Diversity and inclusion matters : tactics and tools to inspire equity and game-changing performance / Jason Thompson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Thompson, Jason (Professor), author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Diversity in the workplace.

Equality.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (243 pages)

Edition:

Second edition.

Place of Publication:

Hoboken, New Jersey : John Wiley & Sons, Incorporated, [2022]

Summary:

"Diversity, equity, and inclusion has been a hot topic especially in the tech industry. "Between 2017 and 2018, postings for diversity and inclusion positions had increased by nearly 20%--and that number is growing." Many companies are struggling to achieve their DEI goals and develop successful programs. Thompson addresses one of the major issues: there is no handbook that helps people develop and create an effective DEI program. Most work is currently being done on ROI, what diversity means, and how to define it, but there are not books that help you develop an actual program. Thompson provides diversity officers with a blueprint, information, and tools to implement a successful diversity program. Thompson's insights can jumpstart and hep implement a diversity program that can gain immediate traction. He walks you through the process of execution on a weekly and even daily basis. His book shares practical, concrete steps about what data to collect and how to analyze and assess that data, choose the right diversity goal given your current resources, and how to measure the impact of your DEI efforts. He shares practical step-by-step lessons learned, the order you should build your program, and what things you should be working on. You can implement a program in which there previously was no roadmap. You will learn: How to build a successful diversity program with step-by-step instructions How to manage and lead a diversity council How to not just develop programs but understand the order they should be built to insure success How to get early buy-in and long-term commitments from CEOs by knowing when to push and what to ask for How to set appropriate expectations from a DEI program for the CEO and the executive leadership team How to understand your company How to build a plan and program that is tailored to your company and its culture How to set the right DEI goals, collect the right data, and measure your success How to know the difference between a program that is failing and one that is taking awhile to get going"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Contents

Preface

Telling Stories and Bridging the Disconnect

My Story

The Bridge Between Intent and Impact

How the CAPE Process Works

Notes

Foreword

Part I The CAPE Process

Chapter 1 How to Become an Exceptional DE&amp

I Organization

The Importance of DE&amp

I Now

A Diverse Workforce Will Have Tension

DE&amp

I Officers Need a Broad Range of Skills

Why DE&amp

I Programs Fail

The How: CAPE Foundation for Successful DE&amp

I Programs

Chapter 2 DE&amp

I Fundamentals, CAPE, and Organizational Change

Overwhelmed and Needing a Process

The Basics of Every DE&amp

I Program

Chapter 3 Data for DE&amp

I

Fill the Cup of Others

The Illusion and Challenge of Data

The Recruitment Data Challenge

Chapter 4 Collect the Data

Give a Brown Guy a Chance

When to Start Collecting Data

What Data to Collect

Where to Get the Demographic Data You Need

Who Is Being Included in the Data?

Respecting Demographic Data

Chapter 5 Analyze the Data

Seeing It So Clear Now

Using the Data to Know What You Have

The How: Analyzing Data to Identify Recruitment Issues

The How: Analyzing Data to Identify Retention Issues

Assume Competence

Chapter 6 Plan your Program

The World's Park

Plan Only after You Analyze the Data

Getting Started on Your Plan

4-2-50 Program

How to Measure ROI in Your DE&amp

The How: CAPE DE&amp

I Plan Template

How to Complete the CAPE DE&amp

I Template

Note

Chapter 7 Execute on the Plan

Audio Must Match Video

E Is for Execute

The How: A CAPE Path to Execute

Part II Practical Lessons Learned in DE&amp

Chapter 8 DE&amp

I Programs Should Look Like the Company.

Looking for Four-Leaf Clovers

Sports - US Olympic and Paralympic Committee

Healthcare

Tech - Techstars

Education - University of Wyoming, University of Colorado Health Sciences Center, Western Governors University

Organizational Mission Alignment

The How: An Organizational Mission-Alignment Exercise

Chapter 9 DE&amp

I Challenges That No One Tells You

Whose Mother Are We Talking About?

Staff and Budget

Responsibility for Things Beyond Your Control

Managing Expectations

Chapter 10 When to Get CEO Involvement

What Friends Do

Setting CEO Expectations

When to Involve the CEO

Connecting CEO and Leadership Commitment to Diversity

How to Get CEO Commitment

Chapter 11 Employee Resource Groups

Check Your Bias

Employee Resource Groups

Define ERG Membership

Setting Boundaries for ERGs

Establish Communication Guidelines

Managing ERG Fundraisers

Let ERGs Fail

The How: Suggested Rules and Structures for ERGs

Chapter 12 DE&amp

I Committees

Focus on the Right Things

I Committees Fail

What Happens When Companies Start with a DE&amp

I Committee

Three Simple Rules for a Better DE&amp

Chapter 13 Using DE&amp

I Training to Make Organizational Change

Trees Just Don't Happen

Diversity Training: Episode versus Series

I Training as a Response to an Episode

I Training as a Series of Ongoing Trainings

CAPE and DE&amp

I Trainings

The Two Types of DE&amp

Unconscious Bias

The ADKAR Model

Chapter 14 Inclusion Practices

Don't Ask Me to Organize the Davids

How to Measure Inclusion

How the CAPE Inclusion Tracker Works

The Fair Pay Solution

Chapter 15 Your Mental Health

A Day at the Pool

Mental Health for You and Your Colleagues.

Part III Things I Wish I Had Known

Chapter 16 Top Challenges for DE&amp

I Professionals

Voices Telling You What You Can't Do

The Myth That Diversity Lowers Quality

A Hire from an Underrepresented Group Is Not Performing

Chain of Command

Your Positional Authority

Staffing and Budget

Diversity Committees

Working with Other Departments

Efficacy of Résumé Redacting

Belonging versus Inclusion

Allies

Making the Implicit Explicit

Bridging the Gap Between Intent and Impact

Validating the Experiences of Others

Chapter 17 Jason-isms

The Gift of Time

The Jason-isms

Conclusion

Acknowledgments

About the Author

Index

EULA.

Notes:

Description based on print version record.

Includes index.

Other Format:

Print version: Thompson, Jason R. Diversity and Inclusion Matters

ISBN:

9781119799542

1119799546

9781119799559

1119799554

OCLC:

1277182304