Tag Archives: Observation

We Hire For Difference and Fire Because They Are Not the Same

Bringing true diversity to the workplace is a lot harder than we thought. It is more than just playing Noah and getting the numbers right—two of every kind. But, too often that’s as far as it goes. What is needed, says Laura Liswood in The Loudest Duck, is “more sophisticated leadership, conscious awareness, thought, behavior, [...]
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Netflix takes culture seriously

Extract from the Netflix “Reference Guide on our Freedom & Responsibility Culture” The shaping of culture is a critical leadership responsibility, as I have discussed on many occasions. One of the best examples of this is the observation made by Lou Gerstner, the former IBM CEO who is credited with its turnaround, in his book on [...]
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