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Chose Your Dimensions of Diversity and Get Started

Eric Lanke

Baby Boomers and Gen Xers tend to think of diversity in terms of protected classes. In either worldview, as Joe Gerstandt points out: "We can be different from each other in many ways, but the key words here are 'from each other.'" This is leading many organizations to try to think about diversity more broadly than protected class.

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Invest in Yourself: Book Recommendations for Young Professionals

Association Adviser

Moreover, while there are many ways to develop yourself professionally, such as joining an organization, taking a night class at the university, enrolling in a free online seminar or attending a conference, the method of professional development I’m recommending doesn’t require you to even leave the house: Read books.

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The Hourglass Blog: Innovation = Creativity x Execution

The Hourglass Blog

And he goes on to illustrate the "multipler effect" successful execution can have on innovation efforts: Heres why we worked on execution, as opposed to creativity: We surveyed thousands of executives in Fortune 500 companies to rate their companies innovation skills on a scale of one to 10, one being poor and 10 world class. Leadership.

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The Hourglass Blog: Generational Herd Mentalities

The Hourglass Blog

After all, we had to pay our dues when we were 20-something, taking any job we could find and clawing our way into leadership positions by compromising our values and learning to play by the rules set by the generation that preceded us. I went to the University of Wisconsin in the late 1980s. Need to take that Physics 201 class?