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Graham, Lawrence Otis was born on December 25, 1961 in New York City. Son of Richard Charles and Betty Johnyce Graham.
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"Lawrence Otis Graham is totally original and always deft." —The Washington Post "A most timely book for managers and employees alike. Proversity affirms the U.S. motto 'E Pluribus Unum' — Out of Many, One." —Loida Nicolas Lewis Chairman and CEO TLC Beatrice International Holdings, Inc. "Graham's deep understanding of how to make companies diversity-friendly can help America replace recurring racial and gender tensions with a positive spirit of inclusion." —Rosabeth Moss Kanter Professor, Harvard Business School, and author of World Class: Thriving Locally in the Global Economy "The human resource management field is searching for a new direction to take diversity programs. Look no longer. Proversity is a giant leap forward in helping organizations embrace the most important asset of all —people."—Michael R. Losey SPHR, President and CEO Society for Human Resource Management Proversity oun 1. progressive diversity: the product of bringing together individuals who appear different, but who have many common characteristics. 2. a more advanced and progressive form of diversity planning. 3. a description of individuals who look different on the exterior, but are actually quite similar. 4. the condition of having similar characteristics on a deep level in spite of existing surface characteristics that look different. Have you ever quickly judged people at face value before really getting to know them? Does that make you racist or sexist? Have you ever been startled by a biased thought that's passed through your head? You are not alone. Nearly three-fourths of the nation's largest firms have diversity programs. But almost every day, the newspapers unearth shocking new allegations involving bias in the corporate world. Diversity-training seminars are increasingly being derided as window-dressing. Hiring and promotion quotas are under growing attack as unfair and counterproductive. When it comes to achieving true diversity in the workplace, Corporate America still has a long way to go. Frequently quoted in The New York Times, The Wall Street Journal, and USA Today, Lawrence Otis Graham is one of our most credible authorities on how bias in the workplace hinders productivity and what managers can do about it. Now, in ProversityTM, Graham offers a new approach for transforming diversity, affirmative action, and multiculturalism in the workplace from a hindrance into a powerful competitive advantage. "Proversity" is Graham's new term for progressive diversity. While diversity focuses on what makes us different—be it race, age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation, or religion —Proversity does just the opposite: it looks for the things we all have in common. Written in the form of a business novel, Proversity chronicles the education and enlightenment of Percy McGee, an average manager in an average company, as he overcomes his bias and learns to see beyond people's differences in order to recognize their strengths. As you observe Percy's interactions with various coworkers, you are given a revealing glimpse into the subtle (and sometimes not-so-subtle) ways in which bias works to undermine teamwork and productivity. Proversity presents characters who embody the different forms of bias, ranging from overt bigotry (Active Bias) to self-deceptive bias (Passive Bias). By starting to recognize and eliminate his own Passive Bias, Percy McGee learns how to effectively follow the Four Steps to Becoming a Progressive Manager. Throughout the course of the story, Graham explains how to discover and apply the power of "Proversity" to everyday and long-term work situations. Along the way, Graham introduces his original, proven progressive management tools and concepts, including a checklist to help you recognize bias in yourself and others, and A Progressive Manager's 12 Commandments. Proversity is an enlightening, entertaining, thought-provoking, and extremely practical look at one of the most complex management problems facing the corporate world today.
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A list of companies with impressive minority-hiring records profiles eighty-five firms with effective affirmative-action programs, minorities in management positions, and programs for contributing to minority charities, scholarships, and training.
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Proversity Getting Past Face Value and Finding the Soul of People -- a Manager's Journey
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Graham, Lawrence Otis was born on December 25, 1961 in New York City. Son of Richard Charles and Betty Johnyce Graham.
AB, Princeton University, 1983; Juris Doctor, Harvard University, 1988.
Corporation attorney, Weil, Gotshal & Manges, New York City, 1988-1993;
president, Progressive Management Associations, Inc., White Plains, New York, since 1993. Assistant professor Fordham University, New York City, since 1993. Legal correspondent Station W National Broadcasting Company-television, New York City, 1994.
Adjunct lecturer Dutchess Community College, Poughkeepsie, New York, since 1997.
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Board directors Princeton (New Jersey) Center for Leadership Training, since 1993, Westchester County African American Advisory Board, White Plains, 1994-1996, Manhattanville College Entrepreneurial Institute, Purchase, New York, 1987-1991, White Plains branch National Association for the Advancement of Colored People, 1990-1993, Westchester Civil Liberties Union, 1994-1996, Westchester Holocaust Commission, since 1996, White Plains Public Library., since 1995, Council on Economic Priority, New York City, since 1996. Member Council of Foreign Relations, Urban League, since 1996. Chair Westchester County Police Board.
Pre-law advisory board Marist College. Member American Bar Association, National Bar Association (Young Lawyer of Year 1993), New York State Bar Association, Association Bar City New York, Westchester County Bar Association, Harvard Club (New York City).
Married Pamela Alexis Thomas, February 15, 1992.