A Peacock in the Land of Penguins

84 pages. Temps de lecture estimé 1h03min.
This classic pioneering book provides keen insight into workplace diversity. With new tips, tools, and strategies for peacocks and penguins alike, your organization will flourish and take flight!This classic pioneering book provides keen insight into workplace diversity. With new tips, tools, and strategies for peacocks and penguins alike, your organization will flourish and take flight! Through the story of Perry the Peacock and his fine feathered friends, authors BJ Gallagher and Warren H. Schmidt bring to life the challenges of birds of different feathers who struggle to be successful in the conformity-minded Land of Penguins. Their travails illuminate the challenges of creating a pluralistic corporate culture in which the talent, energy, and commitment of all employees are fully engaged. People who have new ideas that differ from business as usual are often ignored or criticized for the very thing that makes them valuable: their originality and creativity. This unique book helps organizations break out of "penguin thinking” in order to tap into and leverage the creativity of diversity. Learn how to cultivate an organizational culture in which new ideas can flourish and innovation can take flight.Foreword by Ken BlanchardPart I: A Peacock in the Land of Penguins The StoryPart II: Tips and Tools for Feathered FriendsAre You a Peacock, or Other Type of Exotic Bird?Do You Identify with Any of the Birds in This Story? Strategies for Birds of a Different Feather Positive Penguinship: What Peacocks Can Learn from ThemThere's a Little Bit of Penguin in All of UsDiversity Includes EveryonePart III: Teaching Penguins to FlyHow You Can Tell If You Work in the Land of Penguins Recognizing the “Quack” (common penguin phrases)Who Cares About Diversity … and Why?Tips for Penguins Who Decide to Change Themselves Tips for Enlightened Penguins Who Seek to Transform Their Organizations Avoiding Penguin ParalysisThe Care and Feeding of Peacocks: A Guide for PenguinsPart IV: From Parable to PracticeThe Story Behind the StoryPerry the Peacock's LegacyPeacocks and KidsBonus Section: “The Penguins Ate Your Cheese!”Acknowledgments About the Authors