A practical roadmap to building a diverse and inclusive work culture In Diversity Intelligence: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion for your Business, keynote speaker and diversity and inclusion expert Heidi R. Andersen delivers a step-by-step walkthrough of how to create an inclusive culture, and break down the barriers to achieving diversity. You’ll find practical advice for creating the necessary cultural transformation that results in diversity intelligence, reaching well beneath the surface until it’s embedded in the foundation of your organization. The author describes the tools, methods, concepts, and goals that are essential to this transformation. In this important book, you’ll also: Learn how to properly define “diversity” and make a strong business case for creating a culture of inclusion Explore case studies of companies who successfully managed to implement diversity, inclusion, and sustainable governance initiatives Discover why so many diversity and inclusion programs fail despite the best of managerial intentions Perfect for business owners and founders, board members, executives, managers, change agents, CHRO’s and other business leaders seeking to transform their firm’s culture for the better, Diversity Intelligence is a must-read guide for supporting and driving positive organizational change.

A practical roadmap to building a diverse and inclusive work culture In Diversity Intelligence: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion for your Business, keynote speaker and diversity and inclusion expert Heidi R. Andersen delivers a step-by-step walkthrough of how to create an inclusive culture, and break down the barriers to achieving diversity. You’ll find practical advice for creating the necessary cultural transformation that results in diversity intelligence, reaching well beneath the surface until it’s embedded in the foundation of your organization. The author describes the tools, methods, concepts, and goals that are essential to this transformation. In this important book, you’ll also: Learn how to properly define “diversity” and make a strong business case for creating a culture of inclusion Explore case studies of companies who successfully managed to implement diversity, inclusion, and sustainable governance initiatives Discover why so many diversity and inclusion programs fail despite the best of managerial intentions Perfect for business owners and founders, board members, executives, managers, change agents, CHRO’s and other business leaders seeking to transform their firm’s culture for the better, Diversity Intelligence is a must-read guide for supporting and driving positive organizational change.

This book develops and amplifies the emerging concept of diversity intelligence, which is the capability of leaders to recognize the value of workplace diversity and to use this information to guide thinking and behavior. Organization leaders need diversity intelligence to better interact with the changing demographics in the US and the global economy, by embracing differences as strengths rather than weaknesses. Without a clear understanding of diversity, leaders are not fully equipped to realize organizational goals through all employees. The author highlights the importance of reimagining diversity and changing perspectives while integrating it into leadership and career development plans alongside intellectual intelligence, emotional intelligence, and cultural intelligence. In order to fully motivate diverse employees, leaders must first be able to recognize differences between themselves and others without it being an obstacle to performance. This edition addresses new topics related to allyship and anti-racism, and discusses how these concepts can sometimes hinder diversity efforts. This book fits in the literature in areas of leadership and business value and aims to satisfy the need for solutions to why diversity training and management efforts continue to fall short of stated goals within organizations. It is a window into how leaders can reflect on their actions and behaviors to effectively implement new diversity strategies, and is an essential read for HR researchers, professionals, consultants, and managers of global operating companies.

Would you like to build a happier workplace culture?Are you struggling to start your workplace diversity and inclusion journey?Would you like to take your leadership to the next level?This book will teach you how to use Inclusive Intelligence as a leader. You'll learn the skills great leaders have in common, how they implement inclusion daily, and how they have become role models in their fields.Inclusive Intelligence is a journey. The sooner you start, the further you'll go.

World-renowned experts on gender intelligence Barbara Annis and Keith Merron suggest it’s time to move beyond arguments based on politics and fairness, building an economic business case for gender diversity in the workplace. Despite forty years of laws, quotas, diversity training, and legal expenses aimed toward equalizing pay, opportunities, and working conditions between the sexes, the glass ceiling remains firmly intact. For too long, companies have played the “numbers game”—attempting to tackle gender imbalance by forcing affirmative action policies and numeric standards on organizations to increase the representation of women in management. Yet, these efforts have rarely been sustained. In this groundbreaking comprehensive analysis, based on more than twenty-five years of in-depth surveys involving 100,000 men and women across dozens of Fortune 500 companies, Barbara Annis and Keith Merron provide a deeper understanding of the multiplicity of forces that have combined to create and perpetuate gender inequality. Gender Intelligence exposes common false assumptions that prevent men and women from successfully performing together at work—myths exacerbated by worn-out theories of gender blindness and sameness thinking. It show how a small but growing number of courageous, leading-edge companies have broken through the barriers to successfully advance women, making the remarkable transformation from compliance to choice—from pressure to preference—and show how it can be done in any business. Gender Intelligence features 17 illustrations.

A practical roadmap to building a diverse and inclusive work culture In Diversity Intelligence: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion for your Business, keynote speaker and diversity and inclusion expert Heidi R. Andersen delivers a step-by-step walkthrough of how to create an inclusive culture, and break down the barriers to achieving diversity. You’ll find practical advice for creating the necessary cultural transformation that results in diversity intelligence, reaching well beneath the surface until it’s embedded in the foundation of your organization. The author describes the tools, methods, concepts, and goals that are essential to this transformation. In this important book, you’ll also: Learn how to properly define “diversity” and make a strong business case for creating a culture of inclusion Explore case studies of companies who successfully managed to implement diversity, inclusion, and sustainable governance initiatives Discover why so many diversity and inclusion programs fail despite the best of managerial intentions Perfect for business owners and founders, board members, executives, managers, change agents, CHRO’s and other business leaders seeking to transform their firm’s culture for the better, Diversity Intelligence is a must-read guide for supporting and driving positive organizational change.

This book analyzes the emerging concept of diversity intelligence, which values the differences in employees without attempting to make everyone alike. Organization leaders need diversity intelligence to better interact with the changing demographics in America and the global economy, by embracing differences as strengths rather than weaknesses. Without a clear understanding of diversity, leaders are not fully equipped to realize organizational goals through all employees. The author highlights the importance of integrating diversity intelligence into leadership and career development plans alongside intellectual intelligence, emotional intelligence, and cultural intelligence. In order to fully motivate diverse individuals, leaders must first be able to recognize differences between themselves and others without it being an obstacle to performance. This book is a window into how leaders can reflect on their actions and behaviors to effectively implement new strategies, and is an essential read for HR researchers, professionals, consultants, and managers of global operating companies.