Diversity Best Practices publications are produced in partnership with leading workplace diversity and inclusion thought leaders and practitioners and are delivered in the following engaging formats:
Diversity & Inclusion Insight Papers (Formerly CDO Insights): An acclaimed portfolio of forward-thinking research papers providing objective data and analysis of key diversity and inclusion topics impacting today’s workforce. These reports help companies achieve the workplace diversity, cultural competence and insight they need to succeed in the increasing global marketplace.
Diversity Primer: This publication covers all areas of workplace diversity management from recruitment and retention and affinity groups to supplier diversity and white male engagement. It’s the go-to resource for corporations formulating comprehensive strategic diversity plans.
WOW! Facts: This almanac features more than 15,000 facts about women, people of color, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community, people with disabilities, religious populations and seniors. This invaluable resource is a one-stop supply of hard-hitting diversity data that helps prove the business case of diversity and dramatically showcases demographic changes leading to new opportunities in emerging markets.
Network & Affinity Leadership Handbook: This guide features 14 robust sections covering budgeting, chartering, bylaws, executive support, measuring impact, and innovative best practices. This hard-hitting business resource is a must have for affinity group leaders.
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Recent Publications
In this Second Edition of The Inclusion Paradox: The Obama Era and the Transformation of Global Diversity, Andrés T. Tapia, president of Diversity Best Practices and former Chief Diversity Officer for a global firm, examines how today's hyper-diverse world of the Obama Era is transforming policy agendas, marketplace penetration, and workforce management -- and what those changes mean for our...
In November 2012, Diversity Best Practices and its parent company, Working Mother Media, traveled to São Paulo to host a series of events addressing diversity and inclusion and the advancement of women in Brazil. The week of conferences was a continuation of an annual series of global events. In previous years, Diversity Best Practices and Working...
The world is undergoing dramatic demographic shifts that are transforming the workforce—and with that nearly everything we know about how to optimize our organizations' human capital. How companies address these shifts will have a critical impact on their ability to foster and maintain an inclusive, diverse work environment and, ultimately, to succeed.
In order to remain relevant, HR leaders must...
By Andrés T. Tapia, President, Diversity Best Practices and Fred Hobby, President, Institute for Diversity of the American Hospital Association
A disproportionate percentage of the 32 million people who will be insured under the Affordable Care Act will be people of color, yet the U.S. healthcare system is ill-equipped capacity- and capability-wise to adequately meet their needs. Already...
By Andrés Tapia, President, Diversity Best Practices, and Michael Collins, Research and Publications Manager, Diversity Best Practices
New developments in lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer (LGBTQ) issues have permanently changed the landscape of global diversity and inclusion. The growth in municipalities with marriage equality, the rise in same-sex-headed households, and...
WOW! Facts provides diversity practitioners, human resource professionals, marketing executives, journalists, and others with a wealth of facts and figures about key U.S. demographic populations, including the country's racial and ethnic minority groups, women, people with disabilities, religious populations, the gay, lesbian, bisexual and transgender community and seniors. In addition, each...
Today, leading ERGs have become much more strategic and sophisticated. They are also making a larger impact on organizations as their scope and appeal broaden. But why have some ERGs prospered, while others have floundered? How do external trends impact these internal groups? What unexpected challenges await today’s ERGs? And what principles must ERGs live by in...
Since the first women’s ERGs were established in the mid-1970s, companies have used this invaluable resource to foster greater diversity and inclusion in the workplace and in society. Today, companies value women’s ERGs as strategic assets that enhance marketing,human resources, training, public relations, philanthropic and community initiatives, among other efforts.
In this book, we explore the...









