Playing to Strength: Leveraging Gender at Work
• Presents a comprehensive case for ignoring "Mars and Venus"-type programming in organizational diversity efforts• Shows how to build an efficient gender-inclusion plan tailored to your organization's unique situation, while avoiding common mistakes• Makes direct connections between the business case for gender inclusion and practical measures to promote equity• Emphasizes the benefits of paying close attention to work/life balance for men as well as women• Appendices include a case study of gender in the corporate world, a sample gender inclusion plan, and experiential accounts of gender dynamics in the workplace"The straightforward, unbiased approach of Alice Adams and the wealth of instructional material in this book makePlaying to Strengtha valuable and welcome addition to business literature."-ForeWard Reviews"Thoughtful, insightful, and provocative,Playing to Strengthprovides practical strategies that will resonate with both men and women."-TucsonCitizen.com