Synopses & Reviews
In this ground-breaking new book, acclaimed diversity expert Mark Williams offers ten eye-opening lenses to help you, your organization, and everyone in it, understand how cultural diversity affects the way we live and work. There's the Assimilationist who believes that everyone should act like a true blue American, and the Culturalcentrist who believes that a person's race or ethnicity is central to their personal and public identity; the Meritrocratist who is sure that if you have the abilities and work hard enough you can make your dreams come true regardless of race or culture, and the Victim/Caregiver who believes that because of bias they will never succeed. Learn more about these lenses, as well as six other lenses that Mark Williams has developed to respond to cultural diversity.
Synopsis
The 2000 US Census figures and studies around the globe show that we live in an increasingly multicultural world. In this ground-breaking new book, acclaimed diversity expert Mark Williams offers ten "eye-opening" lenses to help you, your organization, and everyone in it, understand how cultural diversity affects the way we live and work. There's the Assimilationist who believes that everyone should act like a true blue American, and the Culturalcentrist who believes that a person's race or ethnicity is central to their personal and public identity; the Meritrocratist who is sure that if you have the abilities and work hard enough you can make your dreams come true regardless of race or culture, and the Victim/Caregiver who believes that because of bias they will never succeed. Learn more about these lenses, as well as six other lenses that Mark Williams has developed to respond to cultural diversity.
Synopsis
Includes new Gallup racial-perceptions assessment and national survey on bias and racism in America
How do you view the world and others you work with, live with, and pass on the street? Leading business consultant Mark Williams has developed ten "lenses" to profile how people "view" race, culture and ethnicity in their world. For corporations, civic institutions, and individuals -- these ten lenses provide easily accessible and recognizable profiles of people's belief systems and their influence in the workplace and in society. One Song, Many Voices offers the vital 11th lens, a new way to make businesses, communities and societies stronger.