Inclusify Book Review - Element of Inclusion

Inclusify Book Review – Element of Inclusion

Why is it that some leaders are able to attract retain and engage diverse teams while others miss opportunities or fail altogether?

The answer is the ability to Inclusify.

That’s according to the author of a compelling book that I’m discussing in this week’s show.

Get your pen and paper ready because we’re reviewing Inclusify: The Power of Uniqueness and Belonging To Build Innovative Teams by Stephanie K. Johnson PhD.

In todays show we discuss several things including:

Inclusify: Embrace different perspectives and fit them all together

The author defines this as a verb ” To live and lead in a way that recognises and celebrates unique and dissenting perspectives while creating a collaborative and openminded environment where everyone feels they truly belong.”

Inclusion is uniqueness and belonging

You need to understand this to understand the book. The entire book can be described as exploring the relationship between uniqueness and belonging.

ABC/s of Breaking Bias

“Admit it, Block it, Count it ABC. Admit it, Block it, Count it”

Listen to the book review here!

About the Author: DrStefanieKJohnson

Dr. Stefanie K. Johnson is an Associate Professor of Management at the Leeds School of Business, University of Colorado Boulder. She holds a Ph.D. from Rice University and is particularly interested in the effects of unconscious biases in the evaluation of women and minorities, with the goal of finding ways to mitigate those biases. Dr. Johnson brings bias to light with an engaging and humorous approach to advanced scientific research, which has earned her numerous accolades and invitations to present her work at meetings around the world, including the White House for a 2016 summit on diversity in corporate America on National Equal Pay Day, and the 2016 Harvard Negotiation and Leadership Conference. She has published over 70 journal articles and book chapters in outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Journal of Applied Psychology and The Academy of Management Journal. She has extensive consulting experience and has created and delivered leadership-development training with an emphasis on evidence-based practice. In recognition of her unique research, Dr. Johnson has been awarded nearly three million dollars in external funding to study leadership and create leadership development programs aimed at increasing safety. Media outlets featuring her work include: The Economist, Newsweek, Time, and CNN. Stefanie lives in the Boulder Bubble in Colorado with her Biology Professor husband, two young kiddos, and two old kitties.