Book cover for 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) by Harvard Business Review, David A Thomas, Robin J Ely, Sylvia Ann Hewlett and Joan C. Williams

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)

2019 Released
224 Pages
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Harvard Business Review PressISBN 9781633697720

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  • Trade outdated policies for practices that are proven to foster inclusion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.

David A Thomas

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Sylvia Ann Hewlett

Sylvia Ann Hewlett is the founding president of the Center for Talent Innovation, a Manhattan-based think tank where she chairs a task force of eighty-two multinational companies focused on fully realizing the new streams of labor in the global marketplace. Her book Forget a Mentor: Find a Sponsor was named one of the ten best business books of 2013 and won the Axiom Book Award.

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Joan C. Williams

Joan C. Williams is Distinguished Professor of Law and Founding Director of the Center for WorkLife Law at the University of California, Hastings College of the Law. She has authored eleven books, including White Working Class: Overcoming Class Cluelessness in America and Unbending Gender: Why Work and Family Conflict and What to Do About It.

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