Diversity Intelligence: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion for Your Business - Hardcover

by Heidi R. Andersen (Author)

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.

Front Jacket

The demand for increased levels of diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging at all levels of the corporate hierarchy has never been higher. People of all backgrounds are clamoring for the opportunity to be represented in overwhelmingly homogenous boards, C-suites, and other senior leadership positions. But even when companies make honest efforts to increase the diversity of their ranks, their efforts are often unsuccessful.

In Diversity Intelligence: How to Create a Culture of Inclusion for your Business, diversity expert, speaker and CEO Heidi R. Andersen delivers an insightful exploration of how and why to implement diversity efforts in your organization. She explains the business case for inclusivity and sustainable governance and describes exactly what she's talking about when she uses the word "diversity."

You'll learn why so many organizational diversity programs fail to make a real impact in their companies, and what successful companies do differently when they launch diversity and inclusion initiatives. The book describes how these companies reach their goals and realize the long-lasting competitive advantages that a diverse workplace offers.

Drawing from her extensive experience working with clients like Deloitte, Esprit, Engle, SAP, Rockwool, L'Oreal, and Bayer, the author explains how to create the lasting cultural change necessary to break down the barriers to inclusion. She provides you with step-by-step guidance to overcoming the pitfalls and challenges typically experienced by companies undertaking this kind of effort.

Perfect for business owners, founders, executives, directors, business leaders and change agents, Diversity Intelligence will also earn a place in the libraries of business development heads, human resources managers, and anyone interested in making the world of business more diverse and inclusive.

Back Jacket

A PRACTICAL HOW-TO GUIDE TO CREATING A CULTURE OF DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION AT YOUR WORKPLACE

Companies from around the world are doing their best to achieve greater levels of diversity in senior leadership positions. However, their efforts are frequently unsuccessful, meeting widespread cultural resistance and pushback. Only a few firms create lasting change in the makeup of their boards and executive leadership. So, what sets these successful firms apart from their less successful counterparts?

Diversity Intelligence provides readers with a roadmap to achieving impactful change in the areas of diversity and inclusion. Offering a step-by-step guide to creating a culture of inclusion, author Heidi R. Andersen explores the why, what, and how of successful diversity initiatives.

You'll learn about the overwhelming business case for creating a more diverse and inclusive environment at your company and how those who fail to do so suffer consequences to their bottom line. You'll also discover the steps to take, and the ones to avoid, in order to emulate the most successful changemakers around the world.

Ideal for senior business leaders, Diversity Intelligence is a must-read resource for company owners, founders, and other businesspeople who wish to make a difference today in one of the most important and fraught areas of people management.

Author Biography

Heidi R. Andersen is a Founder of Living Institute and a frequent keynote speaker, lecturer and media contributor on the subject of diversity.