Category: PDJ
My parents, because they encouraged me to believe in myself. Looking back, I never once thought that being a girl, first generation immigrant, or coming from a family of moderate means, was ever a deterrent to my achieving my goals.
Build trusting relationships with a few peers who will have the green light to be honest with you. I was lucky enough to have someone early in my career tell me, “Tony, you are failing…” It was a wake-up call.
My most influential mentor was my credit manager, with whom I worked in my first year in banking. I admired his “lead-by-example” leadership style and his great sense of humor.
Due to market pressures, the business of law is migrating from an informal partnership structure to a more centralized, corporate management structure. Effective administration of processes like marketing, finance, and diversity management can be a qualitative differentiator in the marketplace.
One of the first measures companies take when identifying efficiencies, streamlining operations and reducing costs, is to consolidate supply chain/procurement vendors. For better or for worse, this practice tends to favor large-scale suppliers who can usually offer more goods and services for less.
Over the past several decades, businesses have become more inclusive of women, dismantling many of the traditional barriers to women’s advancement.
The main effect of organisational diversity remains an unresolved issue for many academics. In academic research, we find positive outcomes of diversity like innovation, creativity, quick problem resolutions and others.
Once upon a time, diversity was regarded as a matter of employment equity or affirmative action…an idea now as outmoded as cassette tapes. In today’s world, a diverse workforce is widely regarded as a key business imperative and should be incorporated into every organization’s strategy.
By Nadine VogelPresident, Springboard Consulting LLC Is your company or organization a Federal contractor? If so, please take note that the Office of Federal Contract Compliance Programs (OFCCP), an agency of the U.S. Department of Labor, has become more aggressive when it comes to compliance enforcement. In fact, the agency is increasing compliance evaluations and… Read the full article
Recently a senior executive asked me if there was one thing we could do to make inclusion and human equity happen, what would it be? I referred him to the 2005 documentary film about Enron called The Smartest Guys in the Room.
