The most cost effective, direct way to address the problem is to tap into the pool of already interested and highly qualified.

There are tremendous rewards that come from helping people solve problems.

"The mere desire to not be biased is not enough to overcome decades of cultural conditioning and can even lend more credence to post-hoc justifications," writes Thomas. If tech culture is going to change, everyone will have to change, especially men and most especially leaders.

The principle role of leadership of any group be it government organization, company, department or work team is to set the core values that drive the team. If asked the direct question, "what are your core values?", many, if not all leaders would recite the company's value statement that hangs on the wall or in some cases is printed on a card they carry in their pocket. The question is no longer can we read it and remember it. We have succeeded with that necessary first step. The question at this point is, "Are we living them?" Do we have "advertising values" or do "we have values we live?"

Analyzing the events which led to the Declaration of Independence shows principles that, when applied to your business, can lead you to achieve on the same scale our founding fathers did.

In in a sales career, the work "homework" has a different meaning. When I asked my team that all important question - Did you do your homework? - I meant did YOU.

There are many steps people can take to safeguard their identity; although there is no ironclad guarantee it will be safe.

It's not uncommon to shy away from conflict even if it is simple disagreement.

When you ask a question, the receiver is compelled to respond, either aloud if the question is direct, or silently if it is rhetorical.

The conclusion of the researchers was that collaboration appeared to have opposite effects for the stage of searching for information and the stage of searching for solutions.