The Waymakers: Clearing the Path to Workplace Equity with Competence and Confidence Hardcover – December 10, 2021 by Tara Jaye Frank

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Author: Tara Jaye Frank

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Number Of Pages: 200

Release Date: 10-12-2021

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Beyond strategies and systems, what really drives workplace equity and inclusion?

The truth is that all historically excluded professionals who have broken through to greater levels of belonging and achievement have succeeded not by systems change alone, but because influential leaders chose to remove barriers, open doors, and guide them toward their goals. The bottom line? Someone made a way for them.

Using case studies, data, and evocative storytelling, Frank outlines how leaders with power and position can clear the path to workplace equity by
• discovering where you are on your equity journey today; • embracing the steps required to achieve true equity; • understanding what your employees really want from you; • developing a lens for the big barriers and intervention opportunities; • connecting the dots between meeting talent needs and unlocking company value; • recognizing when Waymaking matters most; and • showing up―every day―as a leader who makes a way.

The Waymakers not only makes a compelling case for change. It also teaches you how to facilitate that change. Once you’ve read it, you’ll understand why the question is not “what” drives equity and inclusion, but “who.”

And the answer is you.

Review

This is simply the best book on diversity and inclusion I have read. Drawing extensively from research and unerringly told personal experience, author Tara Jaye Frank indeed helps us find a way forward. Hers is a must-read book for anyone who wants to be part of the solution. —
Amy C Edmondson, Professor, Harvard Business School; Author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

Tara’s candid and incisive wisdom offer a fresh perspective on the future of work, empowering us all to take action around creating a more inclusive, equitable workplace.
The Waymakers can and should change the way you lead. —
Tom Hayes, President and CEO, Ocean Spray Cranberries, Inc

The Waymakers shares with clarity the essence of what truly unlocks the promise of an organization. Rejecting the notion that well-intentioned people are enough, Frank sheds light on how choices and a commitment to lead can help us leverage the full potential of every person. Any leader who questions how to maximize their business outcomes through people in an equitable way will find the answers in
The Waymakers. —
Mike Hyter, President and CEO, Executive Leadership Council

“Waymaking should be at the center of every leader’s agenda. Tara Jaye Frank’s new book The Waymakers will help leaders effectively become better sponsors.”
—Minda Harts, Bestselling Author of The Memo

About the Author

Tara Jaye Frank is an equity strategist who has advised and educated thousands of Fortune 500 executives across multiple industries and large member organizations. Her work, fueled by a deep belief in the creative power and potential of every
one, focuses on building bridges between people, ideas, and opportunity.

Before founding her culture and leadership consultancy, Frank spent twenty-one years at Hallmark Cards, where she served in multiple executive roles, including Vice President of Creative Writing and Editorial, Vice President of Business Innovation, Vice President of Multicultural Strategy, and Corporate Culture Advisor to the President.

Tara Jaye Frank resides in Dallas, Texas, with her rockstar husband, two of their six children, and their three dogs. She is also a proud Spelman Alumna, and a member of the Executive Leadership Council, the Network of Executive Women, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.