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The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era
and the Transformation of Global Diversity,
a new book by Andrés Tapia, points the
way to the next generation of diversity work.The Inclusion Paradox breaks ground in challenging the notion that the melting pot leads to inclusion and that current best practices will be enough to achieve breakthrough. It explores what the next generation of global diversity work demands today in the context of an upside down world where the economic, cultural, political, and workforce order is undergoing fundamental changes. Read more about the book.
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What is the Inclusion Paradox?
Law Firm Diversity: Be Careful What You Ask For
by Andrés T. Tapia - Are law firms that are pursuing diversity truly ready to get what they ask for? One of the most troublesome realities of successful diversity recruiting strategies has been the reality of the high turnover of the women and minorities that were brought in the door. It turns out that most of these organizations got ready to receive people who looked different – but they were not ready for people who thought different. See new article in Legal Management magazine: Law Firm Diversity: Be Careful What You Ask For Jan/Feb, 2010 Read More →
Wives and Mothers Rising in the Global Workforce
by Susan Welch, Hewitt Research – As noted in my January 27 post, women by some measures are exceeding men in education—but still not getting equal pay at the end of the work day. The following two news stories from different parts of the Western world, however, illustrate how married women are increasingly becoming valued as indispensable to the 21st century global workforce. Although a gendered income gap remains, wives in the United States are seeing their economic status increase. According to a Pew Research study titled “New Economics of Marriage: The Rise of Wives,” compensation is... Read More →
UK Diversity: Guardian News Finds that Diversity Vital for News Media’s Sustainability
While in corporate London one can still find quite a bit of skepticism about diversity, 189-year-old and London-based Guardian News and Media has taken it quite seriously. Going beyond just focusing on increasing employee diversity, new Head of Diversity Yasir Mirza has made it an imperative that goes to the core of what it means for them to be a news outlet. Mirza’s objective? To increase the diversity of their UK readership. And his strategy to get there? improve the balance of editorial content with more stories reflecting the lives of all sections of society organise a minority... Read More →
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Hear Andrés on his most recent interview on Voice of America blog radio:
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