It could easily be a destructive force. We need look no further than Yugoslavia to see what happens when that energy consumes the people whose differences produce it. But it doesn't have to be that way. That energy could just as well be directed in positive directions. That's what leadership is all about.
Diversity is the mix of differences and similarities.
Diversity management is the attempt to harness the energy produced by the combination of those differences and similarities. And our Diversity program is the evidence of our organizational resolve to direct that energy in the direction that will most edify our core values and enhance our public service. In the nineteenth century, we called this idea pluralism. Today we call it diversity. The notion of community is essential to the usefulness of diversity.