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The
GROVEWELL-CFGU Partnership
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Globalizing
Diversity & Inclusion
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partnership of GROVEWELL LLC and the Consortium for Global Understanding. As used by GROVEWELL LLC and the Consortium for Global Understanding, "the globalization of diversity and inclusion" and "globalizing diversity" refer to a U.S. firm’s transfer to its subsidiaries, operations, and partner firms abroad of its diversity and inclusion policies and practices. When any U.S.-based firm thinks about an initiative to globalize diversity, it needs to be especially mindful. U.S. diversity and inclusion reflect a unique combination of Made-in-the-USA core values, a value-set found nowhere else in the world. - When a U.S. firm prepares to implement its diversity and inclusion efforts globally, it is well advised to avoid a “one size fits all” approach. Rather, it needs to first explore and fully understand the equally unique combination of core values in the world region in question, and to then proceed in a culturally calibrated manner that steps beyond mere awareness towards informed, active integration within national and local cultural contexts. -
- GROVEWELL LLC and the Consortium for Global Understanding - In partnership, GROVEWELL LLC and the Consortium for Global Understanding are capable of guiding your firm through the complexities and sensitivities that, without a doubt, are involved in every effort to take diversity and inclusion beyond the borders of USA. Both consultancies are operated and fully owned by senior professionals with an unusual combination of competencies:
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| - | DOMESTIC DIVERSITY | GLOBAL DIVERSITY |
| Means | Focus on demographic inclusiveness
Change people-related behaviors Transform hiring & promotion practices |
Focus on competency-based heterogeneity
Change business-related behaviors Transform infrastructure and systems |
| Ends | Demographic inclusion in
the workplace
Fairness, equal opportunity in promotions Employees of all types are accepted, valued Broader appeal to customers at home |
Adaptability across borders and cultures
High performance with international partners Employees at all levels are globally-minded Broader appeal to customers worldwide |
| Leveraging Diversity Globally to Enhance Revenue and
Respect
- Decades of diversity research have shown that, in business organizations...
Our experience reveals, however, that opportunities for global growth in revenue and respect are lying unseized when the firm doesn’t also and proactively view diversity in terms of useful, applicable differences in the human values and behaviors of employees, partners, consumers, and other stakeholders worldwide. Value and behavior differences need to be leveraged. Until this is done, a firm's global growth arsenal remains incomplete. Beyond demographic representation lies an informed, systemic approach to globalization that…
- The Contributions of GROVEWELL LLC - DIVERSITY RESEARCH: GROVEWELL’s two partners have carried out original research on the globalization of diversity for a Fortune 50 corporation. Their Diversity International And Domestic project asked this: Assuming that a U.S. firm wishes to gain in stature and market share in a specific country, to what extent can that firm’s diversity initiatives be transferred to its offices and operations there?Their findings, explained in a 76-page report (executive summary available by post on request), are summarized thus: -
GLOBAL LEADERSHIP SOLUTIONS: Founded in 1990, GROVEWELL LLC provides a wide range of services focused on global leadership to major corporations, including thirteen business units worldwide of Johnson & Johnson. GROVEWELL’s signature service is Coaching for Global Advantage, the only available executive coaching that is genuinely global in content and delivery as well as in distribution. - - The Contributions of the Consortium for Global Understanding - DIVERSITY AND INTERCULTURAL EXPERTISE COMBINED: The Consortium for Global Understanding comprises many of the foremost experts in global diversity and inclusion around the world. Its consultants bring not only diversity and inclusion expertise, but also – and significantly – intercultural knowledge and on-the-ground experience. Thus, CFGU contributes an indispensable element to adapt diversity and inclusion to the regional and local cultural context, and thereby to ensure that efforts to globalize diversity are successful. (Due to the separation of the diversity and intercultural fields, particularly within the U.S., this combination of experience and expertise is rare. Yet it is vital to the success of a firm’s global diversity initiative.) CFGU has developed a strategic framework to develop and implement global diversity and inclusion effectively and for long-term sustainability. CFGU is able to mobilize over 100 highly skilled consultants worldwide, 60% of whom reside outside the U.S. Many speak internationally on global diversity and inclusion. Each has a passion for global diversity and an experience-honed understanding of cross-cultural factors. DELIVERY OF LARGE-SCALE DIVERSITY SERVICES: CFGU has long experience in the development and implementation of large-scale, complex, global diversity and inclusion initiatives. CFGU clients have included:
Project Leader from GROVEWELL LLC - KATHLEEN MOLLOY, MBA, has consulted for over 25 years, helping major firms achieve high performance by aligning people, performance, and strategy in the context of culture. Following an early career as a practicing anthropologist, Kathy led the talent development and succession planning efforts in various organizations and businesses, primarily Aetna Life & Casualty. Her approach combines diversity, talent management, leadership development, and organizational design – including structure, process, and strategy – to fully leverage talent and maximize organizational performance. She has created global leadership competency models and development programs. At Aetna International, she helped build global leadership and organizational strength in Hong Kong and Malaysia. She then led organization design and high performance initiatives at Aetna’s corporate level. An independent consultant since 1995, Kathy is past president of the Organization Design Forum and serves as a designer and facilitator for the Organization Design Forum’s 7-Step Workshop on Organization Design. She is the co-author of “How the Learning Organization Manages Change” in National Productivity Review (Winter 95/96). She works with the virtual teams of major corporations, often demonstrating her gift for facilitating leadership teams spread across two or more continents. A sought-after executive coach, Kathy co-developed GROVEWELL’s signature brand of executive coaching, Coaching for Global Advantage. For Kathy's full professional biography,
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Founder of the Consortium for Global Understanding in 2004, Shannon now consults internationally and speaks regularly at international conferences. For example, in 2005 she delivered “Global Diversity & Inclusion – A Strategic Approach” at the Conference Board’s annual workshop in Chicago; and “Creating Value By Valuing Differences” at the Women’s International Network (WIN) conference in Geneva. For Shannon's full professional
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