HBR's 10 Must Reads on Diversity (with Bonus Article Making Differences Matter: a New Paradigm for Managing Diversity by David A. Thomas and Robin J. Ely)

In today's competitive hiring market, you can't risk excluding or alienating talentedemployees -- regardless of their gender, race, class, or physical ability. Bias can seepinto the deepest corners of your workplace and hinder both the success of the peoplewho hold marginalised identities and your organisation as a whole. What sort of hiringprocedures, employee development programs, and personnel policies can eradicatethe biases that cause discrimination? One-day mandatory diversity...
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In today's competitive hiring market, you can't risk excluding or alienating talentedemployees -- regardless of their gender, race, class, or physical ability. Bias can seepinto the deepest corners of your workplace and hinder both the success of the peoplewho hold marginalised identities and your organisation as a whole. What sort of hiringprocedures, employee development programs, and personnel policies can eradicatethe biases that cause discrimination? One-day mandatory diversity seminars aren'tenough.

If you read nothing else on achieving diversity, read these 10 articles by experts inthe field. We've combed through hundreds of articles in the Harvard BusinessReview archive and selected the most important ones to help you challenge yourcompany's thinking -- and infrastructure -- on creating a culture that seeks andcelebrates differences.

This book will inspire you to:

• Understand and eradicate bias
• Break down unspoken barriers
• Attract, retain, and engage talent that represents many diverse identities 
• Question how you think about and promote equality
• Establish company policies and practices that are inclusive
• Develop a culture that offers every employee equal access to opportunities forgrowth