‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality.   Our guest today is Denise Leaser, President, GreatBizTools.    Denise, what does diversity hiring mean to you? A lot is said about diversity ratios and making sure that all groups are represented. To me, it means hiring based on merit with special care taken to ensure your hiring...

Efficient internal communication is closely related to employee’s engagement which in turn is key to high profitability. However, keeping the staff’s interest alive and engage the team in an on-going two-way interaction might be a challenge. Below are some suggestions on how to freshen up some of the notoriously tedious company documents.    Code of conduct   This one can be as exciting as watching paint dry. But worry not, most of the companies h...

‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality. Our guest today is Katie Kern, Partner and COO of Media Frenzy Global. Katie has also served on the board of directors for YWCA of Greater Charleston and TAG Marketing society.   Katie, what does diversity hiring mean to you?   It’s about removing bias from the hiring process and providing e...

‘’Diversity Hiring’’ series features world diversity and inclusion leaders and their thoughts on diversity recruitment, cultural diversity and equality.   Our guest today is Lyneir Richardson, Assistant Professor of Professional Practice and Executive Director of The Center for Urban Entrepreneurship and Economic Development (CUEED) at Rutgers Business School. He serves (and has served) on numerous non-profit and civic boards, committees and commissions. Wha...

Books, papers, and essays have been written about the way Toyota handles its manufacturing processes. The practices have long been admired as a model for other companies to follow. Called the Toyota Production System, it is one of the success stories about the lean manufacturing process. Lean manufacturing simply aims to minimize waste as much as possible because in this industry, and other manufacturing-related industries, it is very easy to accumulate it. When mistakes are made, waste can buil...