Pamela Slim on How to Make Your Team More Diverse and Profitable

What’s the first step to make your team more diverse, and why is diversity so important to business in the first place? When you prioritize diversity, research shows that it generates better business results, including increasing employee retention! The best thing about diversity in the workplace? You have more perspectives, which means better ideas and more creativity. In this interview with Pamela Slim, author of https://pamelaslim.com/the-widest-net/ (The Widest Net: Unlock Untapped Markets and Discover New Customers Right in Front of You), co-founder of a small business learning lab, and small business expert. you’ll discover what diversity means to the business world and how it can impact your profits. She founded her company in 1996 and focused her first decade in business on creating and delivering training programs for large companies such as HP, Charles Schwab, 3Com, Chevron and Cisco Systems. Since 2005, Pam has advised thousands of entrepreneurs as well as companies serving the small business market such as Infusionsoft, Progressive Insurance, Constant Contact and Prezi. Pam partnered with author, Susan Cain to build and launch the Quiet Revolution and the Quiet Leadership Institute. In 2016 Pam co-founded, with her husband Darryl, the https://pamelaslim.com/ke/ (K'é Main Street Learning Lab) in Mesa, Arizona, a grassroots, community-based think tank for small business economic acceleration. She is frequently quoted as a business expert in press such as The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, BusinessWeek, Forbes, Entrepreneur, Information Week, Money Magazine and Psychology Today. ------------------ The Widest Net: Unlock Untapped Markets and Discover New Customers Right in Front of You on Amazon https://www.linkedin.com/in/pamelaslim/ (Pam's LinkedIn profile) WHAT YOU WILL DISCOVER FROM THIS EPISODE: The crazy story behind how I met Pam at the World Domination Summit. Pam’s knack for creating environments where people get along. How Pam created The “Pamily”. Why having a diverse g