Making Diversity Work: 7 Steps for Defeating Bias in the Workplace - Softcover

Thiederman, Sondra

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1427797137 ISBN 13: 9781427797131

Publisher: Kaplan Publishing, 2008

Synopsis

Drawing from research and 25 years of experience in the field, diversity expert Dr. Sondra Thiederman dissects the problems surrounding diversity in the workplace and offers specific, straightforward strategies focused on creating individual change. Using real-life examples, practical tips, and exercises, she guides readers on a journey of self-discovery, intellectual awareness, and healing.

In this fully updated and revised edition, learn to: 

• Function more effectively and feel more comfortable in a diverse workplace.
• Identify and defeat biased attitudes.
• Confront and minimize the fears that underlie biases. 
• Overcome diversity-related conflict.

Women or men, black or white, gay or straight, immigrant or native-born--everyone has prejudices. Making Diversity Work shifts the dialogue from blame to emphasis on the responsibility everyone shares to rid the workplace of bias. Dr. Thiederman delivers the prescription to defeat bias in the workplace in this definitive book for executives, managers, human resources professionals, and diversity practitioners.

About this title

About the Author

Dr. Sondra Thiederman is one of the nation’s leading experts on workplace diversity, cross-cultural business, and bias reduction. As President of Cross-Cultural Communications, a San Diego based training firm, Sondra has 25 years experience as a speaker, trainer, and author helping professionals in Fortune 500 companies, public sector organizations, and dozens of associations find ways to successfully navigate our increasingly-diverse workplaces.

Sondra has extensive media experience including mention in such national publications as the Wall Street Journal, the New York Times, the Los Angeles Times, and USA Today. She is published in professional journals ranging from T&D and Real Estate Today to Association Management, has written on diversity for the web site Monster.com, and is the author of four books including: Making Diversity Work: Seven Steps for Defeating Bias in the Workplace; Profiting in America’s Multicultural Marketplace: How to Do Business Across Cultural Lines; Bridging Cultural Barriers for Corporate Success: How to Manage the Multicultural Workforce; and “Getting ‘Culture Smart’: Ten Strategies for Making Diversity Work.

Edition details

• Publisher: Kaplan Publishing
• Publication date: 2008
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1427797137
• ISBN 13: 9781427797131
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 256