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Does diversity improve teams? — SHR, Geneva
Does diversity improve teams? — SHR, Geneva

Does diversity improve teams? — what studies show, and what they don't.

The research

Study: Williams & O'Reilly (1998, Research in Organizational Behavior)

The limit

Single context; replicate before generalising. (our executive and employee training programmes)

Does diversity improve teams? — SHR, Geneva — Genève
Does diversity improve teams? — SHR, Geneva — Genève

Practical check in Geneva

Define one measurable indicator, test for a month, compare. To go further: explore the Team Performance training in Geneva, or browse our executive and employee training programmes in Switzerland.

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Team Performance training in Geneva — in practice
Team Performance training in Geneva — in practice
Team Performance training in Geneva — hands-on workshop
Team Performance training in Geneva — hands-on workshop
Team Performance training in Geneva — on the ground
Team Performance training in Geneva — on the ground

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