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There is good reason why "shopping when you are hungry" is a bad thing. The same principles apply to hiring and developing people in your organization for the purposes of building a bench of leaders for the future -- doing it when in dire need is the wrong time.
The era we are in, where demographic changes and tech advances are happening at a pace never experienced before, is admittedly a treacherous environment for CEOs. We are in a new world of work. According to the World Economic Forum, we are entering the fourth industrial revolution (moving beyond the digital revolution) and according to McKinsey, it is going to be 300 times the scale and 10 times the pace of the first industrial revolution. With this landscape as your reality, building your bench is potentially the most potent protection you have against failure in the future but also your best chance for success today.
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It’s not what’s being said about your initiatives that is slowing progress. Often, it’s what is not being spoken that creates the barrier to achievement. This is especially true in those efforts that evoke emotions, such as the plans you must execute to advance diversity and inclusion across your business.
You can change this in your next meeting by energizing the team around a shared reality, one where people can tell their truth. This is the only way your vision for diversity and inclusion becomes a greater reality.
“We’ve been trying to have this discussion for what seems like forever,” the director at a global medical device company told us. As a 30-year veteran in HR, that’s saying something. “I realize now the key was to back up for a moment, stop selling our plan, and first shift the mindsets that were keeping us stuck.”
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