The Diversity Champion's Resource Guide

Product Description
This book builds upon and compliments Dr. Rasmussen’s previous work, The ASTD Trainer’s SourceBook: Diversity, which has been used by thousands of diversity champions worldwide. The Diversity Champion’s Resource Guide takes inclusion beyond the "quick fixes" of hiring and training, to addressing organizational culture issues in order to create lasting large-scale change. The Guide describes the concrete and understandable six-step organizational change process that Dr. Rasmussen has personally taught to hundreds of diversity champions. It walks you through each step of the Diversity Enhancement Process, providing fully reproducible tools, assessments, and handouts that you can customize to address your organization’s unique situation and needs. From creating a partnership between the various champions (CEOs, change agents, leaders, board members, diversity team members), to conducting assessments, to "converting" resistors, all aspects of this complex yet achievable process are outlined. Built upon five "key cornerstones" that fit together like puzzle pieces, the Guide will help you to spark paradigm shifts that move people beyond thinking of diversity as Affirmative Action, to seeing it as a must for long-term organizational viability. Also included is the Becoming a Champion chapter, which helps people prepare for the demanding yet rewarding role of stewarding an initiative of this intensity and depth. This book is an essential for anyone responsible for diversity and inclusion within their organization.About the Author
Tina Rasmussen, Ph.D. has worked with many of America’s largest and most admired organizations to successfully establish lasting, systemic, nationwide diversity initiatives. She draws on 20+ years of experience stewarding organizational effectiveness departments and initiatives for a variety of industries and organizations, from small non-profits to the Fortune 100. She is the author of Organizational Integrity, and The ASTD Trainer’s SourceBook: Diversity, and has contributed to four anthologies with thought leaders such Warren Bennis, Peter Senge, and Margaret Wheatley. Dr. Rasmussen completed her Ph.D. on values-based organizations at the Fielding Institute, and has lectured at the Stanford University Graduate School of Business. Please feel free to email her at rasmussent@aol.com.