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Today’s diverse work environment requires knowledge and insights from participants with diverse backgrounds. When the global market is this competitive, organizations are wise to revisit—and possibly restructure— their organization to gain a competitive edge. Doing this requires building teams that are up for the global challenge. This also requires a manager who can lead multicultural teams and highlight their inventiveness, fresh perspectives, and different takes on problem

In a recent study from Concordia University, researchers asked five- and six-year-old monolingual and bilingual children questions like whether ducks raised by dogs would act like ducks or like dogs.  More bilingual than monolingual kids said the ducks would act like dogs – which, to the researchers, indicates that bilingual children are more open-minded than their monolingual peers. It’s good news for me, since my son is growing up in a bilingual home.  But I think it’s impo

It’s true:  your company is progressive and ahead of the times.  You have a beautiful, educational diabetes management website translated in Spanish for your large Hispanic customer base to peruse.  It dazzles the eye. Do you think the doe-eyed abuella sitting quietly in a doctor’s office received your most recent Facebook post or the monthly newsletter you just emailed about the importance of monitoring her blood sugar levels? When it comes to educating patients, social medi

As hurricane Sandy meets a turning gulf stream and a nor’easter winter storm to unleash havoc on the Mid-Atlantic region, so too is the pharmaceutical industry entering an era of the perfect storm.  Recent trends and events have set the industry up for major shifts and changes. The current blustery economic recession created, not a drop in pressure, but a drop in industry growth.  In prior years, a billion dollar industry expanding its growth at about 10% per year did not nee