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Beyond Discomfort : Why Inclusive Leadership Is So Hard (and What You Can Do about It).
- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Nagamootoo, Nadia.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Diversity in the workplace.
- Leadership.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (167 pages)
- Edition:
- 1st ed.
- Place of Publication:
- Northwich : Practical Inspiration Publishing, 2024.
- Summary:
- Beyond Discomfort by Nadia Nagamootoo explores the complexities of diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) in organizational and leadership contexts. The book introduces an ontological approach to understanding inclusive leadership, focusing on how learned beliefs and values shape behaviors. It provides practical frameworks, such as the 'Way of Being' model, to help leaders reflect, challenge biases, and navigate discomfort in their journey toward fostering inclusive cultures. Drawing on real-life examples and psychological insights, the book aims to equip leaders with tools to address systemic inequities, encourage transparency, and champion meaningful cultural change. The target audience includes business leaders, DEI professionals, and anyone committed to creating inclusive environments. Generated by AI.
- Contents:
- Cover Page
- Praise for Beyond Discomfort
- Title Page
- Copyright Page
- Dedication
- Contents
- Foreword
- Introduction
- An ontological approach to diversity, equity and inclusion
- A new lens on inclusive leadership
- How to use this book
- Chapter 1: Guiding forces of inclusion
- Current-day living
- Hitting the bottom line
- Parenting and caring
- The next generations
- The future of work
- Chapter summary
- Questions of discomfort
- Chapter 2: Disconcerted
- It isn’t fair
- Meritocracy… or mirrortocracy
- The dirty word: privilege
- Fear of acknowledging privilege
- Fear of change
- Expanding this Way of Being
- Chapter 3: Proof-Seeking
- The archetypal leader Generated by AI.
- Notes:
- Part of the metadata in this record was created by AI, based on the text of the resource.
- Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.
- ISBN:
- 9781788604406
- 1788604407
- OCLC:
- 1417980972
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