Jennifer Brown Consulting is looking for a company to feature in an article to be published on a major business magazine’s website. The article gives several ways a company can grow without drastically expanding its budget. This is a great opportunity to see your company’s name in print as a innovative and growing business! If your company does the following, please contact JBC by Friday, Nov. 20:

1. Use virtual employees to keep overhead costs low
2. Engage cutting-edge technology to communicate and coordinate between geographically-separated employees
3. Invest in the skill of its current workforce through low-cost training websites
4. Turn the “third place” (i.e. cafes, coffee houses, etc) into the workplace

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Diversity consultant Jennifer Brown, who works with firms to create strategies on hiring and engaging gay employees, says companies need to be aware that policies on the books, while a start, don’t always ensure that people feel safe working on the factory floor.

“[Companies] can’t guarantee that all people follow their rules,” Brown says, adding that employee resource groups need to watch out for homophobia and mistreatment at all levels—not just at corporate headquarters. “There are people regionally who have a lot of clout and impact how LGBT folks are treated.

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Here is an introduction from the Catch Your Limit web site:

“Turn up the volume, sit back and listen as this month’s CODcast (Creativity On Demand) features Jennifer Brown, CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting.

Jennifer Brown, CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting , One of the most sought-after experts in business and workplace dynamics. After many years of providing her services independently to Fortune 1000 clients and across a pantheon of vertical industries, she founded Jennifer Brown Consulting to help businesses everywhere achieve peak performance.

Ms. Brown is widely acclaimed for both her use of existing, proven models, metrics, and training and assessment tools as well as her work on the cutting edge of diversity training and talent management. Just a few of the industries that have benefited from her bold, energetic, savvy style include retail, nonprofits, media, finance, and industrial manufacturing.

Ms. Brown’s methods and thought- leadership are derived from rich real-world experience. She was Tommy Hilfiger´s first-ever Director of Training & Development, responsible for a wholesale invention of new mechanisms and processes for harnessing, advancing, and retaining the company´s talent. Her credentials also include various roles within Global Learning & Development at The Willis Group, fundamentally transforming the company´s perspective on sales and client service.”

You can subscribe to the CODcast feed by clicking here.  Don’t have speakers or a pair of headphones handy?  Click here to download a transcript of the interview now:  catchyourlimitinterview.

Jennifer’s keynote titled, “Goal Setting – Why are you here?” begins at 10:30 am on February 28th at the 2009 Greater New York Institute for Social Innovation.  This is an Introduction to StartingBloc and Corporate Social Innovation with the Yale School of Management.

Through their renowned Institute for Social Innovation, continuing education programs and networking opportunities, StartingBloc brings the latest innovations in corporate social responsibility and social entrepreneurship to emerging leaders.

Access the agenda for this event by clicking here:  2009_startingbloc_agenda