{"product_id":"giving-notice-why-the-best-and-brightest-are-leaving-the-workplace-and-how-you-can-help-them-stay-hardback-9780787998097","title":"Giving Notice; Why the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Workplace and How You Can Help them Stay (Hardback) 9780787998097","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eGiving Notice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eWhy the Best and Brightest are Leaving the Workplace and How You Can Help them Stay\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\"Is the corporate playing field still an obstacle course for people who are “different?”  Freada Kapor Klein, one of America’s leading diversity advocates, thinks so. In \u003ci\u003eGiving Notice,\u003c\/i\u003e she and her coauthors tell you why  and what to do about it.  This refreshing and eye-opening new book blasts the ‘diversity industry’ and the ‘meritocracy myth-makers’ for ignoring the daily indignities and subtle biases that shape career prospects. \u003ci\u003eGiving Notice\u003c\/i\u003e tells it like it is and then tells it like it could be, offering every American a vision of workplaces that are good for people, companies, and the economy.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eRosabeth Moss Kanter\u003c\/b\u003e, professor, Harvard Business School and best-selling author of \u003ci\u003eConfidence: How Winning Streaks and Losing Streaks Begin and End\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"This book will clearly set the new standard for the field.  I think it will be amazing and it should be required reading for anyone in the investment business.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eDavid Blood\u003c\/b\u003e, managing partner, Generation Investment Management and former CEO, Goldman Sachs Asset Management\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Freada Kapor Klein provides many insights into the microdynamics of diversity issues and even more insights into policy issues, organizational dynamics, and ways to change practice. She takes fundamental issues and articulates them in a very concise, engaging, and easy-to-digest way. Her examples are interesting, often humorous, and always clear.\"\u003cbr\u003e –\u003cb\u003eStephen Small\u003c\/b\u003e, chair, African American Studies, University of California, Berkeley\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eFreada Kapor Klein (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780787998097, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 6 November 2007\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e240 pages, Photos: 5 B\u0026amp;W, 1 Color; Screen captures: 5 B\u0026amp;W, 1 Color; Tables: 5 B\u0026amp;W, 1 Color\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 16 x 2.1 cm, 0.431 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eA groundbreaking book that offers approaches for changing the hidden biases in the workplace\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e This is an eye-opening examination of the causes and dynamics of bias in the workplace, offering a psychological, political, and societal analysis of the actual cost of bias to the bottom line. The authors make the hurdles that women and minorities face in the workplace as personal to the reader as they are to those who face them. Giving Notice is filled with sensible approaches for solving the current imbalance and challenges us to rethink unconscious ideas about stereotypes and commonly accepted business practices.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Freada Kapor Klein (San Francisco, CA) is an internationally noted consultant and diversity expert. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and on the Today show, Nightline, and NBC Nightly News. Kimberly Allers (Bayshore, NY) was a writer at Fortune magazine and is a frequent guest speaker at professional development and women-oriented seminars. Martha Mendoza (Santa Cruz, CA) is a national writer for the Associated Press. She won a Pulitzer Prize for investigative reporting.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroduction vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 The Meritocracy Myth: Is the Playing Field Level? 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 Slights Unseen 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 From the Top 33\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 The Cost of Bias 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 Does Blink = Bias? 67\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Dismantling Barriers from the Inside 82\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Know the Signs from the Outside 109\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 Bias Around the World 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 Ten Steps Back 137\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 Toward a New Framework 157\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eA What’s in a Resume? 183\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eB Determining the Cost of Unfairness 189\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eC Sources of Corporate Leaver Stories 197\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNotes 201\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eReferences 205\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments 211\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Author 213\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 215\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Business \u0026amp; management [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Business \u0026amp; management\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Business%20\u0026amp;%20management%20%5BKJ%5D%22\"\u003eKJ\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Jossey-Bass","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52410681458968,"sku":"9780787998097","price":19.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9780787998097.jpg?v=1784248517","url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/giving-notice-why-the-best-and-brightest-are-leaving-the-workplace-and-how-you-can-help-them-stay-hardback-9780787998097","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}