Pomegranate Principle - Best Practices in Diversity Recruiting

Attract and retain the best and brightest professionals with these effective strategies for diverse talent recruitment
 
In The Pomegranate Principle: Best Practices in Diversity Recruiting, veteran executive search consultant and DEI expert Rory Verrett writes with clarity and expertise about the best practices in recruiting and retaining diverse talent for your organization. He offers proven, tangible solutions and accessible strategies for making the recruitment and retention of diverse talent the centerpiece of your diversity, equity, and inclusion (DEI) vision.
 
Divided into three sections, the book begins with a critical examination of the realities of the 21st-century talent pool, and why, without a detailed strategy, it can be challenging for companies and organizations to recruit diverse talent. The author goes on to explain, in detail, a collection of commonly employed strategies that usually serve to hinder--rather than further--organizations' DEI efforts. Finally, the book concludes with proven and innovative techniques and tools you can implement immediately to start recruiting diverse talent.
 
You'll also find:
* A hiring handbook for leaders and hiring managers at companies, startups, professional services firms, nonprofits, and universities
* Strategies that anyone can use to advocate for and promote DEI initiatives at their place of work
* The benefits of tapping into the productivity, innovation, and creativity of talent from different generations, ethnic groups, genders, and life experiences
 
An effective and hands-on resource for hiring managers, Chief Human Resources Officers, Chief Diversity Officers, and other executives and business leaders, The Pomegranate Principle belongs on the bookshelves of every leader who aims to position their organization for success going forward.

List of contents

Foreword xi
 
Acknowledgments xv
 
About the Authors xix
 
Introduction: Growing Up as a Pomegranate xxi
 
Who This Book Is For xxvi
 
Protégé Search: Our Mission and Methodology as a Diversity Recruiting Firm xxix
 
Part I The Structure of the Talent Market 1
 
Finding Pomegranates 1
 
What You Are Up Against in Your Diversity Recruiting Efforts 4
 
Chapter One The Labor Market 5
 
The Lure of Entrepreneurship 8
 
Your Company's Brand or Reputation 12
 
First- Generation Big- Time 16
 
Part II What to Do About It 37
 
Chapter Two Stop Doing This: Not Recognizing the Phase of DEI Adoption Your Organization Is In 39
 
Phase One: You Need a DEI Strategy, but Don't Have Anything in Place 42
 
Phase Two: You Have a DEI Strategy, but It Is Not Sustainable 44
 
Phase Three: You Have Some Momentum and Success with DEI, but Risks Remain 48
 
Phase Four: You Have a Sustainable and Integrated DEI Strategy 50
 
Chapter Three Stop Doing This: Relying on the Chief Diversity Officer Role to Solve Every DEI Problem 55
 
The Chief Diversity Officer Role 57
 
The Evolution of the Chief Diversity Officer Role: 1970s to Today 58
 
Stop Having the CDO Report to the Head of HR 62
 
Searching for Your Next Chief Diversity Officer 67
 
The Future of the Chief Diversity Officer Role 70
 
Chapter Four Stop Doing This: Having a Static DEI Strategy (or How the Murder of George Floyd Changed DEI Forever) 73
 
Black Trauma, White Discomfort, and the Civil Rights Case for DEI 76
 
Chapter Five Stop Doing This: Focusing Too Much on Culture Fit in Recruiting 85
 
The Culture of the Corporate Tournament 98
 
Chapter Six Stop Doing This: Allowing the Fake Failed Search to Thwart Your DEI Recruiting Strategy 103
 
Chapter Seven Stop Doing This: Believing Your Organization Is a True Meritocracy 109
 
Part III Solutions 117
 
Pomegranate Principles 117
 
Chapter Eight Principle 1: Building a Diverse Talent Pipeline in Advance of Hiring Needs 119
 
Chapter Nine Principle 2: Expanding the Archetype of the Ideal Candidate 131
 
Chapter Ten Principle 3: Diversifying the Recruiting Process 137
 
Chapter Eleven Principle 4: Recruiting the Whole Person 155
 
Chapter Twelve Principle 5: Onboarding Diverse Talent 163
 
Conclusion: What else Can You Do? 171
 
Notes 173
 
Index 175

About the author

RORY E. VERRETT is the Founder and Managing Partner of Protégé Search, the leading global executive search firm focused on diverse talent. He is the host of Protégé Podcast, a career show highlighting the success stories of diverse executives, entrepreneurs, and social impact leaders. Rory is an independent board member of Bolster, the on-demand executive talent marketplace, and serves as a diversity advisor to Mercury Fund, a $750 million early stage venture capital fund. A graduate of Harvard Law School and Howard University, Rory is the former president of the Harvard Law Black Alumni Network and a former trustee of Howard University. He splits his time between Potomac, Maryland and Lisbon, Portugal serving Protégé's global client base.

Product details

• Authors: Peter M. Birkeland, Rory E. Verrett
• Publisher: Wiley, John and Sons Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 30.01.2024
• EAN: 9781394209330
• ISBN: 978-1-394-20933-0
• No. of pages: 224
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Business administration; Training, Diversität, Diversity, Business & management, Wirtschaft u. Management, Training u. Personalentwicklung / Meinungsvielfalt, Training & Human Resource Development / Diversity