Leading Diverse Communities: A How-To Guide for Moving from Healing Into Action Paperback - 2004

First line

Many diversity training programs rely on guilt to motivate people to change their prejudicial attitudes.

From the rear cover

Based on the National Coalition Building Institute's popular leadership development program, Leading Diverse Communities gives community, campus, nonprofit, and business leaders the tools they need to embrace diversity and encourage their stakeholders to do the same. The book is filled with practical guidance on how to achieve results and provides a simple, skill-oriented guidebook for busy leaders. Leading Diverse Communities distills the National Coalition Building Institute's wisdom into thirty-two concise leadership principles. Each principle is illuminated with theory and a related example, activity, and worksheet that can help develop the skills required to put a particular principle into practice.

Leading Diverse Communities will help leaders welcome diversity, work through their own stereotypes and misinformation, resolve conflicts, communicate across group lines, and develop vital intergroup leadership skills.

Praise for Leading Diverse Communities

"A book that believes in progress obtained by non-accusatory action and truly makes people see another group's perspective. It's very practically organized to be used for training and to stimulate participation."
-Fred Ciporen, president, Reed Press, former group vice president and publisher, Publishers Weekly

"As we move into the twenty-first century, guidebooks such as Leading Diverse Communities offer new insights and new principles around which we can organize our work and express our commitment to represent all of the people."
-The Honorable Benjamin J. Cayetano, former governor of Hawaii

"For those of us seeking insightful guidance and effective strategies in interreligious, interethnic dialogue, this book will be invaluable."
-Rabbi David Saperstein, director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

"Anyone interested in understanding and communicating the value of diversity will benefit from Leading Diverse Communities."
-Carole Dickert-Scherr, vice president, human resources, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)

From the jacket flap

Based on the National Coalition Building Institute's popular leadership development program, Leading Diverse Communities gives community, campus, nonprofit, and business leaders the tools they need to embrace diversity and encourage their stakeholders to do the same. The book is filled with practical guidance on how to achieve results and provides a simple, skill-oriented guidebook for busy leaders. Leading Diverse Communities distills the National Coalition Building Institute's wisdom into thirty-two concise leadership principles. Each principle is illuminated with theory and a related example, activity, and worksheet that can help develop the skills required to put a particular principle into practice.

Leading Diverse Communities will help leaders welcome diversity, work through their own stereotypes and misinformation, resolve conflicts, communicate across group lines, and develop vital intergroup leadership skills.

Praise for Leading Diverse Communities

"A book that believes in progress obtained by non-accusatory action and truly makes people see another group's perspective. It's very practically organized to be used for training and to stimulate participation."
-Fred Ciporen, president, Reed Press, former group vice president and publisher, Publishers Weekly

"As we move into the twenty-first century, guidebooks such as Leading Diverse Communities offer new insights and new principles around which we can organize our work and express our commitment to represent all of the people."
-The Honorable Benjamin J. Cayetano, former governor of Hawaii

"For those of us seeking insightful guidance and effective strategies in interreligious, interethnic dialogue, this book will be invaluable."
-Rabbi David Saperstein, director, Religious Action Center of Reform Judaism

"Anyone interested in understanding and communicating the value of diversity will benefit from Leading Diverse Communities."
-Carole Dickert-Scherr, vice president, human resources, Public Broadcasting Service (PBS)