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Diversity and Inclusion Matters [Book Review]
Dr. Jonathan Ashong-Lamptey
Helping People Leaders Deliver High Impact Inclusion Work | Host of world's longest running inclusion podcast "Element of Inclusion"
We need Game Changing Performance to create Inclusion
This books claims to deliver:
By Jason R. Thompson (He-Him-His)
This is the 9th and final book that we discussed in our Book Club in 2022.
It was a great conversation using our 5 Step Signature Approach:
Why is this book important?
The author says there’s a lack of practical real world advise for Diversity Officers.
This book makes some nice contributions that are tactical.
It pays off the subtitle:
Tactics and Tools To Inspire Equity and Game Changing Performance
Who is this book for?
This book is written by a Diversity Officer for other Diversity officers.
The author cites an article in Fortune magazine called:
Chief Diversity Officers are Set Up to Fail
It identifies 4 major issues that Chief Diversity Officers experience:
1 They are new to the role
2 They don’t have the power they need to make a difference
3 They don’t have the data they need to make a difference
4 Other Leaders aren’t on board
This book is written for anyone experiencing any of these problems.
I think this book is a response to that article.
Key Message of the book
The importance of Data
At the heart of the book is the CAPE Process:
- Collect the necessary data
- Analyse the necessary data
- Plan to address the problem
- Execute a process that meets your goals
This feels like a version of the Performance Management Cycle
Plan-Do-Review
The point here is get data before you plan.
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Key Takeaways
The 4-2-50 Hiring Protocol
This is adapted from the Famous Rooney Rule.
The author adopted this approach when creating final candidate lists in a hiring process:
4 final candidates for a role.
2 candidates must from groups under represented in that role.
50% is the probability that a a candidate from an underrepresented group will be chosen for the role.
This suggests that every other person hired should be from an underrepresented group.
All other things being equal.
All other things are rarely equal and I gave a warning on how this should be used in our email newsletter.
Other Considerations
I felt this book was for people who were new to the job and had no previous experience.
At times I felt there was an implication that anyone could be a Chief Diversity Officer if they were good at something else.
It made me feel as if loads of people were in over their heads because they weren’t experienced or qualified.
I don’t think that’s good for Chief Diversity Officer’s.
The challenge for me is there are lots of people who DO know what they’re doing.
But they’re not given a chance to do it.
- What HR people working in Diversity always seem to talk about
- Why I think this book is for a mainstream audience
- Why data presentation is crucial and an important example.
Let me know what you think.
As always
I’m cheering you on.
Dr. Jonathan
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2yI like this Book Review format, it is really succinct and gets right to the point. I also checked out your recent podcast called "Why I Love and Dislike D&I Books" (from Nov. 8th) and that analysis was really well done. I even learned a bit there about the publishing industry and the impact of ghost writing on DEI books. Didn't expect for even that topic to be brought up, and it was both fascinating and a very real example. It was interesting to go beyond talking about the content of books, but to even talk about how they are written and how the publishing works. That was next-level thinking and analysis there going beyond the surface. I was actually really positively surprised to learn all that in a short 11 minute podcast 👍😅. Every second was used wisely.
DEWing over Doing
2yGreat. It is all about mindset, creating safe trampolines for everybody to enjoy the elevating and surprising elements.