The Truth About Better Decision-Making (Collection), 2/e

Truth 27. Don't surround yourself with yourself

In our personal lives, a look around shows that we generally tend to surround ourselves with people of like interests and perspectives.

This paradigm doesn't work at a changing workplace.

As the world seemingly shrinks, with markets and products extending their global reach, it's becoming more the rule than the exception for managers to have teams composed of men and women with a range of multinational educational, ethical, business, and life experiences. In fact, many of us work in larger organizations or ones that may be contractors or suppliers to the U.S. government that are legally required to be in compliance with affirmative action guidelines that encourage this "mix."

Unfortunately, some ...