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Fight Ageism, Fuel Growth with Inclusive Hiring & Retention

Harmonious Workplaces

I allowed my typical goatee to return, and, on the first meeting with the team, this individual grimaced and said they didn’t remember me having a beard and that it made me look very old. Such age-diverse teams are more innovative and representative of society, better equipping them to meet the needs of a diverse customer base.

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Why Trying to Pivot to a Consulting Career through an Online MBA Might Not be the Best Idea

Tom Spencer

MBA consulting recruiting season starts every fall. I am commenting purely on recruiting for a post-MBA consulting position. Without having a grounded career understanding, online MBAs come to me unable to coherently decide if consulting is the right career opportunity to meet their professional and personal goals.

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Mastering the Art of Leading Remote Work Teams

Rick Conlow

It is worth noting that the exact extent of remote work adoption varies across countries, industries, and individual company policies. Employees who take advantage of the situation may neglect or avoid participating in virtual meetings, discussions, or projects. Included training in team meetings. Also, do it yourself.

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7 ways to be an ethical leader

The Management Centre

Ensure there are stated organisational values and ethics in a written policy, mandated to all stakeholders. Be careful that this is not just another policy. Values, ethics and intents need to permeate all other policies: from recruitment to flexible working. But writing it down is just a first step. It shows intent.

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Be True to Your Word

CaseInterview.com

You want the highest performing executives to recruit you to be on their teams. The best of the best can choose to work for, recruit, befriend, or partner up with their choice of people. If you say you will prepare for the Wednesday meeting, actually prepare for the Wednesday meeting. Think about it. Email Address *.

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Safe Space #8 – what can a manager do about racism at work?

The Management Centre

Here at =mc we encourage every participant we meet on our programmes to get in touch if they have specific issues they want to follow up on. Sophia is an associate at the charity Getting on Board , where she delivers monthly training sessions on diversity and inclusion in board recruitment. What is the issue? Do take management action.

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Complying with Family-Friendly Leave Policies Is Not Enough

Harvard Business

A managers’ challenge is how to take these “on the books” policies and move them beyond simple compliance to a place of executional excellence. In our work with employers, we find that when managers embrace new policies and regulations rather than grudgingly complying, they bring needed change to workplace culture.