All Are Welcome: How to Build a Real Workplace Culture of Inclusion that Delivers Results

Introduction

Before we talk about anything related to diversity, equity, inclusion, or belonging (DEIB), we have to talk about why I do this work, which is integral to why I’m writing this book. Like many people who are involved in advocating for DEIB, this is deeply personal for me. What makes it personal, you ask? Let’s start with how I define who I am.

I am an Asian woman. I’m also a first-generation daughter of immigrants from China who came to the United States with very little money and only the promise of the American dream. I have two brothers. One of them is gay. The other is developmentally disabled. I grew up in a lower-middle-class neighborhood, where the majority of my neighbors were Black. My father served in the Air Force before ...