Harkema, Graci
Summary: A diversity, equity and inclusion expert committed to empowering employees to perform to their potential as their true selves traces her own path to finding her place in the world, revisiting her experience growing up as an adoptee from the Congo in GrandRapids, Michigan.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Page Two 2023
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Summary: If you're in a diverse team, you know employee differences can cause miscommunication, lower trust, and hurt productivity. . . It doesn't have to be this way! The people you work with may be from a different generation, different culture, different race, different gender, or just a different philosophy toward work and life in general, but you need to work together toward a common goal. How to...
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Publisher / Publication Date: John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 MCDAuger-Domainguez, Daisy
Summary: "We are in the midst of a global reckoning on racism, and corporations are on high alert. Public statements of anti-racism are no longer enough. But managers, especially those sandwiched between the C-Suite and their entry-level colleagues, feel that theydon't have the power and influence to affect the level of change we need to see in the world. In Inclusion Revolution, award-winning diversity...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Seal Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 AUGCaraher, Lee.
Summary: "Addresses a very real concern of large and small businesses nationwide: how to motivate, collaborate with, and manage the millennial generation, who now make up almost 50% of the American workforce. The key is to change Boomer attitudes from disbelief and derision to acceptance and respect without giving up work standards. Using real world examples, author Lee Caraher gives leaders data-driven...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business CaraherAnthony, David
Summary: The heroes' baseball team, the Traverse City Salmon, are playing the Garden City Sprouts in the little league championship game. The Sprouts throw a curve ball and turn into pinch-hitting plant monsters.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sigil Pub. 2009
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Summary: The experts at FranklinCovey provide more than thirty unique tools to teach leaders how to overcome unconscious bias in the workplace to unlock the potential of every person they encounter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 FULSummary: This program is devoted to the ways in which the demands of a diverse work force can best be met: how schools can help prepare students, how businesses can help build bridges, how all Americans can-and must-learn to value, respect, and benefit from diversity in society and in the workplace.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Summary: Reflecting the diverse nature of today’s society, a health care worker must adapt his or her practices to the cultural, ethnic, and religious needs of patients. In fact, the Joint Commission on Accreditation of Health Care Organizations states that all industry workers must familiarize themselves with the significance of cultural differences. This program provides nurses and other health...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2004
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Summary: This program covers the important and timely issues involved in managing multicultural and sexual diversity in the workplace. Topics covered include "Why Value Diversity?," "Understanding Our Biases and Assumptions," "Sexual Harassment," "Recruiting and Interviewing a Diverse Workforce," "Making New Employees Feel Valued," and "Managing Diversity: Meeting the Challenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2005
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Owyoung, Cynthia
Summary: "Seize the competitive edge and increase innovation-while doing right by people-with a strong culture of diversity, equity, inclusion, and belonging Studies prove that companies with more diversity in their ranks are more innovative, expand their markets,and perform better financially. Why, then, has so little progress been made, especially when it comes to corporate leadership? Because most...
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Publisher / Publication Date: McGraw Hill 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 OWYSummary: Using the EEOC definition of sexual harassment, this program shows how this damaging and expensive problem in the workplace takes place, how situations get out of hand, and how the problem can be addressed and stopped. It reviews all the well-worn excuses for ignoring harassment, provides suggestions for action if harassment is suspected, and highlights the cost of failing to take action at...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2008
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Bagby, Meredith E.
Summary: "The never-before-told story of the barrier-breaking NASA class of 1978, which for the first time consisted of a diverse crew of women, people of color, LGBTQ+ people, and more, and their triumphs and tragedies working on the newly launched space shuttle program, with the exclusive cooperation of five astronauts"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an Imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 629.45 BAGHewlett, Sylvia Ann
Summary: While the #MeToo movement has exposed the enormous harm done by sexual misconduct in the workplace, the movement’s full promise has not been fulfilled, Sylvia Ann Hewlett argues. Showcasing new data on the incidence of sexual harassment and assault at work, she reveals how the movement has focused almost exclusively on white women and failed to support other vulnerable groups who are also...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Business, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 HEWRuffini, Patrick
Summary: "An eye-opening, revelatory account of the future of the Republican party as they unite working-class voters in a multi-racial, cross-generational populist coalition. Donald Trump's victory in the 2016 presidential election shocked the world. Yet his defeat in 2020 may have been even more surprising: he received 12 million more votes in 2020 than 2016 and his unexpectedly diverse coalition...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon and Schuster 2023
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 320.56 RUFPatel, Anjali Bindra
Summary: "In Humanity at Work, Patel provides a step-by-step guide of the Whats, Whys, and Hows of creating a workplace where everyone can thrive. In this book, Patel combines her own experience with lessons from accomplished professionals, such as SPANX founder Sara Blakely, billionaire business owner Janice Bryant Howroyd, entrepreneur Jesse Itzler and countless others. As work transitions from...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New Degree Press 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: Business PatelZhuo, Julie
Summary: "Congratulations, you're a manager! After you pop the champagne, accept the shiny new title, and step into this thrilling next chapter of your career, the truth descends like a fog: you don't really know what you're doing. That's exactly how Julie Zhuo felt when she became a rookie manager at the age of twenty-five. She stared at a long list of challenges--from hiring to firing, from meeting...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Portfolio/Penguin 2019
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 ZHUMcCord, Patty
Summary: "When it comes to recruiting, motivating, and creating great teams, Patty McCord says most companies have it all wrong. McCord helped create the unique and high-performing culture at Netflix, where she was chief talent officer. In her new book, Powerful: Building a Culture of Freedom and Responsibility, she shares what she learned there and elsewhere in Silicon Valley. McCord advocates...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Silicon Guild 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3 MCCGordon, Jon
Summary: Soup offers an inspirational business fable that explains the "recipe" you can use to create a winning culture and boost employee morale and engagement. The story follows Nancy, the newly anointed CEO of America's Favorite Soup Company. She has been brought in to reinvigorate the brand and bring success back to a company that has lost its flavor and profit and has fallen on hard times....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Wiley 2010
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Summary: In So You’ve Been Sent to Diversity Training, Chadwick Moore meets everyday workers from across the country who have one thing in common: they’ve all been forced to undergo diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) training on the job. Speaking to police officers, fighter jet repairmen, oil rig workers, secretaries, retail managers, and IT specialists, Moore presents a unique, funny, and piercing...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bombardier Books 0000
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.3008 MOOSummary: Every boss has unique expectations and every company has its own procedures and work environment. How can a new hire sort it all out? This program explores the crucial skills every new employee should develop in order to become a valued part of the team. Topics include logistical issues like punctuality and planning the best route to work as well as proper dress, orientation and training,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Summary: The transient nature of the hospitality industry means that employees are often inexperienced, lacking awareness of the basic skills and good customer service techniques that add up to a smooth-running facility. This program uses input from training experts to define the role of the hospitality coach as well as the key factors for effective coaching in this industry. The video lists the main...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2011
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Summary: The first day on the job-not to mention the first week or the first month-can be an overwhelming experience. This program empowers job seekers as well as new hires as they explore the issues surrounding what is invariably a major life change. Students are introduced to the preparations typically needed to survive, and possibly even enjoy, their first day. These include planning transportation...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Films Media Group 2009
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Maxwell, John C.
Summary: "Where can a person go to learn how to become a better team player? Your choices are definitely limited. John C. Maxwell takes the pain out of knowing what makes a team tick. If you want to have a better team, you have to develop better players. Great team players, like great teams, are formed from the inside out. The qualities Maxwell teaches quickly take you to the heart of teamwork. Anybody...
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Publisher / Publication Date: T. Nelson 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 658.4 MAXScott, Kim (Kim Malone)
Summary: "From Kim Scott, author of the revolutionary New York Times bestseller Radical Candor, comes Just Work: Get Sh*t Done, Fast & Fair-how we can recognize, attack, and eliminate workplace injustice-and transform our careers and organizations in the process.We-all of us-consistently exclude, underestimate, and underutilize huge numbers of people in the workforce even as we include, overestimate,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2021