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Rowing in the Same Direction - Is Your Organization Collaborative?
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Greetings!
As the marketplace continues to undergo massive change, so do the expectations of leadership: what will it take to be successful in the evolving world of work? How do we row in the same direction when so many factors are shifting? While the basic tenets of leadership and performance will never change, we need to develop new competencies of collaboration to ensure alignment and build even greater employee engagement in achieving common goals. Our success depends on it.
Ask yourself to what extent you've embraced the following principles in your leadership practices:
- Influencing through networks, in a flattening hierarchy: growing more self-sufficient teams that identify and drive their internal "brand" and their value proposition to key stakeholders
- Leading virtually: rapport and trust-building in a cross-cultural environment to create a cultural of high performance
- Managing innovation through diversity and inclusion: meshing the power of identity and representation with the potential of true "diversity of thought" to reach a common purpose
- Harnessing the power of the organization: distributing decision-making and more widespread participation in the development of better products, services, and strategies to set and achieve ambitious goals
- Leading transparently: in the socially-networked world, the personal is professional, values are key, and walking the talk becomes paramount
- Building your brand: proactively driving your career utilizing the full platform of your organization, while maximizing your external networks
The JBC team has spent hundreds of hours partnering with our clients in functional business units and corporate functions such as HR, Talent Management, and Diversity to embrace today's opportunity to think, and lead, inclusively for better results. Clients such as Cisco, Chubb, and Booz Allen have engaged JBC in team building efforts, executive briefings and coaching, and strategic planning processes, with the goal of equipping organizations to stay competitive and drive productivity.
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Conferences & Presentations
JBC just returned from NALC West - San Francisco, the Network & Affinity Group Leadership Congress. 120 ERG leaders and Diversity Program Managers discussed how ERGs can drive recruitment, retention, and business impact. Click on the photo at right to see event highlights, and click here to download the summary. Stay tuned! Jennifer will next be presenting on ERGs as powerful tools in Work/Life initiatives at the Work/Life Congress in NYC, October 27-29, in NYC. Jennifer will also be moderating a panel on Tales of Workplace Transitions on 10/29, hosted by the Center and New York Life. Take advantage of this great learning opportunity for HR and Diversity leaders to learn about LGBT employees and allies. |
Honors & Awards
SUPPLIER DIVERSITY MENTOR PROGRAM
Cisco Systems just announced that Jennifer Brown Consulting has been accepted into its exclusive Executive Mentor Protégé Program. Click here to learn more, on our blog.JENNIFER TO CO-CHAIR NGLCC DINNER Jennifer Brown was announced this week as Co-Chair of the NGLCC Evening of Courage 2009 National Dinner. The event honors individuals, companies and organizations for exemplary work in and for the LGBT business community. The National Dinner takes place November 6th in Washington, DC. Click here for more information on the NGLCC Evening of Courage! STONEWALL FOUNDATION HONORS TOP 40 "Women of Stonewall"
Jennifer Brown Consulting is proud to announce that Jennifer has been
named as one of the top 40 Women honored this year by the Stonewall Foundation in honor of the 40th Anniversary of the Stonewall Riots. There is an event hosted by the Stonewall Community
Foundation in December honoring all nominees. Individual tickets are just $95, so please come out and support Jennifer! Click here to view the PDF invitation to the Stonewall Awards Dinner. There is a great opportunity for your company or your LGBT Affinity Group to buy a $250 half-page congratulatory ad for any of the women you'd like to recognize on the list. Please get in touch today.
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ERG Readiness Index
 Be one of the first companies to take JBC's ERG Readiness Index.
The ERG Readiness Index is a survey that assesses the ability of your ERG (network; affinity group) to impact the overall business.
The survey assesses the strengths of KEY areas of an ERG,
including structural basics and partnerships, as well as emerging value
propositions, such as:
ˇ Business alignment
ˇ Technology utilization
ˇ Global capacity
We believe that these value propositions are key features of a
successful, new generation of ERGs - ones that help develop new and
better products, get even closer to clients and groom the next
generation of leaders.
Who is the Readiness Index for?
Anyone responsible for a company's diversity and inclusion efforts.
Share your response today!
JBC will provide a written overview to all survey respondents, including a discussion of the respondent's Readiness
Index score, the reasons for the score, and ways to raise the score and
enhance the overall development of the ERGs.
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