Women, work, and economic growth : leveling the playing field by
Despite significant progress in recent decades, labor markets across the world remain divided along gender lines, and progress toward gender equality seems to have stalled. The challenges of growth, job creation, and inclusion are closely intertwined. This volume brings together key research by IMF economists on issues related to gender and macroeconomics.
Leading diversity in the 21st century by
New frameworks are needed to understand how various groups such as women, Hispanics, African Americans, Millennials, LGBTQ, and persons with Autism Spectrum Disorder develop effective working relationships with their supervisors. This volume brings together top scholars in the field to address these segments of the workforce and offer practical advice for application.
Breaking Through Gridlock by
Using enlightening exercises and rich examples, Breaking through Gridlock helps us become aware of the role we unwittingly play in getting conversations stuck. It empowers us to share what really matters - with anyone, anywhere - so that together we can create positive change in our families, organizations, communities, and society.
The Key to the Door by
This book highlights the stories of some of the first black students at the University of Virginia. This inspiring account of resilience and transformation offers a diversity of experiences and perspectives through first-person narratives of black students during the University of Virginia's era of incremental desegregation.
Building Blocks of Workplace Inclusion by
Attaining a diverse workforce today is not as difficult as it used to be. Some organizations think that having "one of each" -- a woman, a person with a disability, someone from a religious minority means that you are inclusive. Wrong. All it means is that you have a wide variety of people who may have divergent perspectives working for you.
Queer Brown Voices by
Comprising essays and oral history interviews that present the experiences of fourteen activists across the United States and in Puerto Rico, the book offers an inclusive perspective on the history of LGBT mobilization and activism.
School Success for Kids with Autism by
By outlining the best practices found in today's classrooms, School Success for Kids With Autism describes how parents and teachers can work together to create nurturing, supportive, and effective classroom environments from preschool to high school.
Race on the Brain by
In this book, Jonathan Kahn argues that implicit bias has grown into a master narrative of race relations--one with profound, if unintended, negative consequences for law, science, and society. Race on the Brain challenges us all to engage more thoughtfully and more democratically in the task of promoting racial justice and inclusivity.
We Gon' Be Alright by
In these provocative, powerful essays acclaimed writer/journalist Jeff Chang takes an incisive and wide-ranging look at the recent tragedies. He argues that resegregation is the unexamined condition of our time, the undoing of which is key to moving the nation forward to racial justice and cultural inclusivity.
Gen Z @ Work by
A generations expert teams up with his seventeen-year-old son to introduce the next influential demographic group to join the workforce--Generation Z. Ahead of the curve, Gen Z @ Work is the first comprehensive, serious look at what the next generation of workers looks like, and what that means for the rest of us.
I'm Still Here by
She grew up in majority-white schools, organizations, and churches, and has spent her life navigating America's racial divide as a writer, a speaker, and an expert helping organizations practice genuine inclusion. Austin writes in breathtaking detail about her journey to self-worth and the pitfalls that kill our attempts at racial justice, in stories that bear witness to the complexity of America's social fabric.
Has the Gay Movement Failed? by
The past fifty years have seen significant shifts in attitudes toward LGBTQ people and wider acceptance of them in the United States and the West. Yet the extent of this progress, argues Martin Duberman, has been more broad and conservative than deep and transformative. Acknowledging the elimination of some of the most discriminatory policies that plagued earlier generations, he takes note of the cost--the sidelining of radical goals on the way to achieving more normative inclusion.
