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Colorfull: Competitive Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent of Color
Colorfull provides a roadmap for creating a company culture that is truly inclusive, welcoming, and equitable. With actionable strategies supported by first-hand interviews with Fortune 500 CEOs and CHROs, Colorfull unlocks the secrets for creating workplaces that consistently attract, develop, and retain professionals of color. Rich in substance, candor, and reassurance, Colorfull cuts to the heart of why so many organizations struggle to make meaningful progress with DEI initiatives. Without blame or recrimination, the author articulates the unspoken fears that prevent most leaders from seeing the results they want―and need―in order to remain competitive in an evolving market. Colorfull shows leaders how to step outside comfort zones, lead DEI from the top down, and create corporate cultures that will truly attract and retain top talent of color. Any hiring manager, CEO, or DEI manager will benefit from the insights throughout, empowering them to bring truly transformative change to their organizations. This one-of-a-kind read is packed with real world scenarios, true stories from those who’ve tried, failed, tried again, and are still on the journey by using the leadership strategies presented here. Colorfull pulls back the curtain in a non-threatening, engaging way that makes success with DEI both accessible and attainable.
172 pages, Paperback
Published February 9, 2021
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March 16, 2021
Loved reading this book, quick and to the point it addresses how diversity in orgs can't exist without inclusion and how such inclusion must stop from the top.
I liked the interviews with some of the prominent MN businesses in this book, great leaders making great strides towards progress.
Some of the golden nuggets I loved in this book (but I have made so many notes in the margins):
-- Sometimes the things that help us the most are the hardest to hear
-- If you aren't attracting diverse talent, that's on you. If finding diverse talent feels like looking for a needle in a haystack, you're looking in the wrong haystack
-- Forge personal relationships with people who are different from you, expand your networks, be cognizant of convivence networks
-- Diverse employee pool gives you access to the diversity of thought; and when you foster inclusion - you create the culture of candor
-- You can spot a genuine commitment when you see these three signs: commit to learning and growing; have courage to step into discomfort; embrace curiosity vs judgement
I liked the interviews with some of the prominent MN businesses in this book, great leaders making great strides towards progress.
Some of the golden nuggets I loved in this book (but I have made so many notes in the margins):
-- Sometimes the things that help us the most are the hardest to hear
-- If you aren't attracting diverse talent, that's on you. If finding diverse talent feels like looking for a needle in a haystack, you're looking in the wrong haystack
-- Forge personal relationships with people who are different from you, expand your networks, be cognizant of convivence networks
-- Diverse employee pool gives you access to the diversity of thought; and when you foster inclusion - you create the culture of candor
-- You can spot a genuine commitment when you see these three signs: commit to learning and growing; have courage to step into discomfort; embrace curiosity vs judgement
August 1, 2021
This book keeps it real about both the challenges & the need to keep focused! We know the best staff is a diverse staff, but that has to be more than just words.
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