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

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.

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.