Description:I have seen it all – the good and truly ugly sides of inclusion and exclusion. I’ve been privy to conversations that demonstrated the great heart and most despicable and dishonest behaviors of some of the most powerful men and women in business. I am still here because I’ve been involved with six or seven powerful individuals who committed to do whatever it took to make their workplace humane and benevolent. Those rare few are the reason I continue to lead and live this work. This book is for those who follow in their footsteps. It is written to honor the brave ones who drove their companies to become better before it was trendy and correct. It is for them that I present this simple and helpful There are seven keys that lead to successful initiatives, hence the title 7 Keys 2 Success (7K2S). Key 1 – The Strongest Tying Business Success to the Diversity and Inclusion InitiativeKey 2 – The Leadership Five steps to long-term systemic changeKey 3 – Use it or Lose Strategic and operational support mechanismsKey 4 – Buy, Build & Continuous learning and educational opportunitiesKey 5 – Getting It Measurements and deliverables that workKey 6 – Leadership at All Everyone participates/Everyone contributesKey 7 – Have Faith & Know Your Learn the three stages of long-term success The Who, What, When, Where & WhyWho - This book is • Those who are chartered with driving their organization’s diversity and inclusion initiative; human resources, learning & development, community relations, supplier diversity and le-gal.• CEOs who wish to increase the return on the dollars they are spending on their diversity and inclusion initiative.• Leaders and managers in any size organization, producing any product or service anywhere.• People who want their organization to soar! What - You will A structured approach to diversity and inclusion initiatives.Seven ideas that I know can take any organization from confusion to success – guaranteed! When - This guide is helpful at any stage of your organization’s development.• Use it to get started.• Use it to determine where you are.• Use it to plan for the next steps.• Use it when the effort has slowed or stopped.• Use it to maintain momentum. Where - Any province, town or city in any country, on any continent. Some of you may be skeptical, but the ideas presented here have been successfully implemented in major companies in Europe, Asia, North & South America, Australia and Africa. Why - There are hundreds of books on diversity and inclusion. Many are written by academics who are intelligent but who may not be grounded in the challenges you face everyday. Often books are written by someone selling you something – it’s the American way, but the questions and answers lead back to the product. This book is the result of a quarter of a century of work on the inside and the outside. I’ve struggled, been driven to distraction, had moments of elation and despair and continued on this journey. This one is written for you. It — The 7Keys 2 The Foundation for Winning— Getting It Measurements and deliverables that work— The Leadership Ten Tips for Leaders— Looking 5 Common Roadblocks— The Three Stages in the Journey— Using the 7Keys 2Success Scorecard Great Ideas - Executive Diversity Councils- Regional & Local Diversity Teams- Leaders and Managers- Networks and Affinity Groups- Corporate Libraries- Reading Clubs- Anyone Who Wants To Make A Difference In the beginning I wrote this book so I would become famous. I knew that after reading the first chapter Dr. Phil would call and ask if I would join him to discuss the impact of diversity on teenagers. This would be followed by a call from Oprah, who would ask me to help her change an entire town from a racist or homophobic mess into a warm, loving, open and welcoming village – the epitome of goodness.This vision was followed by an equally silly I was writing a book with all of the answers to all of the dilemmas the journey toward inclusion will bring to you and your organization. I envisioned that contained in this fat pamphlet would be every answer to every question out there and that every answer would be complete, quirky and amazing – but as the Executive Diversity Leader class of 2004 reminded me, "There are no answers, only interesting dialogues" (my words, which I'm chewing slowly for better digestion).So I decided to write something simple and readable, with ideas you can recall like the words to a song or a nursery rhyme. I wanted to write a book that didn’t have a lot of pages more than the Five Minute Manager and fewer than the latest book about Donald Trump. First Things First Steven Covey’s 3rd Habit is "Put First Things First." The most important "first" is that I have been blessed, lucky and watched over for 54 years. Every-thing in this book is tied to that fundamental truth. I’m more amazed than anyone else at my great doing work I love and I believe contributes to...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 7 Keys 2 Success: Unlocking the Passion for Diversity. To get started finding 7 Keys 2 Success: Unlocking the Passion for Diversity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.
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7 Keys 2 Success: Unlocking the Passion for Diversity
Description: I have seen it all – the good and truly ugly sides of inclusion and exclusion. I’ve been privy to conversations that demonstrated the great heart and most despicable and dishonest behaviors of some of the most powerful men and women in business. I am still here because I’ve been involved with six or seven powerful individuals who committed to do whatever it took to make their workplace humane and benevolent. Those rare few are the reason I continue to lead and live this work. This book is for those who follow in their footsteps. It is written to honor the brave ones who drove their companies to become better before it was trendy and correct. It is for them that I present this simple and helpful There are seven keys that lead to successful initiatives, hence the title 7 Keys 2 Success (7K2S). Key 1 – The Strongest Tying Business Success to the Diversity and Inclusion InitiativeKey 2 – The Leadership Five steps to long-term systemic changeKey 3 – Use it or Lose Strategic and operational support mechanismsKey 4 – Buy, Build & Continuous learning and educational opportunitiesKey 5 – Getting It Measurements and deliverables that workKey 6 – Leadership at All Everyone participates/Everyone contributesKey 7 – Have Faith & Know Your Learn the three stages of long-term success The Who, What, When, Where & WhyWho - This book is • Those who are chartered with driving their organization’s diversity and inclusion initiative; human resources, learning & development, community relations, supplier diversity and le-gal.• CEOs who wish to increase the return on the dollars they are spending on their diversity and inclusion initiative.• Leaders and managers in any size organization, producing any product or service anywhere.• People who want their organization to soar! What - You will A structured approach to diversity and inclusion initiatives.Seven ideas that I know can take any organization from confusion to success – guaranteed! When - This guide is helpful at any stage of your organization’s development.• Use it to get started.• Use it to determine where you are.• Use it to plan for the next steps.• Use it when the effort has slowed or stopped.• Use it to maintain momentum. Where - Any province, town or city in any country, on any continent. Some of you may be skeptical, but the ideas presented here have been successfully implemented in major companies in Europe, Asia, North & South America, Australia and Africa. Why - There are hundreds of books on diversity and inclusion. Many are written by academics who are intelligent but who may not be grounded in the challenges you face everyday. Often books are written by someone selling you something – it’s the American way, but the questions and answers lead back to the product. This book is the result of a quarter of a century of work on the inside and the outside. I’ve struggled, been driven to distraction, had moments of elation and despair and continued on this journey. This one is written for you. It — The 7Keys 2 The Foundation for Winning— Getting It Measurements and deliverables that work— The Leadership Ten Tips for Leaders— Looking 5 Common Roadblocks— The Three Stages in the Journey— Using the 7Keys 2Success Scorecard Great Ideas - Executive Diversity Councils- Regional & Local Diversity Teams- Leaders and Managers- Networks and Affinity Groups- Corporate Libraries- Reading Clubs- Anyone Who Wants To Make A Difference In the beginning I wrote this book so I would become famous. I knew that after reading the first chapter Dr. Phil would call and ask if I would join him to discuss the impact of diversity on teenagers. This would be followed by a call from Oprah, who would ask me to help her change an entire town from a racist or homophobic mess into a warm, loving, open and welcoming village – the epitome of goodness.This vision was followed by an equally silly I was writing a book with all of the answers to all of the dilemmas the journey toward inclusion will bring to you and your organization. I envisioned that contained in this fat pamphlet would be every answer to every question out there and that every answer would be complete, quirky and amazing – but as the Executive Diversity Leader class of 2004 reminded me, "There are no answers, only interesting dialogues" (my words, which I'm chewing slowly for better digestion).So I decided to write something simple and readable, with ideas you can recall like the words to a song or a nursery rhyme. I wanted to write a book that didn’t have a lot of pages more than the Five Minute Manager and fewer than the latest book about Donald Trump. First Things First Steven Covey’s 3rd Habit is "Put First Things First." The most important "first" is that I have been blessed, lucky and watched over for 54 years. Every-thing in this book is tied to that fundamental truth. I’m more amazed than anyone else at my great doing work I love and I believe contributes to...We have made it easy for you to find a PDF Ebooks without any digging. And by having access to our ebooks online or by storing it on your computer, you have convenient answers with 7 Keys 2 Success: Unlocking the Passion for Diversity. To get started finding 7 Keys 2 Success: Unlocking the Passion for Diversity, you are right to find our website which has a comprehensive collection of manuals listed. Our library is the biggest of these that have literally hundreds of thousands of different products represented.