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“In 2020 our world was turned upside down. To emerge successfully on the other side of the pandemic, companies will have to think differently about the work they do, the workers they employ, and the workplaces they create and manage. Beyond Inclusion is a roadmap that leaders can use to help their organizations on their journey to becoming a more diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplace. Beyond Inclusion is my playbook for the future because as a CEO, I know building a competitive advantage and achieving long-term success and requires clear goals and positive action.” JOHN MARTIN, CEO and Managing General Partner, SIR and Institute for Tomorrow®

Throughout the history of business, employees had to adapt to managers, and managers had to adapt to organizations. That world—and those rules—are over! Because of the COVID-19 global pandemic, things will be reversed with managers and organizations adapting to employees in the future. This means that to succeed and thrive, organizations must rethink and reimagine everything they know about work. The demographics of employees are changing, and so are employee expectations, values, attitudes, perspectives, and work styles. Previous organizational behavior and culture change models must be replaced with leadership styles aligned with the future of work, workers, and the workplace. Leaders must also revise their traditional organizational structure, rewrite people policies to empower employees, reinvent work to remain competitive, and reset the culture and work environment to adjust to a rapidly changing world.

Beyond Inclusion: Reimagining the Future of Work, Workers, and the Workplace is your crystal ball about how employees of the future will work, how managers will lead, and what organizations will look like following the COVID-19 pandemic. Beyond Inclusion will help you:

• Stay ahead of the competition
• Create more inclusive leaders
• Attract and retain top talent that is more diverse and agile
• Manage high performing diverse teams
• Adapt to the changing workforce
• Build and sustain the organization of the future
• And more!

According to Dr. Shelton J. Goode, the best way to truly prepare your organization for the global transformations underway—and their impacts—is to think “beyond inclusion.” That is, reimagining the company, reinventing work and workers, revising people policies and processes, and resetting the culture and work environment.

The book features real-world case studies and easy-to-understand concepts that will challenge and inspire you to lead your organization differently following the cataclysmic changes following the COVID-19 pandemic and its consequences.