INdivisible: RADICALLY RETHINKING INCLUSION FOR SUSTAINABLE BUSINESS RESULTS

Review\n"Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele have written the book on inclusion we've all been waiting for. Not a 'tick the box' recipe but a holistic and strategic guide for enduring organizational transformation. Engaging and informative, INdivisible is a must read for any executive who cares about building better organizations for a better society." HERMINIA IBARRA, The Charles Handy Professor ofOrganizational Behaviour, London Business School
"INdivisible offers useful advice to senior leaders, middle managers, and individuals about actions to knit a diverse workforce into a powerful whole. This compact book explains why productivity, innovation, and sustainable success depend on ensuring that every idea is heard." ROSABETH MOSS KANTER, Harvard Business School professor, Author of ThinkOutside the Building: How Advanced Leaders Can Change the World One Smart Innovation at a Time
"A must-read for all leaders committed to business success by leveraging Diversity, Equality and Inclusion.The authors make a compelling case for the importance of achieving an inclusive ecosystem through an integrated systemic approach. Organizations will benefit from reading what has not worked and why, learning from the case studies and implementing the practical guidance." ROHINI ANAND, former SVP Corporate SocialResponsibility & Global CDO, Sodexo
"A refreshing quick read that demystifies how to make inclusion explicit and measurable. This book would bean excellent addition to any business, leadership and HR program. Makes you think outside the box on how to drive systemic change." NADIA YOUNES, Chief Innovation Officer, EdgeStrategy
"I am impressed by the strong arguments and clear picture presented in this ground-breaking book. It is just what CEOs, C-Suite executives and CDOs need to put strategy, people and processes together for a high-performing organization." MAY SNOWDEN, Founder and CEO, Snowden & Associates
"INdivisible starts with a radical premise: it's a book for everyone. Executives and individual contributors, general managers and those in finance, operations and R&D, Board members and external stakeholders. Then it hits you. This is the first book about inclusion that's inclusive...everyone has a role to play." JON SPECTOR, former President and CEO, The Conference Board\nINdivisible shows how organizations can bridge the gap between the promise and practice of inclusion. Challenging today’s piecemeal approaches, it provides a comprehensive framework to achieve visible impact for business, society, and sustainability. It shows how everyone – senior leaders, middle managers and individuals – plays a part.Disruptive global challenges and shifting workforce expectations make it more important than ever to get inclusion right. Organizations need to draw on the skills, strengths and perspectives of the widest possible mix of people to find creative solutions and adapt to these changes. When inclusion flourishes, it galvanizes the whole working environment: attracting talent, fueling innovation, cultivating positive internal and external relationships, raising performance, and preparing organizations for the challenges ahead.Yet many companies struggle to achieve these desired business outcomes. Uncertain what inclusion really looks like, what action to take, or how to measure progress and impact, they too often focus on isolated initiatives.New thinking is needed to close the gap. In this powerful book, Alison Maitland and Rebekah Steele provide an effective way forward. They show why inclusion is indivisible from the way organizations operate and the results they achieve. They give solid facts supporting the business case and step-by-step guidance to make inclusion happen. Inclusion has to be more than an afterthought, more than a few questions in an employee engagement survey, more than offering people a sense of belonging, more than focusing only on single-identity marginalized groups, and more than an end in it