiversityTM, you need to bring the right people aboard. The question is: Who are the right people? To identify the right people…
Leadership and You: Fostering Strong Communication from Entry-level to Executive
Leadership and You: Fostering Strong Communication from Entry-level to Executive After bouncing an idea off of the members of your inner circle, how do you bring it to the rest of the organization and gather feedback? If you run an organization of, say, 500 people, you can’t bring that idea to everyone personally.The answer: you have to make open communication and feedback a cultural norm. Sharing…
We Lead Too Much And We Don’t Manage Enough
We Lead Too Much And We Don’t Manage Enough The current state of business management is one in which we are over-led and under-managed. People are attracted to the glamor of leadership and they spurn what they consider the banalities of management. Both leaders and managers determine business success, but the problem is that we have gone overboard. We’re overemphasizing leaders, and no one wants to…
The Noble Calling: What It Means To Be A Successful Manager
The Noble Calling: What It Means To Be A Successful Manager Managers are perhaps the least appreciated people in an organization. They work behind the scenes, like cameramen on a movie set. For all the hard work the cameramen put into getting the perfect shots, it is the director who gets all the fame and credit. Similarly, no matter how hard a manager works to bring…
There Are Leaders And Then There Are Managers
There Are Leaders And Then There Are Managers In the business world, there are leaders and there are managers. Each plays an important role in an organization’s success. We often confuse the two, but there is a clear distinction between leadership and management. Leadership is an impersonal activity; management is much more intimate. Let’s take a look at what each role does. What Leaders Do Leaders…
How To Turn Management Theory Into Management Practice
How To Turn Management Theory Into Management Practice Management is a discipline. There is a way to manage so as to achieve the results you want. Unfortunately, the best way to manage is not always the natural way. It requires both skill and instinct – a mixture of both science and art. People Are Tricky Management strives to get the best performances from your people. To do this, the…
Scott Page And R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.: Two Theories Of Diversity Management
Scott Page And R. Roosevelt Thomas, Jr.: Two Theories Of Diversity Management Diversity management is a relatively new theory of organizational management, based on the observation that many organizational leaders are not equipped to manage the diverse populations of the current workplaces and marketplaces (Thomas, 1990). As business becomes more globalized and complex, diversity management will play a more important role in the workplace. I have worked in…
Does Diversity Matter in the Boardroom?
Does Diversity Matter in the Boardroom? A company’s board is, essentially, a set of high-level consumer advocates: the board advocates for the customers of the business, so that managers know what customers want and what the board expects management to deliver.The board has the responsibility to provide the overall direction of the organization; it is then management’s job to execute that direction.The problem is that…