Not Your Father's Capitalism - What Race Equity Asks of U.S. Business Leaders

ARE YOU READY TO PURSUE DIVERSITY, INCLUSION, AND RACE EQUITY?
DR. ADRIANE JOHNSON-WILLIAMS WILL HELP YOU DETERMINE JUST THAT WITH THIS PLAYBOOK FOR EMBRACING ORGANIZATIONAL CHANGE

The topic of diversity, inclusion, and equity is a hot one, but what does true equity mean for a capitalist organization? Can equity and capitalism coexist? And what, if anything, does that have to do with diversity and inclusion? Leadership coach and author Dr. Adriane Johnson-Williams answers those questions and many more in Not Your Father's Capitalism: What Race Equity Asks of US Business Leaders.

In this book, Johnson-Williams defines the work of diversity, equity, and inclusion in real terms for business leaders, acknowledging that in the interstices between capitalism and a full embrace of humanity, there is still the potential for increased profits and market advantages. Moving toward race equity-even if only into diversity and inclusion-will have costs, but they won't likely accrue to the businesses themselves.

In the meantime, US capitalism will continue to be challenged as a deeply flawed and harmful economic system. But those US business leaders who see themselves as fundamentally fair people, whose identities aren't rooted in dehumanization, will embrace the opportunity presented here.

List of contents

Acknowledgments About Dr. A.J.W. Preface: A Kinder, Gentler Capitalism Introduction: Don't skip this introduction
PART 1: DISTINGUISHING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION FROM EQUITY 1. Racial Diversity Is Not Race Equity, but It's a Start 2. Getting Started
PART 2: DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION 3. First Steps to an Inclusive Culture 4. The Leadership Team's Turn 5. Giving Diversity and Inclusion Work to the Employees 6. Accountability for Diversity and Inclusion
PART 3: RACE EQUITY 7. Building an Equitable Culture 8. The Leadership Team's Pursuit of Race Equity 9. Accountability for Race Equity
PART 4: NOT YOUR FATHER 'S CAPITALISM 10. Business, Human Rights, and Race 11. Philanthropy
Conclusion

About the author

ADRIANE JOHNSON-WILLIAMS is an organizational effectiveness coach and consultant, a strategic and results-oriented leader who has spent her career working in the community-based nonprofit, philanthropic, and higher education industries.
She founded Standpoint Consulting, where she helps senior leaders figure out how to create organizations that are ready to maximize the benefits of diversity and commit to race equity. After growing up in Memphis, Tenn. (where she is based today), Johnson-Williams attended all-girls boarding school, Foxcroft School, in Middleburg, Virg. She received a B.A. from Wellesley College, an M.Ed. from The George Washington University, and a Ph.D. from the University of Wisconsin - Madison.
It is her combined career, education, and real-life experience as a Black woman in majority white spaces that has informed this body of work.

Summary

EVER SINCE THE UPRISINGS OF 2020, consumers and employees alike have demanded more accountability from US business leaders. As a leadership coach, author Dr. Adriane Johnson - Williams noted the increasing volume of demands but saw no guidance out in the world that makes the work of organizational change for equity clear. That’s when she decided to write this book.

The author simply asks this of you: Give her — this book, its calendar, activities, and additional provided resources included — 90 days. Spend this time with her and she’ll challenge you to examine who you are as a leader and a person. You’ll look at how you value others, how you are a reflection on your organization, and how to discover how you want to be reflected in the world.

In Not Your Father’s Capitalism, Johnson - Williams distinguishes diversity and inclusion from equity and shows readers how to build a diverse team and inclusive culture — and what it really means to commit (or not) to race equity.

Product details

• Authors: Adriane Johnson-Williams
• Publisher: Ingram Publishers Services
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.05.2024
• EAN: 9781642253238
• ISBN: 978-1-64225-323-8
• No. of pages: 176
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Management; BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Workplace Culture, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Diversity & Inclusion