Inclusive Leaders – What Are Their Roles in a Workplace?
By Linda Devonish – Mills, CAE, CPA, CMA, MBA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant Characteristics of an Inclusive Leader When conversations and emphasis on diversity practices began over 20 years ago, the acronym D & I, referring to diversity and inclusion, was popular. In recent years, it is not uncommon to see the acronym, I
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Defining Your Company’s GTM Strategy
Having a well-developed go-to-market (GTM) strategy is important in today’s business landscape. A GTM strategy is used to determine the best ways to engage with customers to inspire them to purchase your company’s products or services. A thoroughly defined GTM strategy includes features related to pricing, sales and channels, product branding, and the introduction of
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Hiring an Effective CMO
By Ash Wendt, President & Founder — Ash Wendt brings deep expertise to recruiting transformative C-suite leaders, placing CMOs and marketing executives. He regularly contributes to Forbes, Chief Executive, Marketing Dive, Fast Company, Harvard Business Review, and other premier publications, providing thought-provoking commentary on leadership alignment, revenue operations, marketing innovation, and high-performing teams. The chief
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Using KPIs to Enhance Business Insights for the CFO
By CFO Recruiter Shawn Cole — Top CFO Recruiter Shawn Cole is a trusted thought leader and premier authority on CFO recruitment across all industries. As President & Co-Founder of Cowen Partners, Shawn Cole is a trailblazing leader in the CFO recruiting space, known for finding exceptional talent while uncovering key insights about today’s C-suite
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Unconscious Bias – The Main Barrier for Developing Inclusive Environments in the Workplace
By Linda Devonish – Mills, CAE, CPA, CMA, MBA, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion Consultant Unconscious Bias Is it possible for an organization to develop inclusive environments in the workplace if unconscious bias is present among colleagues? Probably not since everybody has biases that they may not be aware of. Anybody that thinks that they do
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Defining the Barriers of Inclusive Environments in the Workplace
Recognizing acts of exclusion can help companies surmount the challenges of developing an inclusive workplace, concludes a new report by Cowen Partners. Microaggressions and unconscious bias are among the most common obstacles to real progress and true diversity and inclusion in any company culture. April 29, 2022 – Diverse and inclusive environments in the workplace should provide
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Hiring Trends Among Minority CFOs – August 2022
Cowen Partners recently issued a study, Cowen Partners CFO Movement Study 2022. As a follow-up to the study, this paper presents a review of the literature on CFOs of color hiring trends, diving deeper into the how and why behind the statistics. Here are some theories that may support the findings of the CFO Movement
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