Coaching & Mentoring For Dummies, 2nd Edition

Chapter 7

Coaching for Diversity

IN THIS CHAPTER

Seeing what diversity means

Exploring unconscious bias

Breaking down DEI

Coaching individual differences

Focusing on the issues of performance to manage — and behaviors not to tolerate

Since this book was first published more than 20 years ago, no one chapter needed more updating than this chapter on diversity. Although the advice was solid, people’s understanding of what diversity in the workplace has grown exponentially. With a rapidly changing workforce and a big push for companies to be more inclusive of minorities and underrepresented groups, diversity has gone from a back-burner topic to a front-burner focus in a few short years.

For people who have felt left out of opportunities, it’s about time. For those who have traditionally held positions of authority and are trying to catch up, diversity can feel like a lot all at once to absorb. What’s the right term? How should you feel? What do you call people? How can I be respectful ...