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Table of Contents

DISCRIMINATION

TANGIBLE ANCESTRY
  •   Progression of Mankind
  •   Inbreeding
  •   Caste System
  •   "Formal" Race Categorizations
  •   Blood Typing
  •   Genetics and DNA
  •   Ethnicity
  •   Population

Our Intangible Persona
  •   Religion Differences
  •   Behavior Differences
  •   Gradients of Discrimination
  •   Discrimination Subtleties
  •   Self-Discrimination
  •   Reverse Discrimination
  •   A CLASS DIVIDED

WHY?
  •   The Amygdala
  •   First Impressions and Snap Judgments
  •   Ignorance
  •   Group Think
  •   Autopilot Vision
  •   Propensity to Denigrate, To Uplift
  •   Affinity Facades
  •   "Bad Blood"
  •   Insecurity
  •   Unknown Purpose
  •   Stigma "Flag"
  •   Gangs & Rogues
  •   Armed Conflicts
  •   Astrology
  •   Information Overload

REMEDIAL LEGISLATION SPAWNED
  •   Diversity in the Military
  •   Organization Policies


INCLUSION

PERSONAL TOOLS
  •   Trivia
  •   "Ice Breakers"
  •   Tools and Support Mechanisms

  - Self-Evaluation
  - Materials
  - Movies

SIMPLE HABITS, GREAT REWARDS
  •   Leadership
  •   Words, Building Blocks of Thought
  •   Encourage Openness
  •   Prayer, Meditation or Contemplation
  •   Be Balanced
  •   Empathy and Sympathy
  •   Character, Virtue and Personality
  •   Be Intrepid and Explore
  •   Be of Service
  •   Appreciate
  •   Pay It Forward

PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER


DIVERSITY

THE INFINITE INDIVIDUAL
  •   The Skin Organ
  •   Biometrics
  •   Personal Magnetism
  •   Six Degrees of Separation
  •   Nature's Wrath is Color Blind, Human Kind!
  •   Immigrant Contributions to America

  - Chinese, Transcontinental Railroad
  - Germans Influence
  - Hispanics, Mexicans, Latinos Influence
  - Italians influences in Washington DC

  •   Holidays with a Different Perspective

  - Rosh Hashanah
  - Kwanzaa
  - Navarathri
  - Norooz, Persian New Year
  - Ramadan

  •   Tangible Diversity we Already Embrace

  - Food
  - Music
  - Movies
  - Personal Comforts

  •   National Culture
  - Work Culture

  •   Organizational Culture


  - Deal and Kennedy Classifications
.....The Tough-Guy Macho Culture
.....The Work Hard/Play Hard Culture
.....The Bet Your Company Culture
.....The Process Culture

  - Charles Handy Classifications
.....Power Culture
.....Role Culture
.....Task Culture
.....Person Culture
  - Edgar Schein Classifications

  - Arthur Carmazzi Classifications
.....The Blame Culture
.....Multi-Directional Culture
.....Live and Let Live Culture
.....Brand Congruent Culture
.....Leadership Enriched Culture

  - Entrepreneurial Culture

  - Other Organizational Cultures
.....Network Culture
.....Mercenary Culture
.....Fragmented Culture

  •   Family Culture
  •   Gods by Culture

  - Catholic Beliefs
  - Hinduism Beliefs
  - Islam Beliefs
  - Mormon Beliefs
  - Overview of Other Religions

  •   Personal Culture
  •   Sexual Orientation and Homosexuality

The Great Conversation
  •   Purpose and Value Alignment
  •   Positive Attitude
  •   Finding a Common Ground
  •   Active Listening
  •   Body Language

  - All Body Communication
  - Facial and Eye Expressions
  - Proxemics

  •   Micro-Inequities
  •   Mental Paradigm Shift
  •   Yin and Yang
  •   Patience and Generosity
  •   Empathy and Understanding
  •   Post-Racial Connotations
  •   Differences, Similarities and Tensions

Spectrum of Potentiality
  •   Respect
  •   US Labor Force Composition
  •   Multigenerational Diversity

  - Greatest (1901-1929)
  - Traditionalists or Silents (1930-1945)
  - Baby Boomers (1946-1964)
  - Generation X (1965-1976)
  - Generation Y (1977-1999)
  - Generation Z (2000 -     )

  •   Communication
  - Formal and Orientation Styles

  - Standard Communication Styles
.....Passive
.....Aggressive
.....Passive-Aggressive
.....Assertive

  - PDI, IDV, MAS, UAI Influences
.....Low vs. High Power Distance
.....Individualism vs. Collectivism
.....Masculinity vs. Femininity
.....Uncertainty Avoidance

  - High-Low Context Cultures
  - Individualism and Communitarianism
  - Intercultural Theory
  - Time Orientation
  - Men and Women
  - Relationships

  - Social Styles

.....Analyticals
.....Amiables
.....Expressives
.....Driving

  •   Personalities

  - Myers-Briggs
  - "Law of the Few"
  - The Big Five

  •   Leadership Styles

  - One Minute Management
  - Situational Leadership

  •   Emotional Intelligence

  - Ability-Based EI model
  - Mixed EI Model
  - Trait EI Model
  - Emotional Intelligence and Diversity?
  - Emotional Intelligence Fundamentals

  •   Education Achievements
  •   Experience Counts
  •   Benefits from... "The Other Side?"
  •   Would You Have Thought of This?
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