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Building Inclusion and Countering Bias in Teams

January 1, 2020 | MIT Sloan Management Review | Workplace, Teams, & Culture

Researchers have established that diverse teams tend to have better outcomes. Yet it can be difficult to build a diverse team and also to help a culturally diverse group coalesce around a goal. This guide, a compilation of insights from MIT SMR, offers a cross-section of viewpoints on what it means to build and lead a productive, heterogenous group of contributors.

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The Upside of Being a Woman Among ‘Bros’
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How to Change a Culture: Lessons From NUMMI
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The Need for Culture Neutrality
By Amit S. Mukherjee

How Global Is Your C-Suite?
By Pankaj Ghemawat and Herman Vantrappen

On the Rocky Road to Strong Global Culture
By Orly Levy, Sully Taylor and Nakiye A. Boyacigiller

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