Inclusion: Diversity, The New Workplace & The Will To Change

by Jennifer Brown

Overview

Embrace Diversity and Thrive As An Organization

In the rapidly changing business landscape, harnessing the power of diversity and inclusion is essential for the very viability and sustainability of every organization. Talent who feel fully welcomed, valued, respected, and heard by their colleagues and their organizations will fuel this growth. We will only succeed in this transformation if those in leadership pivot from command and control management styles to reinvent how we look at people, every organization’s greatest asset. It’s also critical that we build systems that embrace diversity in all its forms, from identity and background to diversity of thought, style, approach, and experience, tying it directly to the bottom line.

Inclusion: Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change stands up and embraces what true diversity and inclusion represent to any organization in any industry-an opportunity.

Open your heart and prepare to be inspired as award-winning entrepreneur, dynamic speaker, and respected diversity and inclusion expert Jennifer Brown shares proven strategies to empower members of your entire organization to utilize all of their talents and potential to drive positive organizational change and the future of work.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781946384423
Publisher:	Publish Your Purpose Press
Publication date:	06/01/2017
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	330
Product dimensions:	6.00(w) x 9.00(h) x 0.75(d)

About the Author

JENNIFER BROWN is an award-winning entrepreneur,

dynamic speaker, and respected diversity and inclusion expert

who believes that organizational cultures where

every individual can bring his or her full self to work will succeed

exponentially in a rapidly diversifying world.

As founder, president, and CEO of Jennifer Brown Consulting,

LLC, Jennifer has spent over a decade growing the company

into a multimillion-dollar resource for C-suite leaders, HR champions,

and employees at all levels, focused on the processes and

systems that drive change. Jennifer is also a sought-after keynote speaker, panel

moderator, and go-to source on the modern workplace’s changing

demographics; her thought leadership focuses on specific

communities of identity including women, people of color, LGBTQ

individuals, and millennials, with specific attention to the role of

male leaders in culture change efforts. She has appeared in

leading media outlets such as The New York Times, Forbes, Inc.,

The Wall Street Journal, and on Fox News, WCBS, and more. In

the past several years, she has been named Social Entrepreneur

of the Year by the NYC National Association of Women Business

Owners (NAWBO), one of the Top 40 Outstanding Women by

Stonewall Community Foundation, and NYC Controller Bill Thompson’s

LGBT Business Owner of the Year.

Table of Contents

T A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

FOREWO R D . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxi

PREFACE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxv

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . xxvii

ABOUT T H E AUTHOR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .xxix

CHAPTER ONE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1

Change Is Hard

CHAPTER TWO . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27

Origins of Change

CHAPT E R T H R E E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 51

Change Agents: The Roles We Play in a Diverse Workplace

CHAPTER FOUR. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 79

The Change Has Already Begun

CHAPT E R F I V E . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .111

Gender at Work: It’s Not a Woman’s Problem

CHAPT E R S I X . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .135

What’s Your Purpose?

CHAPT E R S E V E N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .155

The Workplace of the Future: Breaking the Mold, Letting Everyone In

CHAPT E R E I G H T . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .189

The Changing Marketplace and Our Diverse Customers

CHAPT E R N I N E. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .205

ERGs: Change Can Be Tribal

CHAPT E R T E N. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .241

Talking Diversity: Leading Your Diversity and Inclusion Revolution

I N C LOSING. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .267

GLOSSARY . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .269

RESOURCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .275

REFERENCES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .281

Editorial Reviews

Diversity, the New Workplace & the Will to Change, is a must for those who want to absorb Jennifer’s thoughts, ideas, concepts, and personal courage. She is a must-follow on social media and a global thought leader on diversity and inclusion.

Keep a highlighter handy and readily accessible on your diversity journey with Jennifer. Everyone needs a mentor, advisor, and guide like her that has walked the walk.”

—Fields Jackson, Jr., founder and CEO, Racing Toward Diversity

“Jennifer Brown is one of the smartest and most innovative voices in the world of workplace diversity. If you want to make your company a more successful, profitable, and inclusive environment, read this book.”

—Dorie Clark, author, Reinventing You and Stand Out; adjunct professor, Duke University Fuqua School of Business

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