Leveraging the Power of Diversity:
Global and Domestic Prospectives
OVERCOMING RANKISM | VALUING DIVERSITY | ACHIEVING EXCELLENCE
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Achieving Extraordinary Organizational Performance Through Diversity Why can teams of people find better solutions than brilliant individuals working alone? How does diversity improve an organization's predictions, decisions, and problem-solving capabilities? Moving beyond the politics that cloud standard debates about diversity, Scott Page discusses why difference beats out homogeneity, whether you're talking about citizens in a democracy or scientists in the laboratory, and why diversity trumps ability. Come and learn why progress depends as much on our collective differences as it does on our individual IQ scores! No registration required for this public lecture. For more information about Professor Scott Page, see http://www.leighbureau.com/speakers/spage/page.pdf (PDF). |
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Crossing Borders: Mentoring Relationships in a Global Context Mentoring is a powerful developmental relationship that has been hailed as one of the most critical support mechanisms for advancing one's career. But much of the literature about mentoring is based on implicit assumptions of similarity and homogeneity in relation to dimensions of diversity. What happens as mentoring is used to build relationships between people who are very different from one another? In this workshop, Stacy Blake-Beard offers a framework to understand the challenges and opportunities of mentoring in a global context. Participants will put this framework to use through a guided discussion on mentoring across differences. The workshop will close with suggested best practices. Registration is REQUIRED. Limited slots are available for those who are directly involved in mentoring relationships, and we are especially interested in involving mentoring diads (mentors and mentees). To nominate yourself for participation, please send your name, contact information, title, and a brief statement of this workshop's relevance to your current professional/academic role to mentoringacrossdifferences@umich.edu. For more information about Professor Stacy Blake-Beard, see http://www.stacyblakebeard.net. |
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