Diversity Makes Inclusion Harder, But Here’s What To Do About It

Diversity Makes Inclusion Harder, But Here’s What To Do About It

by | Jun 5, 2018 | What's Happening In The Field?

Diversity makes inclusion harder; it’s easy to welcome different perspectives when the people sharing them are all mostly the same age, gender, went to the same schools, and crack the same jokes. But when people of truly diverse backgrounds are thrust together, it gets a lot harder. The real challenge, when it comes to building work cultures that are both diverse and inclusive, is to leave ample room for difference while still thinking like–and identifying as– one big in-group.

FULL ARTICLE HERE: https://www.fastcompany.com/40559837/diversity-makes-inclusion-harder-but-heres-what-to-do-about-it

How multinationals can get their regional offices to work well together

How multinationals can get their regional offices to work well together

by | Jun 5, 2018 | What's Happening In The Field?

Although every organisation strives for strong teamwork and optimal performance from all of its regional offices, achieving this is much more difficult. Teams dispersed across regions do not share traditional face time in a space called “office”, where rituals, artefacts, and observation set the parameters for inclusion, acceptance and belonging. Tsedal Neeley, a professor from Harvard Business School who has studied team dynamics for more than 15 years, has noted one basic difference between global teams that work and those that don’t – the degree of emotional connection among team members. She calls this social distance. Co-workers who are geographically separated cannot easily connect and align, often lack trust and do not feel close and congenial.

LINK TO FULL ARTICLE HERE: http://www.businessessentials.co.za/2018/02/21/multinationals-regional-offices-work-together/