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Sex, Race and Diversity in Corporate Leadership and the Perils of Persnickety Perceptions

Corporate Diversity Posted by Harrison on Feb 11, 2010

Wanted: CEO for Fortune 500 Corporation. White Males of at Least 6-Foot Height with Slightly Menacing Facial Features Preferred.
You think that’s politically incorrect?  It gets worse.
“Baby-faced African-American males with chubby cheeks, small noses and large foreheads will be considered over less cuddly black colleagues with linebacker resumes. Female candidates should be able to demonstrate [...]

The Winners of the Six-Word Story Contest (and a small lesson in effective communication)

storytelling Posted by Harrison on Feb 1, 2010

About 10 days ago I posted the six-word story contest across 50 LinkedIn groups and your responses started flooding in. We received well over 2000 5000 submissions of your own six-word stories. And they keep pouring in. Thank you everyone for making this such a fun and interesting contest.
One thing became obvious; the concept of [...]