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Building an Inclusive Organization

Raafi-Karim Alidina

Diverse organizations are more motivated, think more creatively, and even generate more revenue. Leaders must make sure changes to company policy are implemented at every level of the organization if inclusive teams are to be achieved. Diversity needs to be redefined as an issue the majority must solve, not the minority.

leader

management

business-world

20 min

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What's it about?

Building an Inclusive Organization provides leaders with a step-by-step guideline for building workplaces that genuinely value different points of view. The authors demonstrate that for workplaces to be really inclusive, unconscious prejudice must be eliminated, diverse teams must be formed where individuals may challenge one another, and measures to foster a mentally supportive atmosphere must be implemented.

Book summary

Raafi-Karim Alidina earned a Master's in Public Policy from Harvard University. Following that, he served as a Research Fellow at the Center for Public Leadership at the Harvard Kennedy School. Currently, he is employed as a consultant at Frost Included, where he provides guidance to companies on developing strategies for diversity and inclusion.

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Diversity at work is more crucial than ever in today’s growingly polarised society.

In order to transform our workplace, we must address unconscious bias.

Men should be more concerned about the wage gap between genders.

Workplace homogeneity is detrimental to business.

The first step in inclusive leadership is collecting data.

Action is the key to transformation, and it’s necessary to create culture.

Inclusion and diversity policies must be adjusted to the specific industries in which they apply.

The tech industry has the ability to set the standard for inclusion and diversity.

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