For decades, the corporate world has run with a simple story: Diversity drives performance. Lately, though, the conventional wisdom has been challenged, and for good reason: Independent, peer-reviewed ...

Research shows that board diversity improves decision-making and organizational performance, but only when companies adopt inclusive working norms that empower new voices and promote active listening.

One of the prickliest issues in business over the past decade is encapsulated in a single word: diversity. Starting in the 2000s, the received wisdom from consultants and human-resource firms was that ...