How Hiring a Diverse Team Will Strengthen Your Company Culture

By YEC | Nov 11, 2016

I’m a female CEO—apparently a rare breed these days. Even rarer perhaps is my leadership team, which is 50 percent women, and that of the 31 people on staff at my financial technologies startup, 50 percent are women. That said, my development team is all male, a fact my CTO and I are working hard to…

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Diversity is Key to Success in Social Media Recruitment

By SmallBizClub | Sep 16, 2016

Half of the world is on social media sites like LinkedIn, Facebook or Twitter. More organizations are using social media to target and hire candidates. It can be one of the most valuable tools to find the right talent for the right designation for your small business to grow. So, if you think Social Media…

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Birds of a Feather Fail Together: The Business Case for Diversity

By Tim Berry | Jul 5, 2016

Diversity is good for business. Equal opportunity is not only morally and ethically right, it’s also a better way to run a business. Here are some reasons why, and points to consider. What’s intuitively obvious It’s pretty much accepted wisdom that when people come together in a common business, it’s better for them to have…

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How to Build Trust Across Cultures and Diversities

By David Horsager | Oct 3, 2014
In the 21st century, there’s no doubt that each of us will spend considerable time interacting with those of a different culture (or other diversities). Trust-building isn’t easy, and it can be especially daunting the more differences that are present. Here are some top tips and discussion questions from chapter 14 of The Trust Edge that can help. Consider printing this post to work on with your team this week.
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3 Key Hiring Lessons for Growing Startups

By YEC | Jun 17, 2014
When we first started building our company, I was relatively new to the hiring process, and it was daunting. This time, however, I feel a little more seasoned, and am actually looking forward to putting what we learned a couple of years ago into practice.
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How Adam Silver Aced His First Leadership Test

By Fran Tarkenton | May 2, 2014
Adam Silver worked for the NBA for 22 years before becoming commissioner of the league this February. But he was only the man in charge for less than 3 months before he was faced with one of the biggest crises I’ve seen in professional sports. And he aced the test.
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