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The CEO Activist. Putting the 'S' in ESG. Edition No. 1

  • Book

  • 320 Pages
  • July 2024
  • John Wiley and Sons Ltd
  • ID: 5908864

Discover the 10 key factors that will impact the success or failure of your diversity, equity, and inclusion efforts

In The CEO Activist: Putting the ‘S’ in ESG, renowned diversity, inclusion, belonging, equity and culture expert Leila McKenzie-Delis delivers an inspirational and exciting guide to making your workplace - and your world - a more inclusive, diverse, accepting, and productive place. In the book, you’ll explore the 10 factors that impact visible and invisible diversity, including race, gender, sexual orientation, disability, age, mental health, parenthood, nationality, religion, and socio-economic status.

The author walks you through the ‘S’ of Social Impact in ESG (Social Impact within Environmental, Social and Governance) and what you need to do as a self-aware, proactive, and present member of society to ensure you have your own, innate sense of self, and the ability to step into your power and claim your space with the utmost confidence. You’ll also discover:

  • Why teams with the broadest levels of diversity tend to create the most widely relevant products and solutions for the buying public
  • Strategies you need to follow to fortify your sense of self, step into your power, and claim your space with confidence
  • Ways to make our schools, workplaces, and other environments more accepting, inclusive, and diverse so people from a wide range of backgrounds can thrive

The CEO Activist will prove to be a hands-on and exciting book for human resources professionals, talent recruiters, and people professionals of all kinds.

Table of Contents

Foreword - Stephanie Mehta xxvii

Introduction xxix

1 What Is an Activist CEO? 1

2 Why We All Need to Be Activist CEOs 29

3 Finding My Inner Activist CEO 47

4 Fill Up Your “S” Cup 71

5 Addressing Behaviour Not Belief 81

6 Breathe in Courage, Breathe Out Fear 93

7 Go Blaze a Trail of Your Own 107

8 The Three Steves 125

9 Where Are You Really From? 135

10 A Billion Strong 159

11 Winning Hearts and Minds 179

12 The Toughest Job of All 195

13 Love Is Love 211

14 Age Is But a Number 223

15 Getting the Full Picture 235

Conclusion 251

Index 269

Authors

Leila McKenzie-Delis DIAL Global.