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Step One: “Ditch the quotas. You’re setting yourself up for failure if you’re merely working toward filling an equal employment opportunity quota. Those benchmarks do little more than minimize individuals’ value in the organization, and by chasing a goal like “raise proportion of women on the engineering team by 10% this year,” you risk embracing a mind-set that makes it harder to see how every engineer–no matter who they are–is contributing to the team’s collective goals.” —MB
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diversity,
Fast Company,
hiring,
Jori Ford,
quota
