Category: Teams

“The standard argument is that diversity is good and you should have both men and women in a group. But so far, the data shows the more women, the better.” — Thomas W. Malone, professor at MIT Sloan School of Management A few years ago, MIT professor Thomas Malone conducted an experiment which assessed a […]

“Hire slow, fire quick” By Gabriel Manjarrez This is now an oft-used term but no less valuable for it. McKinsey did a research study in the mid-90’s trying to assess the effectiveness of CEOs at hiring their executive teams. They tracked shareholder value over a leader’s tenure and then mapped the hiring/firing of their direct […]