{"id":4672,"date":"2022-09-26T08:41:52","date_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:41:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/?p=4672"},"modified":"2022-09-26T08:41:52","modified_gmt":"2022-09-26T12:41:52","slug":"imagine-belonging-a-powerful-new-book-to-help-workplace-leaders-build-an-equitable-workplace","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.totalengagementconsulting.com\/blog\/2022\/09\/imagine-belonging-a-powerful-new-book-to-help-workplace-leaders-build-an-equitable-workplace\/","title":{"rendered":"\u201cImagine Belonging\u201d \u2013 A powerful new book to help workplace leaders build an equitable workplace."},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n
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Rhodes Perry with his new book<\/p><\/div>\r\n

About two or three times a year, I do like to blog about new books in the diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) field that are powerful, practical and can truly help an organization grow their DEI strategy and execution. One such book is \u201cImagine Belonging \u2013 Your Inclusive Leadership Guide to Building an Equitable Workplace\u201d by Rhodes Perry.

Belonging is becoming a key concept in the DEI arena. In fact, I have seen many organizations add the \u201cB\u201d and now talk about diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. Rhodes Perry defines belonging as \u201can emotional outcome that comes from feeling seen for your unique contributions, connected to your coworkers, supporting in your daily work and career development, and proud of your organization\u2019s values and purpose.\u201d<\/p>\r\n

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More information on both Rhodes’ books<\/p><\/div>\r\n

This is Rhodes\u2019 second book on this topic, with his first being the best-selling \u201cBelonging at Work: Everyday Actions You Can Take To Cultivate an Inclusive Organization.\u201d When it came out in early 2019, I wrote this blog about it.<\/a> <\/strong>This book focused on what all employees and leaders can do to build an inclusive workplace culture where everyeone can feel like they belong.

This new follow up book is now specifically targeted for workplace leaders who are the ones who need to drive and build a belonging workplace culture.

Here are some of the key points and topics in the book:

\u2022 Rhodes shares some of his journey growing into leadership as a transgender man, and introduces the importance of clarity, confidence and commitment in driving transformation.

\u2022 The criticality of addressing organizational culture in doing any kind of work around DEIB. This includes examining your own leadership style, your team and the entire organization, and how identifying and addressing dominant culture vs. belonging culture systems is crucial. This also includes six key questions to explore in doing a \u201cbelonging culture audit.\u201d

\u2022 How all efforts can get derailed by conforming, and the need to have courage, which Rhodes defines as a the opposite of conformity.\u00a0 (See my June, 2022 blog “The importance of courage in being an inclusive leader.”)<\/a><\/strong>

\u2022 The book includes a fantastic practical table of \u201c12 belonging culture traits.\u201d

\u2022 Comparing competitive teams (and their issues) with cooperative teams (and their advantages.) The book also discusses the pros and cons of individualism and traits of a relationship driven team

\u2022 How to transform organizational culture to build belonging and trust, and the business advantages of doing this.

I highly recommend this book if you are leading transformational diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging work in your organization. To check out the book an to order it, link to www.imaginebelonging.com<\/a><\/strong>. And if you want to connect more deeply on the topic of belonging in the workplace, please check out Rhodes\u2019 newest podcast, Imagine Belonging at Work, at https:\/\/imaginebelongingatworkpodcast.com\/<\/strong><\/a>.<\/p>\r\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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