Diverse Teams Quotes

• Smaller companies are often more homogenous. Don't simply increase your diversity because of the social pressure to do so. Instead, realize that hiring a more diverse team will give you a whole new repertoires of innovative ideas. And then develop a strategy for effectively using the diversity of your team.

  David Livermore

  Team, Ideas, Giving

  Source: bobmorris.biz

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• A hallmark of high performance leaders is the ability to influence others through all levels and types of communication, from simple interactions to difficult conversations and more complex conflicts, in order to achieve greater team and organizational alignment. High performing leaders are able to unite diverse team members by building common goals and even shared emotions by engaging in powerful and effective dialogue.

  George Kohlrieser

  Powerful, Team, Communication

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• In the face of uncertainty, many companies will default to asking their innovators to study and analyze, which can't actually ever provide a definitive answer. The decision-making systems here are meant to deal with the reality that decisions about innovative ideas will rely on patterns and intuitions. The best venture capital organizations deal with this challenge by staging investment, actively participating in startups they fund, tying decisions to learning as opposed to artificial dates on the calendar, and assembling a diverse team of decision-makers.

  Scott D. Anthony

  Team, Reality, Organization

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• I believe very strongly in the value of having a diverse team around me that comes from very different backgrounds and different points of view.

  Irene Rosenfeld

  Team, Believe, Views

  "CEO Forum: Rosenfeld keeps Kraft from being too cheesy". Interview with David Lieberman, usatoday30.usatoday.com. December 10, 2009.

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• Endless data show that diverse teams make better decisions. We are building products that people with very diverse backgrounds use, and I think we all want our company makeup to reflect the makeup of the people who use our products. That's not true of any industry really, and we have a long way to go.

  Sheryl Sandberg

  Work, Women, Team

  "Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg on tech's diversity gap". Interview with Jessica Guynn, www.usatoday.com. August 12, 2014.

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• Many years ago, I think I got my first insight on how an incredibly diverse team can work together and do astonishing things, and not just misunderstand each other and fight.

  John P. Kotter

  Team, Fighting, Thinking

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• Clashing expectations are what most consistently derail any team, and especially a culturally diverse team. So if you take the time to "define" the goal carefully upfront, you've addressed one of the most difficult and important parts of the innovative process.

  David Livermore

  Team, Goal, Expectations

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• Generating diverse ideas requires being clear about the kind of input needed and creating multiple ways for diverse team members to share their ideas (e.g. use more than just a brainstorming session).

  David Livermore

  Team, Ideas, Creating

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