Diversity Training That Generates Real Change: Inclusive Approaches That Benefit Individuals, Business, and Society
Diversity Training That Generates Real Change: Inclusive Approaches That Benefit Individuals, Business, and Society by James O. Rodgers
English | July 26, 2022 | ISBN: 1523001739 | 152 pages | PDF | 1.38 Mb
English | July 26, 2022 | ISBN: 1523001739 | 152 pages | PDF | 1.38 Mb
This complete guide to effective, transformative diversity training provides an answer to the superficial, check-the-box DEI efforts that are undermining the entire field.
DEI work is getting a bad reputation. But that’s because it’s not being done right, say veteran diversity consultants James O. Rodgers and Laura Kangas. Too many organizations are treating diversity training as a quick-hit, low-cost, check-the-box activity.
Effective diversity training involves behavioral change based on adult learning theory. It is rigorous, deeply personal, experience based, and, if done well, life changing. Rodgers and Kangas offer a complete guide, from design to implementation to results. They show how to
The authors’ goal is nothing less than to spark a worldwide revolution of informed practitioners, employees, and business leaders who will demand diversity training be given the same time, resources, and attention as any other critical enterprise initiative.
Reading group discussion guide available in book.