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Judith H. Katz and Frederick A. Miller (Berrett-Koehler, 2008)
$9.50
Too many people have decided the safest way to get through life is to be small. But organizations need people to step up and be big. People have to bring more of themselves to the workplace, to contribute more and have a bigger impact. Winner of the 2009 National Indie Excellence Award for Regional Nonfiction and the 2009 Next Generation Indie Book Award for Motivational, Be Big challenges each of us to show up more fully as individuals and in our interactions with others, and to find ways to be big together.
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The Inclusion Breakthrough: Unleashing the Real Power of Diversity
Frederick A. Miller and Judith H. Katz (Berrett-Koehler, 2002)
$26.95
The Inclusion Breakthrough proves that making diversity and inclusion a central part of organizational strategy, rather than a peripheral program, can help organizations achieve success and gain competitive advantage. The authors show precisely how to implement a specific, tested, and proven methodology for systemic change that will unleash the nearly boundless creativity and productivity of any organization’s greatest resource: its people. Based on real world business practices, The Inclusion Breakthrough presents practical strategies for systemic change that will lead to a more powerful and passionate workforce and an improved bottom line.
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The Nibble Theory and the Kernel of Power
Kaleel Jamison (Paulist Press, 1984 & 2004)
More than 160,000 copies sold!
2008 Top 30 Books Every IT Leader Must Read
$9.95
Every human being is unique with a special contribution to make. Frequently, however, others deny our capabilities. They “nibble” at us in an effort to diminish our uniqueness. With lighthearted prose and illustrations, The Nibble Theory describes how this process works and what we can do about it. The book teaches us how to stop nibbling at ourselves and how to get in touch with our power and growth potential.
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White Awareness: Handbook for Anti-Racism Training
Judith H. Katz (University of Oklahoma Press, 2003 25th anniversary edition)
Soon to surpass 19,000 copies sold!
$21.95
Responding to the challenge of creating a learning environment in which to effectively address racism, White Awareness provides a detailed step-by-step guide through six stages of learning — from awareness to action. The exercises within each of the stages focus on key themes, including defining racism and its inconsistencies, confronting the reality of racism, exploring aspects and implications of white culture and identity, understanding cultural differences and examining cultural racism, analyzing individual racism, and developing action strategies to combat racism.
The newly revised edition includes more than forty activities with instructions and suggestions for conducting each exercise, as well as recommended readings and sources for use in the activities. Proving worthwhile in educational, business, community, and military settings, the program is detailed yet flexible. This volume has been updated to include new source information, insights on President Bill Clinton’s 1998 "Initiative on Race," and an analysis of controversial research on racism as a mental disorder.
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The Promise of Diversity: Over 40 Voices Discuss Strategies for Eliminating Discrimination in Organizations
Edited by Elsie Y. Cross, Judith H. Katz, Frederick A. Miller, Edie Seashore (Irwin Professional Publishing/NTL Institute, 1994)
$50.00
This groundbreaking collection of insightful essays represents the best thinking on diversity issues by the people who are defining the field. It is a contemporary, future-focused anthology that represents the views of over 40 leaders, researchers, and practitioners who are actively working to address issues of oppression and diversity in organizations. Their enlightening essays cover such topics as:
- Throwing away the "melting pot" idea and regarding diversity as a strength.
- Optimizing the value of individual difference through an organizational systems approach.
- Developing cross-gender partnerships.
- The white male's current position at the intersection of race and gender.
- Sexual orientation as a work force diversity issue.
- The problems faced by white women and women of color.
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