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4 Ways Managers Can Be More Inclusive
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4 Ways Managers Can Be More Inclusive

Sydney Finkelstein
Harvard Business Review, 2017
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Successful companies hinge on diverse teams. Make your team more inclusive by managing outside the box. After interviewing more than 200 successful bosses for his new book Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent, Dartmouth College business professor Sydney Finkelstein has some insight: Traditional ways of hiring and working need to retire. getAbstract recommends this inspiring, introductory-level read to those who are serious about bringing more diversity into the workplace but don’t know how. 

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Diversity is good for business, but it’s hard to achieve. More than 200 interviews with “superbosses” show four ways you can become more inclusive as a leader:

  1. Look for talent over prestigious credentials – Impressive credentials aren’t always a reliable indicator of talent. For instance, a high-profile unpaid internship may say more about someone’s privilege than their abilities. Look beyond job seekers’ résumés for qualities like “exceptional intelligence, creativity and flexibility.” Considering unconventional hires means...

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Dartmouth College professor Sydney Finkelstein is the author of Superbosses: How Exceptional Leaders Manage the Flow of Talent.

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