It may seem intuitive that teams made up of people with a diversity of perspectives, experiences and backgrounds lead to more effective and inclusive outcomes. But the recent U.S. Supreme Court ...

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The challenges of building a team with a diversity of views is a classic problem shared by leaders around the world and across sectors. Whether you are an entrepreneur in Africa, the Chair of a listed ...

Diverse teams are challenging. The plus: They tend to perform better than homogeneous teams in problem-solving, decision-making and innovation, as this McKinsey research report explains. The flip side ...

High-performing teams—streamlined, powerful, and productive—are an easily achievable goal. Organizations can access these potent forces by following a few key directives. How? We’ve delved into ...

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Striving to increase workplace diversity is not an empty slogan — it is a good business decision. A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and ...

The discussion on the importance of diversity in companies, and startups in particular, has gone on for years. Studies by McKinsey have shown that diverse companies are more successful. Harvard ...

Long before I was a cybersecurity manager, I was an individual contributor. I made many mental notes for myself about what I liked and saw that worked well for teams to gel and thrive. I also ...

INSEAD professor Erin Meyer explains how to offer advice across cultures, ages, and genders. We know that teams mixing people of different generations, genders, and cultures yield better outcomes, and ...

When a military helicopter crashed into a civilian airliner at Washington, D.C.’s Reagan National Airport, sending all 67 souls aboard both aircraft to icy graves in the Potomac, President Trump ...