Inclusion: The New Competitive Business Advantage

by Shirley Engelmeier

Why "Inclusion" is the linchpin to creating a high performance workplace and connecting to and engaging continually changing markets. Shirley Engelmeier was a pioneer of inclusion as a business catalyst more than 10 years ago when she launched InclusionINC. The insights gained over the past decade and years of experience as a highly effective business executive in a world dominated by "the majority" puts her at the forefront of a business revolution-the migration from diversity to inclusion... In Inclusion: The New Competitive Business Advantage, Engelmeier presents insights, tools, and tactics that form a compelling case for an inclusive business culture. She urges companies to move away from a focus on compliance and counting to the recognition that the simple solution to most business challenges lies in capturing, nurturing and leveraging the input of all employees. The culture change and transformation required in today's volatile global economy needs a fundamental shift in thinking-a shift that recognizes how to engage and capitalize on the diverse inputs within human capital to drive performance and profit. From an in-depth look at the trends impacting business today to a road map about how strategies of inclusion can drive business success, this timely book also presents perspectives of inclusion champions at high-performing companies that have embraced inclusion as a new global business imperative.

136 pages, Hardcover

First published January 1, 2012

Reviews

[Erik Rothman · Rating 5 out of 5]

This book provides a great analysis on the importance of Inclusion and how the cultivation of an inclusive work environment can directly benefit revenue growth and a businesses's ability to adapt in an ever changing global society. As the author quotes, Marshall Goldsmith, "What got you here, won't get you there" and this is especially true in our new globalized society. I think Shirley Engelmeier does a phenomenal job at articulating the importance of inclusion which subsequently will attract your diverse workforce.

[Tina · Rating 5 out of 5]

Excellent book on the importance of inclusion within the workplace and how it is through the purposeful practice of it that businesses will truly reap a cohesive, motivated, and empowered workforce who will come up with the breakthrough innovations required to remain viable.