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Book SynopsisA groundbreaking book that offers approaches for changing the hidden biases in the workplace
This is an eye-opening examination of the causes and dynamics of bias in the workplace, offering a psychological, political, and societal analysis of the actual cost of bias to the bottom line. The authors make the hurdles that women and minorities face in the workplace as personal to the reader as they are to those who face them. Giving Notice is filled with sensible approaches for solving the current imbalance and challenges us to rethink unconscious ideas about stereotypes and commonly accepted business practices.
Freada Kapor Klein (San Francisco, CA) is an internationally noted consultant and diversity expert. She has been quoted in the New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Los Angeles Times, Washington Post, and on the Today show, Nightline, and NBC Nightly News. Kimberly Allers (Bayshore, NY) was a writer at Fortune magazine and is a frequent guest speaker at profess
Table of ContentsIntroduction vii
1 The Meritocracy Myth: Is the Playing Field Level? 1
2 Slights Unseen 16
3 From the Top 33
4 The Cost of Bias 48
5 Does Blink = Bias? 67
6 Dismantling Barriers from the Inside 82
7 Know the Signs from the Outside 109
8 Bias Around the World 125
9 Ten Steps Back 137
10 Toward a New Framework 157
A What’s in a Resume? 183
B Determining the Cost of Unfairness 189
C Sources of Corporate Leaver Stories 197
Notes 201
References 205
Acknowledgments 211
The Author 213
Index 215
