“Brown upends stale diversity, equity, and inclusion models that have generated backlash, instead offering an innovative and accessible framework focused 'less on counting heads and more on making heads count.' It's a must-read for corporations and universities.”
John Blaxland, Director, Australian National University North America Liaison Office; coauthor of Revealing Secrets
“As someone who has had the great fortune of learning the lessons in The Leaders You Need firsthand from the author throughout my career, I am thrilled to endorse this brilliant work. It underscores the role and responsibility of diverse leaders in inspiring those around them toward morally elevating purposes, driving organizational success.”
Byron Slosar, CEO and Founder, hellohive
“An essential guide for leaders seeking to align diversity, equity, and inclusion with business priorities. This book provides a robust framework for identifying and dismantling barriers to greater leadership and management diversity, cultivating a culture of role models, and defining actionable objectives with data. A transformative resource for any organization committed to true inclusion and sustainable success.”
Hege Sollie-Zetlmayer, Chief Human Resources Officer, PTC Therapeutics
“Karen Brown inspires us to reposition our focus from measuring diversity to elevating diverse leaders, so all employees can experience a collective sense of belonging and, at the same time, feel valued for their individual attributes.”
Guy Pacitti, Director, Diversity, Equity, Inclusion, and Belonging, Bose Corporation
"Brown is a highly experienced consultant who has advised a wide range of companies about implementing programs for greater diversity, equity, and inclusion at the top. In this pithy book she brings together her lessons and gives useful advice on how to develop leadership teams that include women, people of color, and people from the LBGTQ+ community... With an eye on what works, Brown provides a map for tying DEI objectives to the bottom line."
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