Book description
Reap the benefits of a diverse workforce.
If you read nothing else on promoting diversity and realizing its benefits, read these 10 articles. We've combed through hundreds of Harvard Business Review articles and selected the most important ones to help you create a culture that seeks and celebrates difference.
This book will inspire you to:
- Identify and address bias
- Short-circuit discrimination instead of unintentionally feeding it
- Attract, retain, and engage talented people who represent myriad identities
- Ensure that everyone has equal access to growth opportunities
- Trade outdated policies for practices that are proven to foster inclusion
- Harness employees' unique skills and perspectives to transform how your company operates
This collection of articles includes "Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity," by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely; "Why Diversity Programs Fail," by Frank Dobbin and Alexandra Kalev; "'Numbers Take Us Only So Far,'" by Maxine Williams; "Race Matters: The Truth About Mentoring Minorities," by David A. Thomas; "Leadership in Your Midst: Tapping the Hidden Strengths of Minority Executives," by Sylvia Ann Hewlett, Carolyn Buck Luce, and Cornel West; "What Most People Get Wrong About Men and Women," by Catherine H. Tinsley and Robin J. Ely; "Hacking Tech's Diversity Problems," by Joan C. Williams; "Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women," by Herminia Ibarra, Nancy M. Carter, and Christine Silva; "When No One Retires," by Paul Irving; "Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage," by Robert D. Austin and Gary P. Pisano; "Managing Multicultural Teams," by Jeanne Brett, Kristin Behfar, and Mary C. Kern; and "7 Myths About Coming Out at Work," by Raymond Trau, Jane O'Leary, and Cathy Brown.
Table of contents
- Cover
- Title Page
- Copyright
- Contents
- BONUS ARTICLE: Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity
- Why Diversity Programs Fail
- “Numbers Take Us Only So Far”
- Race Matters: The Truth About Mentoring Minorities
- Leadership in Your Midst: Tapping the Hidden Strengths of Minority Executives
- What Most People Get Wrong About Men and Women
- Hacking Tech’s Diversity Problem
- Why Men Still Get More Promotions Than Women
- When No One Retires
- Neurodiversity as a Competitive Advantage
- Managing Multicultural Teams
- BONUS ARTICLE FROM HBR.ORG: 7 Myths About Coming Out at Work
- About the Contributors
- Index
Product information
- Title: HBR's 10 Must Reads on Diversity (with bonus article "Making Differences Matter: A New Paradigm for Managing Diversity" By David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely)
- Author(s):
- Release date: April 2019
- Publisher(s): Harvard Business Review Press
- ISBN: 9781633697737
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