Author: Paula Schriefer

What the Best Cross-Cultural Managers Have in Common

As global business continues to rapidly grow, large organizations must employ “leaders who can effectively move between countries and cultures, take on expat assignments, understand disparate markets and manage diverse teams.” Linda Brimm, professor of organizational behavior at INSEAD and the author of Global Cosmopolitans: The Creative Edge of Difference, coined the term ‘global cosmopolitans’ to highlight the key characteristics that these people have after gaining international exposure at some point in their education or professional lives.

Implicit Bias and Law Enforcement

By Tracey G. Gove, Captain, West Hartford, Connecticut, Police Department Racial profiling has been an obvious point of contention between law enforcement and minority group members. Over the past decade, […]

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