{"product_id":"growing-the-elephant-increasing-earned-advantage-for-all-9781788603881","title":"Growing the Elephant: Increasing earned advantage","description":"\u003cb\u003eBook Synopsis\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e** \u003cstrong\u003eBusiness Book Awards 2023 Finalist\u003c\/strong\u003e **\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘Amazing book: Clever, insightful, relevant, and actionable.’ Dave Ulrich\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eIf you find discussions of inequality painful, aggravating, exhausting, or even scary, it’s time to explore the elephant.\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrowing the Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e is the story of Advantage - Earned and Unearned. Earned Advantage is the part of the Elephant we know. Work hard – get rewarded; form relationships – get opportunities. But while anyone can earn Advantage, some have more opportunity than others. That’s the story of Unearned Advantage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnearned Advantage is the part of the Elephant we avoid. It is so hard to talk or even think about that those with it ignore or deny it while those without it are exhausted or incensed by it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eGrowing the Elephant\u003c\/em\u003e is for anyone working to increase innovation, performance, and inclusion by building practices and mindset to meet and stay with what's difficult. It is for leaders and contributors at any level and those who help them build and sustain diversity, equity and inclusion.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA seasoned human resources executive, \u003cstrong\u003eCHRIS ALTIZER, MBA, MA\u003c\/strong\u003e consults and coaches executives and lectures on business, management. and inclusive leadership. He has led teams and worked with senior leaders across industries around the globe. His research and work have been published in journals and covered by Forbes Magazine. Chris practices and teaches mindfulness, yoga, and martial arts.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cstrong\u003eGLORIA JOHNSON-CUSACK, MPA\u003c\/strong\u003e, is a servant leader and changemaker who consults to leadership teams and boards of public and private foundations committed to advancing diversity, equity, and inclusion in education, financial security, and health. She lectures at Columbia University and serves as Board Chair of the Firelight Foundation supporting communities in Africa. She holds degrees from American University and Columbia University.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTrade Review\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe advantages of leveraging diversity through inclusion have been widely recognized, if not often successfully reaped, for decades. Why is it that now we are all so focus on this topic. Amazingly there are still a lot of people who choose to ignore this, while there are ways to ensure you are not seen as disrespectful. Chris Altizer and Gloria Johnson-Cusack not only provide explanation to recognize diversity but also use it through true life examples\u003c\/p\u003e -- Monique Vander Eyken * HR Director *\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTable of Contents\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 1: Introduction\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Word from the Authors\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIntroducing the Elephant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing the Elephant – Our Approach and Intent\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAn Approach to Reading this Book\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing and Learning - Not Always Comfortable\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClosing Chapter 1 - Terms and the Team\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhy No 'Disadvantage'?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 2: Recognizing Advantage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThrough the Eyes of…\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Authors on Recognizing\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecognizing Advantage - What Am I Looking At?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecognizing Earned Advantage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEarned Advantage Exercise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Unearned Opportunities for Earned Advantage – Unearned Advantage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSources of Unearned Advantages\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnearned Advantage: Who We Are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhence you came\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSTOP – Begin to See the Elephant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRecognizing the Entire Elephant\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Discomfort of Recognizing Unearned Advantage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEmotional Awareness of Advantage Reflection\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA Brief Introduction to Windows of Tolerance\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 3 Working with Advantage – the Mindset\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Team Explores Advantage Mindset – Fixed or Growth?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Growth Advantage Mindset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eExploring Mindset\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe GAM Exercise\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAlvin Explores Intentions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat They Are, How They Work\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMaria’s GAM Intention.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe GAM of Whence You (we) Came\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eYvonne’s Intention – Self Compassion (and Robert’s, Too)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAdvantage Compassion – for Yvonne and Robert (and the rest of us)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eChapter 4 Growing Earned Advantage\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnconscious Biases – Seriously Uncomfortable… \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLittle Things That Add Up\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Turbulence of Language Ownership – Claiming the Baggage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMicroaggressions\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwareness of Microaggression\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaiming More Baggage - Unpacking Gender Personal Pronouns\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eUnpack Some Baggage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLiterally Harder to Carry - Disability\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrow the Good – Feel the Real\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWatering the Seeds of Earned Advantage - RAIN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing Earned Advantage – Things You Already Know\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing Earned Advantages for Two, Please\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAsking for Opportunity for Earned Advantage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e3 Kinds of Awareness\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIncreasing Awareness?\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eClaiming “Woke” – The unPolitics of the Growth Advantage Mindset (a box)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGAM Leadership - and Followership\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eChapter Summary\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eConclusion\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing Earned Advantage - the Fertilizer of Courage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolding More Unearned Advantage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHolding or Supporting Less Unearned Advantage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAppendix\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eDynamics of Advantage\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAwareness of Advantage Exercise:\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eTBC\u003cb\u003e - Additional Resources \u0026amp; 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