Title: Putting our differences to work
First published: 2008
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.
Subjects: Leadership, Problem solving, Teams in the workplace, Diversity in the workplace, Decision-making, Organizational effectiveness, Decision making, Individual differences, Success in business
LC classification: HF5549.5.M5 K46 2008