Set for Inclusion: An Underlying Methodology for Achieving Your Inclusion Dividend

Product Description

One of the biggest challenges for organizations over the past forty years has been integrating inclusiveness into practical day-to-day leadership. In the authors’ first book, The Inclusion Dividend, they made the case for inclusive leadership as a measurable asset to an organization; it shows up in the bottom line and in other measurable results. In SET for Inclusion, Donovan and Kaplan take that one step further by guiding leaders through the application of a framework to lead inclusively. The authors discuss the current research on unconscious bias and insider-outsider dynamics and focus on how to translate that current research into best practice for leaders. SET for Inclusion follows the stories of three diverse characters in a large modern organization, a top executive, a middle manager, and an individual contributor. Each of these characters is working to make inclusiveness real, to provide tangible benefits for them as individuals and for the organization. These characters, and their stories, reflect the authors’ 45 years of experience in working with middle and senior level managers in a variety of Fortune 1000 companies. The characters’ experiences going from self-awareness to action will be very familiar to leaders in large domestic and global organizations. They will provide an important, step-by-step template for leaders who are interested in creating and leveraging diversity and inclusion within their organizations.

Review

"SET for Inclusion provides a very realistic methodology for instilling diversity and inclusion concepts into everyday work life decisions. A must read for management strive to move beyond awareness."-- "Lisa Barnum, director of inclusion and equal opportunity, the Aerospace Corporation"

"Donovan and Kaplan have again produced a very practical and actionable plan for inclusion. SET for Inclusion provides a simplified approach that delivers high impact."-- "Wema Hoover, global diversity & inclusion leader, Pfizer"

About the Author

Mark Kaplan was the CEO of MGK Consulting before becoming a principal for the Dagoba Group, a New Englandbased organization development and training firm that specializes in leadership development, diversity, and inclusion. He has worked on five continents, in many environments, and with all levels of management. Mark has been published in leading diversity publications, has been a guest speaker at global D&I focused conferences, and is often quoted in international business publications. Mason Donovan was managing director of Client Solution Sales for Personified, a human capital consulting firm, before becoming a principal for the Dagoba Group, a New Englandbased organization development and training firm that specializes in leadership and sales development, diversity and inclusion. He has held progressively responsible sales and marketing positions for over fifteen years. Mason holds a long list of sales achievement awards for direct sales and sales management. He has consulted with the majority of Fortune 500 companies and has a special interest in start-up sales strategy. Mason is the author of Driven: A Managers Field Guide to Sales Team Optimization, has been a speaker and panelist on a wide range of topics, and is often interviewed for sales team strategy.