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Putting diversity to work : how to successfully lead a diverse workforce
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A fifty-minute series book
Publication Information:
Boston, MA : Course Technology, 2004
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1v + 1 CD-ROM
ISBN:
9781560526957
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Accompanied by compact disc : CP 11908

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Summary

Putting diversity to work in today's organization is everyone's job. More and more, organizations are seeing that true success occurs on not just one, but on three bottom lines: profit, people, and planet. This book focuses on the business case and best practices for bringing the best out of all kinds of people. It is written for people who manage people and care for the places in which people work.


Table of Contents

Making the Business Case for Diversity
Part 1 Enabling Your Organization to Embrace Diversity
Improving the Bottom Line
Through Diversity Taking
Advantage of Diversity in Your Organization
Identifying Your Stakeholders on a Mind Map
Facilitating Stakeholder Synergy
Five Organizational Traits That Support Diversity
Diversifying Your Organization's
Supply Chain Benchmarking to Improve Diversity
Practices Embracing
Diversity Strategies from Benchmarking Return on Invested Capital (ROIC)
Recognizing the Sings of Success
Part 2 Developing Yourself to Embrace
Diversity Common Ideas About Diversity
What Exactly Is Diversity?
66 Ways We Differ Exploring Your Values
Rethinking Your Biases and Assumptions
Learning About Others Becoming a Diversity Leader
Making Diversity Your C-H-O-I-C-E
Getting IN-IN-IN to the Diversity Mind-set Transitioning Through Change Progress Check
Part 3 Leading and Communicating Outlining
Diversity Competencies for Managers
Communicating Face-to-Face Asking Questions to Create Rapport
Increasing Employee Involvement
Ten Tips for Managing Multicultural Employees
Putting Diversity to Work Electronically
Showing Your Organization's Diversity
Online Leading and Managing Diversity
Online Using Electronic Tools Effectively
Ten Tips for E-Mailing Across
Borders and Cultures Progress Check
Part 4 Diversifying Your Workplace Successfully
Recruiting for Diversity
Examining Your Attitudes About Job Candidates
Rethinking Your Beliefs
Questions to Avoid
During an Interview Finding Employees
Who Will Stay Long-Term Introducing New Employees into the Organization
Retaining Diverse Talent Choosing Employees for Promotion Supporting
Diverse Leadership Styles
Encouraging Input from Everyone on the Team Analyzing Diversity
Challenges Understanding Conflict Resolution Styles
Managing People in Conflict Dealing with Sexual Harassment Progress Check
Appendix Authors' Suggested Responses
Recommended Reading
Additional Resources