Description
This brand new edition of a classic, international bestseller continues to bring keen insight to an important topic – workforce diversity. Written in a charming, engaging style, it is a contemporary corporate fable – a tale for our times. This special 20th anniversary edition includes many new tips, tools, and strategies for peacocks and penguins alike – as well as an entirely new bonus parable. Through the story of Perry the Peacock and his fine feathered friends, authors Gallagher and 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. BJ Gallagher is an accomplished management consultant, a popular speaker, and the prolific author of thirty books, including Being Buddha at Work and Yes Lives in the Land of No. She spent five years as the manager of training and development for the Los Angeles Times prior to founding her own human resources consulting company. Warren H. Schmidt is a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California and the coauthor of The Race without a Finish Line and TQManager. He has also written many educational and management films, including the Academy Award-winning animated short Is It Always Right to Be Right? Ken Blanchard is founder and chief spiritual officer of the Ken Blanchard Companies and is one of the world’s most prominent authors, speakers, and consultants. He is the author or coauthor of more than sixty books.
