What's Your Zip Code Story?: Understanding and Overcoming Class Bias in the Workplace - Hardcover

Gross, CJ

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 1538160587 ISBN 13: 9781538160589

Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield, 2022

Synopsis

Shedding light on class division, this book offers solutions to class bias in the workplace by analyzing real experiences, social norms, education, wealth, and more.
The renewed focus on class, race and equality in the workplace and beyond is making an indelible mark on society. This clarion call for change is sweeping inequality from every corner of the nation, including law enforcement, schools, and businesses. And within the past five years, diversity and inclusion, as well as unconscious bias, have been the main drivers of organizational training, politics, and community engagement.
What’s Your Zip Code Story helps clarify the intersection of class bias and racial disparity in the workplace and arms organizations with the knowledge to not only have productive discussions, but also adopt effective solutions. Gross instructs class-migrants―whether college students, recent graduates, or overlooked employees―on how to climb the career lattice and transform themselves from undervalued employees to respected leaders. The book tackles challenges that class-migrants encounter when navigating the workplace and provides operative practices that can be utilized to hone new professional skills and drive positive change in workplace culture. It is a powerful tool that will inspire marginalized employees who are hungry for personal and professional growth, as well as give insight to business leaders seeking a new way to engage their teams. Through the lived experiences of the author and research-based strategies, readers will find insights on how to increase workplace engagement and business performance.

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About the Author

Howard J. Ross is the author of Reinventing Diversity: Transforming Organizational Community to Strengthen People, Purpose, and Performance and Our Search for Belonging: How Our Need to Connect is Tearing Us Apart. His work has been published by the Harvard Business Review, the Washington Post, the New York Times, and Forbes, and he has worked with Fortune 500 companies across a variety of industries. A lifelong social justice advocate and founding partner of the nationally recognized diversity consulting firm Cook Ross, Inc., Howard still speaks broadly with his new company, Udarta Consulting LLC. He resides in the Shenandoah Valley, just west of Washington, DC.

Edition details

• Publisher: Rowman & Littlefield
• Publication date: 2022
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1538160587
• ISBN 13: 9781538160589
• Binding: Hardcover
• Number of pages: 224