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In 1994, I took on the challenge of introducing the concept of diversity in business to my bank’s leadership. 
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Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
"It’s easy for us to recognize stereotypes when they’re about our own countries, cities, regions or cultures. It’s not so easy to recognize, or correct them, when they’re about other people and other places."
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Lack of sanctions means EU initiatives have failed to deliver, study finds (Boardroom diversity leads to better decision-making and performance, conference hears.
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The main goal of the European Research Council (ERC) is to encourage high quality research in Europe through competitive funding (How to live with difference in Europe: an #ERC project timely for #EuropeDay & #EYC2013
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
I will look for the results of this research in 2014.
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News, style and advice for professional women through the filter of success
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
I can imagine that in some sectors women are scarce...But maybe search criteria shouldn't be too arrow for the BOD positions?
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We know that diversity on corporate boards is good for business and good for the world, so what steps can we take to boost women’s representation on boards worldwide?
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Are there any concrete steps corporations can take to help counteract inequalities between men and women in the workplace? Companies can start to address the problem of gender discrimination by following these four steps.
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Women Presidents Organization reveals its annual ranking of the top 50 women-led businesses in North America. We look at the leaders of the pack.
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
Women makig serious money...
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Advancing women to the top may be a journey, but how to do so is no longer a mystery. New research points to four principles that can help just about any company.
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power of diversity - This collection of speeches discusses the power of diversity when it comes to business, government, education and other topics. These talks, ...
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
Very diverse speeches on diversity...
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I still remember that moment in junior high school when I realized I wouldn’t, and couldn’t, become an Olympic ice skater. The window for learning to do double and triple axels had closed
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And window dressing doesn't cut it.(Another great example of why diversity is so important “@HarvardBiz: A Diverse Board Is an Independent Board http://t.co/X93BaIUJgA”;)...
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Groupthink in the boardroom can lead to decisions with which nobody actually agrees (RT @JanSobieraj: Diversity of leaders & styles crucial @TheBoard_co: Groupthink In The Boardroom | http://t.co/rM82Up1oZ6...
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
Diversity helps to avoid groupthink.
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Bridgette Heller, Merck EVP and president of its consumer care division, adjured lifesci managers to enable women to unleash the full power of their knowledge and ideas to drive growth in the business.
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Brigitte Heller, Merck EVP and president of consumer care division talks about advancing women's professional careers.
Jenny Garrett's curator insight,
May 18, 2013 5:30 AM
Her comment about a teacher holding her back is an important one, messages received in childhood often go with us into adulthood. Well done Bridgette for proving her teacher wrong
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Nolan Bushnell, founder of Atari and Chuck E Cheese, discusses how to spot talent, manage creatives, and build an innovative corporate culture. (Innovation needs diversity to foster growth.
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Chrysler: Committed to Diversity Indian Country Today Media Network Winds of Change staff honed in on companies that recruit at multicultural events, foster a wider appreciation of different cultures, offer internships as a pipeline for recruiting...
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Theresa Tedesco: Tired of the old platitudes about gender diversity on corporate boards, the Ontario government plans to force companies to walk the talk and give women more seats at the boardroom table (Shaming corporate Canada’s old boys’...
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Leadership skills are always valuable. Find out how to accelerate your leadership skills, and inspire you to grow and continue to self-actualize.
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
These are very good 5 ideas...
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It's time to rethink and broaden our definitions and perceptions of diversity within the American workforce going beyond race sexual orientation...
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
Is this a helpful approach, or redefining diversity is just diluting the problem?
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The idea of leaning in and finding a voice is the same regardless the size of the company, says Dickinson about Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg’s book Lean In: Women, Work, and the Will to Lead
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Another voice in teh debate...
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While Sheryl Sandberg in her book Lean In insists it's up to women to help themselves, men and organizations also need to "lean in" and reframe their thinking about women in leadership positions.
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As you look around your office, is everyone just like you? Probably not. The demographics of the American workforce have changed dramatically over the last 50 years. In the 1950s, more than 60% of the American workforce consisted of white males.
Kasia Hein-Peters's insight:
How to manage diversity?
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Diversity is key to productive workplace The Tennessean Like many other successful, progressive companies, Skanska USA recognizes that its shifting demographics create opportunities and that diversity in the workplace should be not only encouraged...
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Testimonial from Skanska USA.
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