Expand Your Mind: Diversity Round-up
by Miki Saxon
Each month LeaderTalk’s Becky Robinson chooses a topic and invites some of the best bloggers to participate in the round-up that ends each month and I’m honored to be included on the list.
This month’s topic was A Leader Embraces Diversity and Bridges Differences.
In his post “Research Lessons: Diversity May (or May Not) Improve Performance,” Wally Bock gives a great overview of the sometimes conflicting conclusions people may draw from studies about the effects of diversity in the workplace. Wally’s conclusions are helpful for any managers who wants to help their teams work together successfully.
Roberta Hill’s post “Encouraging Differences Starts At Home,” offers wonderful insight about how we learn about differences from an early age and how leaders can help others in appreciating diversity.
Miki Saxon thinks about diversity beyond the obvious in this post, focusing on encouraging diversity of thought and skills in her post“Ducks in a Row: More on Creating a Culture of Innovation.”
Michael McKinney’s post “We Hire For Difference and Fire Because They’re Not the Same” gives tips about creating true diversity in the workplace, drawn from Laura Liswood’s book The Loudest Duck.
Jennifer V. Miller shares the story of one leader and the skills he has that will make him an effective leader of a global virtual team in her post, “The Diverse Leader.”
In another real life example, Jim Stroup talks about the importance of listening to dissenting opinions and being open to diversity.
Valuing others is challenging at times, especially if we perceive them to be different from us. Monica Diaz encourages us to adopt a non-prejudiced view of others.
Tanveer Naseer urges us to “Create a World Without Labels,” in this post which includes compelling video about experiences of people with mental illness.
Mike Myatt’s views are sure to get you thinking. Don’t miss this post: “Diversity.”
Enjoy!
Image credit: pedroCarvalho on flickr
April 4th, 2010 at 8:17 am
Hi Micky,
Thanks for re-posting this from Becky – I agree that it’s a great collection and I, too, am proud to be included in it – although I’m certainly not surprised to see you there – thanks as well for that great article!
April 7th, 2010 at 3:06 pm
Hi Jim, thanks for stopping by and your kind words. They go double for you.