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Thursday, October 30, 2008
Keeping a Diversity Scorecard
“The Diversity Scorecard” is designed to provide step-by-step instructions, worksheets and examples to help diversity executives and managers analyze and track the impact of their diversity initiatives to mobilize the organization for strategic culture change. Diversity is not a program; it is a systemic process of organizational change that requires measurement for organizational improvement and success.
Measuring the progress and results of diversity initiatives is a key strategic requirement to demonstrate its contribution to organizational performance. Diversity executives, professionals and managers know they must begin to show how diversity is linked to the bottom-line in hard numbers or they will have difficulty maintaining funds, gaining support, and obtaining resources to generate progress.
Many organizations collect some type of diversity-related data today, even if it focuses only on Affirmative Action statistics. "The Diversity Scorecard" The Diversity Scorecard: Evaluating the Impact of Diversity on Organizational Performance (Improving Human Performance)
focuses on tools and techniques to make sure diversity professionals are collecting and measuring the right type of data that will help ensure the organization’s success both now and in the future. This book helps the reader spend some time thinking about what they currently measure and adding new measures to a database to track progress towards their diversity vision. The basic premises of this book are that it is important to develop measures that focus on the past, present, and future; and that measures need to consider the needs of the organization’s diverse workforce, its work climate, diverse customers, the community, and shareholders.
“The Diversity Scorecard” is designed to provide step-by-step instructions, worksheets and examples to help diversity executives and managers analyze and track the impact of their diversity initiatives to mobilize the organization for strategic culture change. Diversity is not a program; it is a systemic process of organizational change that requires measurement for organizational improvement and success.
Measuring the progress and results of diversity initiatives is a key strategic requirement to demonstrate its contribution to organizational performance. Diversity executives, professionals and managers know they must begin to show how diversity is linked to the bottom-line in hard numbers or they will have difficulty maintaining funds, gaining support, and obtaining resources to generate progress.
Many organizations collect some type of diversity-related data today, even if it focuses only on Affirmative Action statistics. "The Diversity Scorecard" The Diversity Scorecard: Evaluating the Impact of Diversity on Organizational Performance (Improving Human Performance)
focuses on tools and techniques to make sure diversity professionals are collecting and measuring the right type of data that will help ensure the organization’s success both now and in the future. This book helps the reader spend some time thinking about what they currently measure and adding new measures to a database to track progress towards their diversity vision. The basic premises of this book are that it is important to develop measures that focus on the past, present, and future; and that measures need to consider the needs of the organization’s diverse workforce, its work climate, diverse customers, the community, and shareholders. Labels: Book, Business, Diversity
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Sunday, October 19, 2008
The Culture Code
Salespeople seeking to sell more and consumers trying to understand their buying habits need to read The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do
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IClotaire Rapaille paints a picture of how cultural imprints guide our thoughts, perceptions and desires he calls imprints. He presents a five step process for eliciting imprints while clearly and convincingly demonstrating the translation of our imprints into codes that anyone can use in their ability to persuade, sell or market their products and services.
If you have more customers than you can handle save you money. But if you want to grow a business, this book is a must.
Likewise, if you have ever bought something you didn’t need but were caught up in the heat of the moment during a sales pitch, this book can help prevent that mistake in the future.
Salespeople seeking to sell more and consumers trying to understand their buying habits need to read The Culture Code: An Ingenious Way to Understand Why People Around the World Live and Buy as They Do.IClotaire Rapaille paints a picture of how cultural imprints guide our thoughts, perceptions and desires he calls imprints. He presents a five step process for eliciting imprints while clearly and convincingly demonstrating the translation of our imprints into codes that anyone can use in their ability to persuade, sell or market their products and services.
If you have more customers than you can handle save you money. But if you want to grow a business, this book is a must.
Likewise, if you have ever bought something you didn’t need but were caught up in the heat of the moment during a sales pitch, this book can help prevent that mistake in the future.
Labels: Book, Business, Globalization
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Thursday, October 16, 2008
Top 10 areas where generations collide
According to “When Generations Collide: Who They Are. Why They Clash. How to Solve the Generational Puzzle at Work” the top 10 areas in which generations collide are:
According to “When Generations Collide: Who They Are. Why They Clash. How to Solve the Generational Puzzle at Work” the top 10 areas in which generations collide are:- Recruitment
- Career Goals
- Rewards
- Balance
- Communication
- Knowledge Share
- Training
- Feedback
- Retention
- Retirement
It is in these areas where extremely distinct viewpoints held by Baby Boomers differ from Generation X and from Generation Y. Enunciated in my workshop, “Managing Builders, Boomers, Xs, and Ys without losing your Zs”, these areas turn from distraction to competitive advantage once supervisors know how to connect a multigenerational workgroup into a multigenerational team.
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Saturday, September 6, 2008
The Way We’ll Be
Have you wondered what the world of the Millennial Generation will look like? Pollster John Zogby’s latest book, The Way We’ll Be, provides insight based on thousands of polls taken specifically for the book.
The biggest change Zogby portrays is a color-blind generation with very green tendencies. The beliefs of the generation, which Zogby terms “First Global” will also look at the world through a global paradigm where there is less loyalty to localities, favoring a transient domicile.
Have you wondered what the world of the Millennial Generation will look like? Pollster John Zogby’s latest book, The Way We’ll Be, provides insight based on thousands of polls taken specifically for the book.The biggest change Zogby portrays is a color-blind generation with very green tendencies. The beliefs of the generation, which Zogby terms “First Global” will also look at the world through a global paradigm where there is less loyalty to localities, favoring a transient domicile.
To learn more about Zogby’s predictions, click here.
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Saturday, August 23, 2008
You Staying Young
There is something that every generation must face: growing older. It happens every second of everyday and can be very scary. Here is a book that relieves those fears!
At the core of this landmark book are the Major Agers--14 biological processes that control your rate of aging. Some you've heard of, some you haven't, and some you never knew contributed to the aging process. Some speed decline, others inhibit your repair mechanisms. These Major Agers are everything from short telomeres and inefficient mitochondria to stem cells and wacky hormones. The doctors explain the principles of longevity and many of the causes of aging and how to fight the effects. The climax of the book is a 14-day plan to help you along your path to staying young. The doctors want you to be able to integrate important processes into your daily life in order to make staying young routine, but first you'll need to measure your real age and health right now. Staying young encompasses your emotions and mental health as well as your exercise habits, eating habits, personal hygiene, and genes, among other things.
To read more or to order this book, click here.
There is something that every generation must face: growing older. It happens every second of everyday and can be very scary. Here is a book that relieves those fears!At the core of this landmark book are the Major Agers--14 biological processes that control your rate of aging. Some you've heard of, some you haven't, and some you never knew contributed to the aging process. Some speed decline, others inhibit your repair mechanisms. These Major Agers are everything from short telomeres and inefficient mitochondria to stem cells and wacky hormones. The doctors explain the principles of longevity and many of the causes of aging and how to fight the effects. The climax of the book is a 14-day plan to help you along your path to staying young. The doctors want you to be able to integrate important processes into your daily life in order to make staying young routine, but first you'll need to measure your real age and health right now. Staying young encompasses your emotions and mental health as well as your exercise habits, eating habits, personal hygiene, and genes, among other things.
To read more or to order this book, click here.
Labels: Book, Generation, Health
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Saturday, August 16, 2008
The Vietnam Veteran Culture
More than fifteen years since its original publication, the number one New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young is still required reading in all branches of the military. Now Moore and Galloway revisit their relationships with ten American veterans of the battle—men such as Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley and helicopter pilot Bruce "Old Snake" Crandall—as well as Lt. Gen. Nguyen Hu An, who commanded the North Vietnamese Army troops on the other side, and two of his old company commanders. These men and their countries have all changed dramatically since the first head-on collision between the two great armies back in November 1965.
Traveling back to the red-dirt battlefields, commanders and veterans from both sides make the long and difficult journey from old enemies to new friends. After a trip in a Russian-made helicopter to the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands, with the Vietnamese pilots using Moore's vintage U.S. Army maps and Galloway's Boy Scout compass to guide them, they reach the hallowed ground where so many died. All the men are astonished at how nature has reclaimed the land once scarred by bullets, napalm, and blood. As darkness falls, the unthinkable happens—the authors and many of their old comrades are stranded overnight, alone, left to confront the ghosts of the departed among the termite hills and creek bed.
Moore and Galloway combine gritty and vivid detail with reverence and respect for their comrades. Their ability to capture man's sense of heroism and brotherhood, their love for their men and their former enemies, and their fascination with the history of this enigmatic country make for riveting reading. With sixteen pages of photos, tributes to departed friends and loved ones, and General Moore's reflections on lessons learned throughout his military career, We Are Soldiers Still puts a human face on warfare in a way that will not soon be forgotten.
Click here for more information about this book, or to order it. Also available in CD by clicking here.
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More than fifteen years since its original publication, the number one New York Times bestseller We Were Soldiers Once . . . and Young is still required reading in all branches of the military. Now Moore and Galloway revisit their relationships with ten American veterans of the battle—men such as Sgt. Maj. Basil Plumley and helicopter pilot Bruce "Old Snake" Crandall—as well as Lt. Gen. Nguyen Hu An, who commanded the North Vietnamese Army troops on the other side, and two of his old company commanders. These men and their countries have all changed dramatically since the first head-on collision between the two great armies back in November 1965.Traveling back to the red-dirt battlefields, commanders and veterans from both sides make the long and difficult journey from old enemies to new friends. After a trip in a Russian-made helicopter to the Ia Drang Valley in the Central Highlands, with the Vietnamese pilots using Moore's vintage U.S. Army maps and Galloway's Boy Scout compass to guide them, they reach the hallowed ground where so many died. All the men are astonished at how nature has reclaimed the land once scarred by bullets, napalm, and blood. As darkness falls, the unthinkable happens—the authors and many of their old comrades are stranded overnight, alone, left to confront the ghosts of the departed among the termite hills and creek bed.
Moore and Galloway combine gritty and vivid detail with reverence and respect for their comrades. Their ability to capture man's sense of heroism and brotherhood, their love for their men and their former enemies, and their fascination with the history of this enigmatic country make for riveting reading. With sixteen pages of photos, tributes to departed friends and loved ones, and General Moore's reflections on lessons learned throughout his military career, We Are Soldiers Still puts a human face on warfare in a way that will not soon be forgotten.
Click here for more information about this book, or to order it. Also available in CD by clicking here.
Saturday, August 9, 2008
“New Directions in Diversity”
Have you imagined becoming a diversity reporter in your company or community? Here is book to help you do just that.
The book contains hundreds of professional tips about covering cultures, including national, religious, orientation, abilities, generational information.
This is also a great tool for educators teaching general or diversity classes.
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Have you imagined becoming a diversity reporter in your company or community? Here is book to help you do just that.The book contains hundreds of professional tips about covering cultures, including national, religious, orientation, abilities, generational information.
This is also a great tool for educators teaching general or diversity classes.
To learn more about the book, click here. ¶ 8/09/2008 1 Comments Links to this post
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Understanding the religions of the world
The world has many religions, each with a culture of its own. The internet has many sites that teach about religion but not all sites you find through Google contain correct information. In fact, many times a web search will list sites that are filed with hatred toward a specific religion.
The world has many religions, each with a culture of its own. The internet has many sites that teach about religion but not all sites you find through Google contain correct information. In fact, many times a web search will list sites that are filed with hatred toward a specific religion.For that reason MBC Global created our Religious Cultural Bridges. They are the result of our members providing links to credible information about specific religions.
Those that want a hardcopy reference guide will find The Idiot’s Guide to World Religions provides a single source covering the gamut of religious beliefs around the globe.
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Those that want a hardcopy reference guide will find The Idiot’s Guide to World Religions provides a single source covering the gamut of religious beliefs around the globe.
Tuesday, July 15, 2008
White Chocolate - a story of blended heritage
People love to categorize others based on race. But what if you are a blend of more than one race? Which race should you be categorized as?
This is the basis for a fictional work based on the life’s lessons of Elizabeth Atkins, the daughter of an interracial couple.
She uses the setting of a mixed heritage television reporter going undercover to expose a violent white supremacist group. The storyline allows Atkins to share her own experiences as she draws the reader into an exciting and captivating drama.
It is an extremely fascinating story that will help the reader understand people of blended heritage as they are given insight into their own racial feelings.
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People love to categorize others based on race. But what if you are a blend of more than one race? Which race should you be categorized as?This is the basis for a fictional work based on the life’s lessons of Elizabeth Atkins, the daughter of an interracial couple.
She uses the setting of a mixed heritage television reporter going undercover to expose a violent white supremacist group. The storyline allows Atkins to share her own experiences as she draws the reader into an exciting and captivating drama.
It is an extremely fascinating story that will help the reader understand people of blended heritage as they are given insight into their own racial feelings.
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Thursday, June 26, 2008
Understanding the Spanish culture
If you want to learn more about the Spanish culture, here is a great, innovative book.
Developed for Spanish students at the fifth-semester level or higher, this reader can be used as the main text in a civilization, culture, or reading course. A departure from traditional texts, which present Spanish civilization as a neutral recounting of historical facts, events and data, Culturas de España develops the notion that history, culture, and civilization are concepts under constant construction.
A chronological, cultural history of Spain from prehistoric times to the present day unfolds in the first eight chapters of the text, along with the introductory chapter. Each of these chapters opens with a brief overview and a comprehensive timeline that alerts students to themes and unites historical facts and cultural achievements of the time period under study.
An engaging, thematic focus in the remaining four thematic chapters explores various aspects of Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on the shaping of national identity and including topics such as family and religion, popular culture, and the European community.
To learn more or to order this book, click here.
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If you want to learn more about the Spanish culture, here is a great, innovative book.Developed for Spanish students at the fifth-semester level or higher, this reader can be used as the main text in a civilization, culture, or reading course. A departure from traditional texts, which present Spanish civilization as a neutral recounting of historical facts, events and data, Culturas de España develops the notion that history, culture, and civilization are concepts under constant construction.
A chronological, cultural history of Spain from prehistoric times to the present day unfolds in the first eight chapters of the text, along with the introductory chapter. Each of these chapters opens with a brief overview and a comprehensive timeline that alerts students to themes and unites historical facts and cultural achievements of the time period under study.
An engaging, thematic focus in the remaining four thematic chapters explores various aspects of Spain in the 20th and 21st centuries, focusing on the shaping of national identity and including topics such as family and religion, popular culture, and the European community.
To learn more or to order this book, click here.
Monday, June 16, 2008
Building a legacy
Are you building your legacy? Will you be remembered after you are gone? If so, what will the memories be?
At the turn of the millennium I did some serious reflection, motivated by a quote from the famous yodeling cowboy Roy Rogers, “A hundred from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.”
These words struck me and made deeply and now tower over me behind my desk. As my corporate career ended I decided that I wanted to be remembered as some who made a difference in the lives of others.
I truly delight when I see people connect to some life changing golden nugget in a face-to-face workshop or seminar or when they understand how to achieve their goals in a coaching session. It gives me a tremendous feeling of worth in fulfilling my role on this earth.
This last week has been particularly moving for me. It started with a presentation to a local downtown development authority. The community was challenged by as their population was transforming with at least five new emerging cultures. My friend Joe pulled on his experience working successfully in 55 countries and I contributed my knowledge of retail as we showed this group of 30 businesspeople how to connect to the new cultures in their community. I later heard comments from the mayor, city manager, and councilmen that it was the best DDA meeting they ever had. Joe and I had really opened their eyes and together we all saw a vision of success.
A second triumph was a call from a Fortune 500 company in Wilmington, Delaware. My niece had presented my book, Life’s Leadership Lessons, to them for their leadership book club. The book, which gives practical, anecdotal solutions to the 53 biggest challenges of personal and business leadership, was chosen from more than a half-dozen options as the next book they would study. What a great feeling to know that the events of my life will be inspiring others to reflect on the events of their lives in building their leaderships abilities.
The week concluded with my first open-enrollment online class hitting cyberspace. Being on the internet individuals are able to take the class at their own speed when it is most convenient for them. The class is “6 Easy Ways to Beat the Clock”, uses a variety of anecdotes illustrating six practical, proven methods of time management that have positively changed my life. They are secrets to hitting goals more consistently and with less stress – resulting in a higher feeling of personal success and self worth. It will takes a cultural view of time management without pushing people into a to-do-list mentality and will continue teaching and making an impact long after my working days.
Are you building your legacy? Will you be remembered after you are gone? If so, what will the memories be?At the turn of the millennium I did some serious reflection, motivated by a quote from the famous yodeling cowboy Roy Rogers, “A hundred from now it will not matter what my bank account was, the sort of house I lived in, or the kind of car I drove. But the world may be different because I was important in the life of a child.”
These words struck me and made deeply and now tower over me behind my desk. As my corporate career ended I decided that I wanted to be remembered as some who made a difference in the lives of others.
I truly delight when I see people connect to some life changing golden nugget in a face-to-face workshop or seminar or when they understand how to achieve their goals in a coaching session. It gives me a tremendous feeling of worth in fulfilling my role on this earth.
This last week has been particularly moving for me. It started with a presentation to a local downtown development authority. The community was challenged by as their population was transforming with at least five new emerging cultures. My friend Joe pulled on his experience working successfully in 55 countries and I contributed my knowledge of retail as we showed this group of 30 businesspeople how to connect to the new cultures in their community. I later heard comments from the mayor, city manager, and councilmen that it was the best DDA meeting they ever had. Joe and I had really opened their eyes and together we all saw a vision of success.
A second triumph was a call from a Fortune 500 company in Wilmington, Delaware. My niece had presented my book, Life’s Leadership Lessons, to them for their leadership book club. The book, which gives practical, anecdotal solutions to the 53 biggest challenges of personal and business leadership, was chosen from more than a half-dozen options as the next book they would study. What a great feeling to know that the events of my life will be inspiring others to reflect on the events of their lives in building their leaderships abilities.
The week concluded with my first open-enrollment online class hitting cyberspace. Being on the internet individuals are able to take the class at their own speed when it is most convenient for them. The class is “6 Easy Ways to Beat the Clock”, uses a variety of anecdotes illustrating six practical, proven methods of time management that have positively changed my life. They are secrets to hitting goals more consistently and with less stress – resulting in a higher feeling of personal success and self worth. It will takes a cultural view of time management without pushing people into a to-do-list mentality and will continue teaching and making an impact long after my working days.
If you have not made some positive steps toward building your own legacy let this posting serve as an encouragement to you. Start with your epitaph and work backwards to develop a plan to make it true. Trust me, life is much better when you can see what awaits after the final chapter.
End Notes
- If you are interested in taking advantage of the introductory special for "“6 Easy Ways to Beat the Clock”, which is a 67% savings, click here.
- If you want to know more about my book, "Life's Leadership Lessons", click here.
Labels: Book, Leadership, Success_Story
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Friday, May 23, 2008
Book focuses on breaking out of a culture
There has been much talk about the polygamous culture of the American west. In this new book, Elissa Wall, provides cultural insight about her life in the Warren Jeffs cult. It is a captivating tale about how one person can have a remarkable persuasion over others and the thought processes required to break the bounds of influence.
Do you allow others to place false realities in your mind? If you quickly answered “no” you may be deceiving yourself. If you just said, “no I’m not”, you probably are. ¶ 5/23/2008 0 Comments Links to this post
There has been much talk about the polygamous culture of the American west. In this new book, Elissa Wall, provides cultural insight about her life in the Warren Jeffs cult. It is a captivating tale about how one person can have a remarkable persuasion over others and the thought processes required to break the bounds of influence.Do you allow others to place false realities in your mind? If you quickly answered “no” you may be deceiving yourself. If you just said, “no I’m not”, you probably are. ¶ 5/23/2008 0 Comments Links to this post
Saturday, May 17, 2008
Three Cups of Tea
Greg Mortenson shares a wonderful story of failure turned success. In return for kindness shown him following a failed attempt at scaling Mount Kilimanjaro, Mortenson promised to build a school for a Pakistani village. The book, Three Cups of Tea, provides an inspirational look at how to bring cultures together.
Read more about the book by clicking on one of these links: Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, United States,
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Read more about the book by clicking on one of these links: Australia, Canada, Europe, New Zealand, United States,
