Diversity Done Right: Navigating Cultural Difference to Create Positive Change in the Workplace - Hardcover

by Tyronne Stoudemire (Author)

A surprising new look at diversity, equity, and inclusion at contemporary workplaces and beyond.

In Diversity Done Right: Navigating Cultural Difference to Create Positive Change In the Workplace the Senior Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Hyatt, Tyronne Stoudemire, delivers an enlightening and startling look at group dynamics via case studies and interviews representing a variety of backgrounds.

In the book, you'll learn how to use proven and tested frameworks and tools to assess, develop, and demonstrate cross cultural competence and humility in each chapter. You'll also discover:

• Strategies for developing humility and understanding of organizational and societal group dynamics.
• Real-world examples of situations in which individuals were offended or harmed through the misbehavior of others.
• The consequences of the collision of different world views

Perfect for managers, executives, directors, and other business leaders, Diversity Done Right will also prove invaluable to human resources professionals and DEI leaders seeking to make their workplaces more just places.

Front Jacket

Polarization and conflict across and within cultural groups is often rooted in misunderstandings, miscommunication, and bias. These factors often lead to mistrust and to behaviors that might shock and surprise you. Instances of people being offended or harmed by the words and actions of others are depressingly commonplace in the work environment. So, how is a contemporary leader to go about preventing and confronting examples like this?

In Diversity Done Right: Navigating Cultural Difference to Create Positive Change in the Workplace, the Senior Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) at Hyatt, Tyronne Stoudemire, delivers an insightful and practical new take on group dynamics via case studies and interviews with people from a variety of backgrounds.

In the book, you'll discover proven and tested frameworks and tools you can use immediately to assess, develop, and demonstrate cross-cultural competence and humility. You'll also find effective techniques to help you understand societal group dynamics and real-world examples of people being offended or harmed because of the misbehavior of others.

The author describes what happens when different world views collide and how you can best manage that collision in a workplace environment.

Diversity Done Right explains how bias works to override contrary evidence we can see with our own eyes and poison our interactions with others. It also discusses strategies and tools you can use to speak up in order to improve the situation, when you see an inappropriate or harmful interaction occurring.

Ideal for executives, managers, directors, and other business leaders, Diversity Done Right is also an invaluable book for human resources and people professionals and DEI leaders hoping to make their workplaces more just and equitable.

Back Jacket

Praise for Diversity Done Right

"Diversity Done Right is right on time. While it focuses on the impact of issues of diversity primarily in the workplace, when we get to the root of why corporations need DEI experts on the payroll in the 21st century, the reason is not much different than the reason men and women like George Floyd, Sandra Bland, Breonna Taylor, and Philando Castile lost their lives at the hands of police officers who couldn't see beyond the color of their skin."
--Ben Crump, Civil Rights Attorney

"Tyronne's rare blend of candor, courage, and competence has positioned him globally as a true leader among leaders in the space of diversity, equity, and inclusion. Many people talk the talk, but Tyronne walks the walk and points the way forward in Diversity Done Right. In Diversity Done Right, Tyronne combines moving stories from the battlefield with timeless insights to challenge us all to be better and do better, one act of kindness at a time."
-- Dr. Nicholas Pearce, Clinical Professor of Management & Organizations, Northwestern University Kellogg School of Management

"In Diversity Done Right, DEI expert Tyronne Stoudemire emphatically shows that diversity isn't just about having a balanced representation of race and gender in the halls of academia, the cubicles of corporate America, or the legislative halls of Congress. An authentic respect and embracing of diversity begin in the heart. It's something we as leaders strive to have not just to check the box but also because we want our companies and communities to accurately reflect the mosaic that is America."
-- Dr. Jeanne Porter King, Minister, Author, Leadership Expert, President of TransPorter Group Inc.

"Whether you are leading others in the workplace or you're a teacher purposed with engaging future leaders in pertinent conversations about the ongoing issues around diversity--what's working, what's not working, and what seems irrevocably broken--add this book to your repertoire. It is an engaging, thought-provoking read filled with current stats, real-life situations, and personal experiences showing why learning to be comfortable in a global family is important."
-- Andrew Young, Former U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations, Activist, Civil Servant

"Diversity Done Right, which is so needed for our times, stresses that true diversity goes way beyond affirmative action. The purpose of achieving diversity, equity, and inclusion, particularly in our workplaces, isn't to pacify those victimized by perpetuated bias but to rectify the sins of America's founding fathers."
-- Rev. Jesse L. Jackson, Rainbow PUSH Coalition

Author Biography

TYRONNE STOUDEMIRE is Senior Vice President of Global Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Hyatt. He's been a keynote speaker at several conferences, with over 40 engagements per year, and has been featured in numerous publications. He's an adjunct lecturer of Management & Organizations at the Kellogg School of Management.