{"product_id":"brainpower-leveraging-your-best-people-across-gender-race-and-other-divides-9780988931237","title":"Brainpower: Leveraging Your Best People Across Gender, Race, and Other Divides","description":"A compendium of four critical selections, including: \u003ci\u003eOff-Ramps and On-Ramps Revisited\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eVaulting the Color Bar\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe X-Factor\u003c\/i\u003e, and \u003ci\u003eThe Power of \"Out,\"\u003c\/i\u003e as well as a new introduction and new forewords by Joanna Coles, Cornel West, Mellody Hobson, and Kenji Yoshino. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe Center for Talent Innovation, a non-profit think tank, has a long history of focusing on challenges and issues pertaining to the workplace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe mission is two-fold: to drive groundbreaking research that leverages talent across the divides of gender, generation, geography, and culture; and to create a community of senior executives united by an understanding that full utilization of the global talent pool is at the heart of competitive success. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe flagship project of CTI is the Task Force for Talent Innovation and was founded in 2004. To date, the Task Force has spearheaded 200-plus new best practices, many of which are \"second-generational\" and go beyond access and opportunity to retention and acceleration. This action on the ground has garnered significant attention (ten \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e studies and numerous articles in the \u003ci\u003eWall Street Journal\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eStrategy \u0026amp; Business\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Huffington Post\u003c\/i\u003e, and others) which brands Task Force members as \"thought leaders\" in global talent management.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-510205\"\u003eSylvia Ann Hewlett\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Rare Bird Books, a Vireo Book\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 03\/04\/2014\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 324\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.20lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.40h x 5.50w x 1.20d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780988931237\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 0988931230\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-BUS\"\u003eBusiness \u0026amp; Economics\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-BUS030000\"\u003eHuman Resources \u0026amp; Personnel Management\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-SOC\"\u003eSocial Science\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-SOC026000\"\u003eSociology | General\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSylvia Ann Hewlett\u003c\/b\u003e is an economist and the founder and CEO of the Center for Talent Innovation, a nonprofit think tank. She founded and chairs the Task Force for Talent Innovation, 80 global companies focused on fully realizing the new streams of talent in the global marketplace. For nine years she directed the Gender and Policy Program at Columbia University's School of International and Public Affairs and is ranked #16 on the Thinkers 50 listing of the world's top business gurus. She is the author of 11 \u003ci\u003eHarvard Business Review\u003c\/i\u003e articles and ten critically acclaimed nonfiction books including \u003ci\u003eOff-Ramps and On-Ramps\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eWinning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets\u003c\/i\u003e; and in 2013, \u003ci\u003eForget a Mentor, Find a Sponsor\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard Business Review Press). Her writings have appeared in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eFinancial Times\u003c\/i\u003e, and she is a featured blogger on HBR.org. She is a frequent guest on television, appearing on \u003ci\u003eOprah\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe News Hour with Jim Lehrer\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eCharlie Rose\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eToday\u003c\/i\u003e show and \u003ci\u003eCNN Headline News\u003c\/i\u003e. Hewlett has taught at Cambridge, Columbia, and Princeton universities. A Kennedy Scholar and graduate of Cambridge University, she earned her PhD in economics at London University. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eCo-authored by: \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eEllis Cose\u003c\/b\u003e, senior fellow, is involved with CTI's multicultural research. He has worked in various editorial capacities for \u003ci\u003eNewsweek\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, the New York \u003ci\u003eDaily News\u003c\/i\u003e, the \u003ci\u003eChicago Sun-Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eTime\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, \u003ci\u003eUSA Today\u003c\/i\u003e, and the \u003ci\u003eDetroit Free Press\u003c\/i\u003e. He is the author of ten books and the president and chief executive officer of the Institute for Journalism Education. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCourtney Emerson\u003c\/b\u003e is a senior research associate at the CTI and a Senior Associate for CTI's advisory practice, Hewlett Chivée Partners LLC (now Hewlett Consulting Partners LLC). Emerson has expertise in organization diversity strategy development and specializes in the design and delivery of women's leadership programs as well as sponsorship initiatives. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eDiana Forster\u003c\/b\u003e was assistant vice president at the CTI where she was involved in Task Force research projects on The Female Talent Pipeline in Emerging Markets, Top Asian Talent, and Off-Ramps and On-Ramps Revisited. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eCatherine Fredman\u003c\/b\u003e was vice president and senior fellow at the CTI. She has collaborated on \u003ci\u003eWinning the War for Talent in Emerging Markets: Why Women Are the Solution\u003c\/i\u003e (Harvard Business Review Press, 2011) and \u003ci\u003eTop Talent: Keeping Performance Up When Business is Down\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eMaggie Jackson\u003c\/b\u003e, vice president and senior fellow at the CTI, helps lead the publication division. An award-winning journalist known for her coverage of U.S. social issues, she has written for \u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eBusinessWeek\u003c\/i\u003e, and National Public Radio. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLauren Leader-Chivée\u003c\/b\u003e was senior vice president at the CTI and partner at Hewlett Chivée Partners LLC (now Hewlett Consulting Partners LLC), the advisory arm of the center. She has many years of experience in human resources leadership and management consulting and is a sought-after speaker on talent, diversity, and leadership issues. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eLaura Sherbin\u003c\/b\u003e, executive vice president and Director of Research, heads up CTI's survey research and plays a key role in CTI's advisory arm, Hewlett Consulting Partners LLC. She is an economist specializing in workforce issues and international development. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003ePeggy Shiller\u003c\/b\u003e is the chief operating officer at the CTI and has been at the CTI since its founding. She has twenty years of experience planning conferences and overseeing research ventures taht run the gamut from blogs to reports to blockbuster books. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eKaren Sumberg\u003c\/b\u003e was executive vice president at the CTI and a principal with the CTI's advisory services practice Hewlett Consulting Partners LLC. 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