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Women, Minorities, & Other Extraordinary People
The New Path for Workforce Diversity
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Most American CEOs are white men. Most board members are white men, as are companies’ senior executives and other people in authority. Few women or minority group members hold positions of power. This is how things were 100 years ago and even 50 years ago. Despite decades of corporate diversity initiatives, power in the American workplace seldom mirrors the society at large. Subconscious bias accounts for most of this imbalance. Barbara Adams, a diversity expert with more than 20 years’ experience, advises business leaders on what they can do to eliminate this bias and make their firms more diverse and inclusive. Adams discusses concrete policies businesses might apply to increase diversity and bring more women and people who belong to minority groups into positions of power. She also details attitudes and judgments many already in power hold, whether they know it or not. Adams’s insights will serve hiring managers, HR professionals, executives, and all those who want more equitable workplaces.
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About the Author
Barbara Adams, PsyD, is the founder and chief learning officer at GAR (Gender, Age and Race) Diversity Consulting in San Francisco. She holds a doctorate of psychology in organizational development, and she is a former director in the National Diversity & Inclusion office at Kaiser Permanente.
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