Women, Minorities, and Other Extraordinary People was such an informative read. It should be required to read when you take on a management or leadership role in an organization. Everyone talks about diversity and more so how to include it in the workplace but this book actually lays out clear action items so you can start implementing it.

This book is so timely and important in today's world. Very interesting and a must read! From someone who comes from a place with very little diversity, this is an important read for someone with my background to gain knowledge. The reason I read is to learn, and my eyes were definitely opened and I learned so much from this book.

This book is by far my favorite read of the year. It is heady, approachable and deeply important especially in today's corporate climate. I was so very affected by the first four chapters, took time to delve into the annotated reference material and even took the quizzes as linked. Barbara provides such a clear and easy to follow road map for self improvement in the areas of diversity and inclusion as long as the reader is open and honest with the results. I became stuck in chapter five when the focus shifts back to the organizational level implementation. I am only a part-time, remote employee of a small architectural firm, and while I see so much value in every aspect of the book, I was almost depressed that I wasn't able to share it with colleagues who could share my enthusiasm. In my role as a workplace strategist, however, I found many elements that I hope to weave into the dialogue I have with my clients and their staff and help to create design strategies to help implement diversity and inclusion where possible. I think that this work is incredibly important. I practically highlighted the entire book and am excited to move into a new position at some point in the future which will allow me to implement much more of the knowledge imparted throughout this book. Thank you, Barbara for taking the time to help move the needle.

This book should be required reading for every manager, supervisor, CEO, and business owners in the work environment in the world. They need to understand why women and minorities and others are pushed back, not promoted, ignored, the destructiveness of our society, and retaining good workers, not just the "white boys club." How do you diversity your work environment if you don't understand how a system that was created to keep people down if you don't understand how you as a manager was taught how to treat others. This book will give you some serious tools on the why you better get your work environment together and bring diversity or you will perish because there will be no one left to work for you.

Insightful, practical and timely.
This book explores both diversity and inclusion in a detailed way that invites you as the reader into the conversation. I take away one of the statements that the author makes that I couldn't shake off and it's There is a profound difference between diversity and inclusion, and trying to reach for one without the other shows only superficial commitment to change. I'm glad not just as a woman, but also as someone who is constantly working with young people from diverse backgrounds, that I got to read this book. Even though it was off NetGalley, I did get quite an awakening, especially on my biases

Women, Minorities, and Other Extraordinary People is a balance mix of theory, scientific research, personal anecdotes, and practical exercises and actions for creating workplaces that welcome, respect, and utilize the talents of all kinds of people in ways that are mutually beneficial and profitable.