Putting our differences to work
Subtitle: the fastest way to innovation, leadership, and high performance
By: by Debbe Kennedy.
Edition: 1st ed.
Publisher: Berrett-Koehler Publishers
Published: 2008
Place of publication: San Francisco, Calif
Language: eng
ISBN-13: 9781576754993
Subjects: Diversity in the workplace; Teams in the workplace; Leadership; Problem solving; Decision-making; Organizational effectiveness
First sentence: Do you ever feel like the whole world is looking to you for leadership -- even if it’s just your own world?
Description: Putting our differences to work means creating an environment where people, naturally unique and different, can work more effectively in ways that drive new levels of creativity, innovation, problem solving, leadership, and performance in the marketplaces, workplaces, and communities of the world. Debbe Kennedy shows how to make all the dimensions of difference tremendous sources of strength. 
Kennedy draws on the latest research and a wealth of real-world examples to offer compelling evidence showing exactly how putting our differences to work accelerates innovation and contribution. She identifies five distinctive qualities of leadership that leaders must add to their portfolio of skills to make differences an engine of success. And she provides a detailed six-stage process for making the most of differences in the workforce, combining first-person best-practice stories and strategic with tactical ideas to help you put each step into action. 

Putting Our Differences to Work was selected from "the very top business books" for review
by Business Book Review in August, 2008.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents: title: Foreword by Joel A. Barker; title: Preface; title: Introduction : the fastest way; title: New business essentials; title: Five distinctive qualities of leadership; title: The basics for putting our differences to work; title: Step 1 : assessment : defining current realities; title: Step 2 : acceptance : developing support for change; title: Step 3 : action : moving forward; title: Step 4 : accountability : establishing shared ownership; title: Step 5 : achievement : measuring progress, celebrating success; title: Step 6 : more action : keeping momentum alive!; title: Innovation at the verge of differences by Joel A. Barker; title: Collaboration at the verge of differences; title: The power of the virtual gathering place; title: A send-off : a final word.