Updates

The goals of Transformational Diversity are threefold.

First, it will help HR and diversity leaders who may need to reen ergize or revisit their work in light of pressures from increasingly diverse workforce populations to develop globally minded corporate cultures.

Second, the book is aimed at all organizations, big and small, where HR professionals and business leaders are concerned with workforce talent development and productivity.

Finally, the authors believe that the success of a diversity initiative is, to a considerable degree, its ability to support the organization’s goals of growth and productivity (that is, profitability, market share, innovation, and more) and needs to embrace intercultural understanding of both global and local human capital to achieve those goals.

The new diversity presented in this book is pragmatic, practical, and productive — and also entertaining and exciting with its connection to people’s interests in their own professional growth and in putting a new set of skills to work for the good of their organizations.

About the Authors:

Fiona Citkin, Ph.D., is a founder and Managing Director of Expert MS Inc., an international consulting firm specializing in business-aligned Intercultural Business Competencies and Transformational Diversity setup and implementation. Fiona’s experiences as a professional diversiculturalist, linguist, and intercultural educator include a career in academia and being a Fulbright Scholar in Cross-Cultural and Translation Studies, as well as a Director at Berlitz and FGI. A keen observer of the new trends in her area of competence, active in SIETAR-USA, SIETAR-Metro New York, Human Resources-New York, and SHRM, a Board member of Global E-Learning and Associate Member of IMI (American University), she is also an accomplished facilitator who previously authored a book along with many research articles.

Lynda Spielman, Ph.D., GPHR, is now a global HR consultant and educator on many global workforce issues and is especially experienced in implementing cultural diversity in business practices. She is retired from Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, where she directed both global mobility programs and the organization’s global strategy on Multi-culturalism and Inclusion. She is also an Adjunct Assistant Professor in Intercultural Education at New York University and in International Human Resources at NYIT. Lynda has been active in the HR community as a representative to the International Personnel Association, a member of the Berlitz Advisory Board, Chair of the HR group for the British American Business Institute, and as a member/presenter for HRNY and local SHRM programs.