Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders

“Pate and Stutz offer simple practices of inclusion that can be used by all leaders at all levels of experience and infused into recruiting, hiring, retention, and succession planning. I found so many good solutions in this book . . . easy to implement and will resonate with our managers.”
—Alison Francis, Chief Diversity Officer and Vice President, Costco Wholesale Corporation

“Pate and Stutz bring a wonderful conversational style to an urgent topic . . . it feels like you are sitting with them as they introduce stories and frameworks to help you build a culture of belonging. This book will become an invaluable resource for CEOs, line managers, HR executives, and the entire organization for questioning their prior approaches and building new ones.”
—Bill Price, President, Driva Solutions, and former Worldwide Vice President of Customer Service, Amazon

“Pate and Stutz provide compelling and useful daily practices that help leaders drive the impact so many find frustratingly elusive. They provide a road map for ‘driving impact that starts small and grows into a remarkable force for change.’”
—Dr. Debra Meyerson, author of Tempered Radicals and Professor, Stanford University
 
“Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders is a powerful exploration of the inclusion, diversity, and equity (ID&E) landscape and is an engaging guide for leaders committed to inclusive work environments.”
—Effenus Henderson, President and CEO, HenderWorks, and former Chief Diversity Officer, Weyerhaeuser

“What incredibly impactful guidance for leaders at this time! Eddie Pate and Jonathan Stutz capture the essence of the practice of inclusion for leaders—those ‘small impactful actions.’”
—Barbara Deane, Codirector, Institute for Sustainable Diversity & Inclusion, and associate editor of Diversity at Work

“Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders contains the cheat codes for navigating a wide variety of human variables—from examining how individuals react and respond to situations to understanding how centuries of oppression and conditioning can dictate how we treat one another. This book puts all the human dynamics and variables into perspective for me.”
—Randy Massengale, former Director of Diversity, Microsoft Corporation

“Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders is a must-read! If you’re looking to enhance your understanding of ID&E and want to know how to create a sense of belonging within your team or organization, this book is for you.”
—Rich Kaplan, Corporate Vice President, Customer Experience, Microsoft

“This oeuvre is going beyond the practices of inclusive leadership. It also describes the foundations of what is meant by leadership that engages. Well written in a structure that invites. A must-read.”
—Fons Trompenaars, Principal and CEO, Trompenaars Hampden-Turner Consulting

“Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders is an amazing book. I highly recommend it for established leaders as well as emerging leaders.”
—Dennis Kennedy, founder and Chair, DiversityFIRST

“This book is truly invaluable for those who seek to become inclusion champions. It provides a holistic approach to inclusivity by providing fundamentals, strategies for practical application, and research-proven best practices. I will certainly be referencing this work in my practice.”
—Dr. Shindale Seale, CEO, SEADE Coaching & Consulting LLC