Book : The Loudest Duck Moving Beyond Diversity While...

-Titulo Original : The Loudest Duck Moving Beyond Diversity While Embracing Differences To Achieve Success At Work

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Wiley

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Diversity in the workplace is a wonderful thing-but it also challenges many of todays business leaders. For managers and team-members alike, it can be difficult to navigate in a truly diverse workplace made up of people of different cultures, races, creeds, body types, hobbies, genders, religions, styles, and sexual orientations. But understanding our cultural and social differences is a major key to a high-performing, merit-based work environment.The Loudest Duck is a business guide that explores workplace diversity and presents new ideas for getting the most business and organizational benefit from it. In the Chinese childrens parable, the loudest duck is the one that gets shot. In America, we like to say that the squeaky wheel gets the grease. Comparing the two, its easy to see that our different cultures teach us different sets of values, and those values often translate into different ways of doing business that may subtly advantage one culture at work and disadvantage another.In the global marketplace, its more important than ever that we understand and are conscious of our differences to work together effectively. It is not enough to create Noahs Ark, bringing in two of each kind. We all bring our unconscious beliefs and personal narratives about who we are and who others are with us to work and, with diversity in place, we can no longer ignore them. Truly effective leaders cant pretend that were all the same or that our preferences and preconceptions dont exist. The Loudest Duck offers a way to move beyond traditional diversity efforts that ignore our differences and toward modern diversity practices that embrace those differences-and profit from them.Diverse organizations require more sophisticated leadership, conscious awareness of diversity issues, new behavioral patterns, and effective tools for reaping the benefits of true diversity. This book will help you develop the skills you need and the tools you can use to go beyond what Grandma taught you to make diversity work in your business. More than just an enlightening tale about diversity, The Loudest Duck is a powerful resource for any manager, business owner, team leader, or employee who wants to meet the challenges of the modern heterogeneous workplace. Its not simply about accepting others-its about ensuring a level playing field for everyone and building an organization that gets the best from all its people. Review Laura Liswood has both great theoretical and practical understanding of diversity-why it is important in organizations and why attempts to create it often fail to deliver. The Loudest Duck is essential reading for anyone who wants to maximize the effectiveness of organizations or just wants to understand why things are the way they are. -Rt. Hon. Kim Campbell, Canadas 19th and first female Prime MinisterDiversity is a popular buzzword, but too many organizations treat it as window dressing. Laura Liswood explains how successful leaders learn to value diversity for the advantages it brings. This book is clearly written, savvy, and wise. -Joseph S. Nye Jr., University Distinguished Service Professor at Harvard University; Author of The Powers to LeadThe Loudest Duck is a must read for managers and leaders of multinational corporations and international organizations. It provides an insightful look and fresh approach to cultural and gender differences that must be better understood for a more effective workplace. -Ann M. Veneman, Executive Director, UNICEFLaura Liswood brilliantly shows us how to get to Diversity 2.0 and beyond. A workplace of people from different backgrounds can lead to tensions, but this book shows, with great insights and examples, how it can lead to real creativity instead. It’s an indispensable guide for managers and leaders-and also for anyone who wants to succeed in any aspect of life. -Walter Isaacson, President and Chief Executive Officer, The Aspen InstituteLauras timi