Performance through Diversity and Inclusion

Preface

To bolster the outcomes of the currently dominant diversity programs, this book presents a Framework for Inclusive Interactions. This evidence-informed, practice-based book explores opportunities for organizations and individuals to benefit realistically from diversity and inclusion. When properly managed, inclusive interactions among diverse members of an organization generate the social connections and deeper understandings needed for higher workgroup performance and greater equity. Informed leadership action is essential as organizations of all types are increasingly diverse or operating internationally across cultures. Society is currently at a “tipping point” of skepticism about whether contemporary approaches labeled as diversity ...