Managing Change

Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Ep 196. Martin Davidson: The End of Diversity as We Know It

Martin Davidson is the Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia's Darden School of Business and he currently serves as their senior associate dean and global chief diversity officer. His book, The End of Diversity as We Know It: Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, introduces a research-driven roadmap to help leaders more effectively create and capitalize on diversity in organizations. Stew and Martin discuss the reasons the diversity and inclusion efforts often fail as well as a proven, practical model for creating positive change…[Click for more]

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Ep 181. Quinetta Roberson: The Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Ep 181. Quinetta Roberson: The Impact of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion

Professor Quinetta Roberson has over 20 years of experience teaching courses and workshops globally on leadership, talent management and diversity, all informed by her background in finance. She’s served as an expert witness in employment discrimination lawsuits and provides professional advice and guidance to for-profit and non-profit organizations. Quintetta currently serves as President of the Academy of Management (AOM) for 2020-2021. Stew and Quinetta discuss the benefits of diversity, equity and inclusion (after parsing out important distinctions among these three terms…[Click for more]

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Ep 175. Laura Morgan Roberts: Race, Work, and Leadership in Pandemic Times

Ep 175. Laura Morgan Roberts: Race, Work, and Leadership in Pandemic Times

Dr. Laura Morgan Roberts is a Professor of Practice at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business and an expert in the science of maximizing human potential in diverse organizations and communities. Her influential publications have been recognized by Thinkers50 “On the Radar” (2018) and the Academy of Management. Laura is the 2020 inaugural recipient of the Academy of Management Organizational Behavior Award for Societal Impact. Laura and Stew discuss her three edited three books — Race, Work and Leadership; Positive Organizing in a Global Society; and Exploring Positive Identities and Organizations — working from home while Black, mircroaggressions, allyship…[Click for more]

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Ep 174. Rita McGrath: Seeing Around Corners

Ep 174. Rita McGrath: Seeing Around Corners

Rita McGrath, Columbia Business School Professor, is an expert on inflection points. Her recent book Seeing Around Corners:How to Spot Inflection Points in Business Before They Happen is about how effective leaders and teams see those shifts coming before they happen and can react in innovative ways to succeed. Stew and Rita talk about how to see around unpredictable, unprecedented, or blind corners in order to make the best decisions during this pandemic period…[Click for more]

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