Posts Tagged ‘diversity’
5 Takeaways from the Launch of The Leader’s Greatest Return
Yesterday, my team joined me in New York City for the official release of my new book, The Leader’s Greatest Return. As part of the day’s events, we hosted a panel of other authors and leaders to talk about developing people, and it was a blast. We even broadcast it via Facebook, so if you…
Read MoreThe Shift from Uniformity to Diversity
Have you ever noticed that in many space movies, the bad guys all suffer from the same disease? I’m not exactly a movie buff, but I do observe patterns, and it occurred to me that in many science-fiction space movies, there’s a common theme when it comes to the villains. A lack of diversity. Think…
Read MoreCrafting a Diverse Leadership Team
“I can do what you can’t do and you can do what I can’t do. Together we can do great things.” ~ Mother Teresa Insecure leaders don’t like diversity. They shortchange their organization because they’re uncomfortable with people who have different skills than they do. They’re threatened by the thought of someone else being better…
Read MoreOvercoming Barriers to Communication
On May 10th, Microsoft announced its whopping $8.5 billion-dollar purchase of Skype. Why would the software giant pay such a princely sum for a company that had suffered $689 million dollars worth of losses in the previous year? Put simply, because Skype has lived up to its stated purpose: “to break down barriers in communication.”…
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