SET FOR INCLUSION

One of the biggest challenges for organizations over the past forty years has been integrating inclusiveness into practical day-to-day leadership. In the authors’ first book, The Inclusion Dividend, they made the case for inclusive leadership as a measurable asset to an organization; it shows up in the bottom line and in other measurable results. In SET for Inclusion, Donovan and Kaplan take that one step further by guiding leaders through the application of a framework to lead inclusively.

The authors discuss the current research on unconscious bias and insider-outsider dynamics and focus on how to translate that current research into best practice for leaders. SET for Inclusion follows the stories of three diverse characters in a large modern organization, a top executive, a middle manager, and an individual contributor. Each of these characters is working to make inclusiveness real, to provide tangible benefits for them as individuals and for the organization.

These characters, and their stories, reflect the authors’ 45 years of experience in working with middle and senior level managers in a variety of Fortune 1000 companies. The characters’ experiences going from self-awareness to action will be very familiar to leaders in large domestic and global organizations. They will provide an important, step-by-step template for leaders who are interested in creating and leveraging diversity and inclusion within their organizations.

MARK KAPLAN and MASON DONOVAN are managing partners of The Dagoba Group, a New England based consultancy specializing in leadership development, diversity and inclusion, and organizational change. Mark has been published in leading diversity publications and is a guest speaker at global D&I focused conferences. He earned his MA in HR Development from Villanova.

For over a decade, Mason has consulted with the majority of Fortune 500 companies on talent acquisition, retention, and development. He earned his MA in International Business from Webster University in the Netherlands. Mark and Mason are the authors of The Inclusion Dividend: Why Investing in Diversity and Inclusion Pays Off (Bibliomotion, 2013). Find more about Mark and Mason at www.thedagobagroup.com.