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Tackle systemic racism in the workplace with practical strategiesIn The Anti-Racist Organization: Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace, HR strategist Shereen Daniels delivers an incisive and honest discussion of how business leaders can change workplace practices to create a more anti-racist and equitable environment. The author draws on her personal and client-facing experience, historical fact, legal proceedings, HR insights, and quantitative analysis to equip readers with the knowledge and tools they need to transform their companies.Daniels also looks at: The role of executive leaders and how to push past discomfort to credibly and authentically lead change Strategies for recognising the problem of systemic racism and implementing impactful solutions Why it's important to empower colleagues to be pioneers of change and how to do that Explanations of why diversity and inclusion initiatives haven't yet solved the problem Ways language can either be a weapon to perpetuate systemic racism or a tool to dismantle An indispensable exploration of how systemic racism is engrained into business structures, policies, and procedures, The Anti-Racist Organization: Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace belongs in the libraries of all business leaders seeking to make their workplace more inclusive and equitable.
List of contents
Preface: How to Read, Wait a minute...Where are all the Black people
Chapter One: Enter the Global Race for Racial Equity
Chapter Two: Moving Beyond the Conversations
We Live in a Racialised Society
Wasn't Diversity and Inclusion Supposed to Solve This?
Racism and Discrimination Is Illegal In the Eyes of the Law
Your Anti-racist Leadership Starts Now
Chapter Three: Define Meaning
Using Language as a Tool to Dismantle Racism
New Terminology
Black
Colourism
Chapter Four: Start From Where You Stand
The Easy Solution(s) Are Rarely The Right Ones
The Racial Equity Maturity Model
Level One: A Compliance Issue
Level Two: Intent to be Inclusive
Level Three: Strategic Focus + Specific Commitment
Level Four: Public + Private Accountability
Our Culture isn't Racist...is it?
Chapter Five:
The 4-Factor RACE Model
Recognise the Problem
Analyse the Impact
Commit to Action
Empower for Change
Chapter Six: A Sustainable Future
Chapter Seven: Where do we go from here?
Index
