Tampa Bay is home to nearly 130 different ethnic and national groups – a wealth of differentness that can fuel an explosion of growth and innovation if we place a solid value on inclusion and diversity.
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Diversity: Compliance-Risk Management, Profitability or Both?
This article has been bolded for skim-reading. There are two basic reasons for tackling diversity (seriously) in an organization. Both are valid. Compliance and liability fall within one category. This is the risk management or ‘away from problems’ strategy. The second approach to diversity is a ‘towards strategy’. Here differentness of many kinds becomes a [...]
Seeing the customer: sales and customer retention in a multi-cultural/diverse world 15 Oct 2010
Everyone has an “I” consciousness, and a “we” consciousness. The emphasis that cultures place on the “I” or the “we” varies between cultures and sub-cultures, including companies, and national/ethnic groups.
Highlights from International Business Summit: Friday 26th March
Press release received: The NATC’s Coverage Of The International Business Summit Tampa, Fla. – The National Association of Tourism and Conventions (NATC-TV) covered the 4th International Business Summit that was held on March 11th here in Tampa Bay. The event bought together nine multicultural Chambers of Commerce, Coca-Cola, the Tampa Port Authority, and other corporate [...]
The Tampa Bay International Business Council – Brighthouse Diversity Awards
We invite you to enter for the TBIBC Diversity Awards. Please submit your application to Bill Flynn, President, Huijun Yang, Chairman or Glynis Ross-Munro, Vice President. You may also submit your application to a Board member of the TBIBC, or a member bi-national chamber of commerce of your choice. The current members of the TBIBC [...]
Gender Diversity Creates Wealth: Norway and (now) Sweden use the science.
Ansgar Gabrielsen, a male Norwegian businessman and politician, is an expert on the details of a 2007 Catalyst study, The Bottom Line: Corporate Performance & Women’s Representation on Boards, Gabrielsen’s focus has not been on gender equality. His interest is in “the fact that diversity is a value in itself, that it creates wealth.” He [...]
International Business Summit 2010
The 2010 International Business Summit will be held at Higgins Hall (cnr Hillsborough and Himes) on Thursday, 11 March, 2010, beginning at 9 a.m. (Registration: 8.30 a.m.) IBS is in its fourth year, as an annual event that brings together the diverse communities of Tampa Bay to build economic prosperity for the Tampa Bay/Suncoast area. [...]
International Business Summit 2009: Feedback
I apologize that there was not CPS newsletter in March. IBS was time-consuming. There are limitless jobs one can acquire as secretary of the Board, and I was presenting “Understanding American Culture” as well. But it was worth it. Higgins Hall was the perfect venue, elegant, full of natural light, beautifully-maintained and decorated – and [...]
Trust and understanding between collective and individualist cultures
Many organizations are staffed by a mix of people from individualist cultures (e.g. USA, Canada, Western European cultures) and collectivist cultures (e.g. Latino, Asian, African cultures). Building trust and understanding between these diverse groups is not easy, either for the team members concerned, or for managers and learning specialists who facilitate the process. Everyone has [...]
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