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Discover Allison Manswell's acclaimed books and educational resources designed to ignite personal and professional growth. Allison provides actionable insights and practical tools to enhance individual and organizational effectiveness. Whether you're a seasoned executive or an emerging leader, explore our selection of books, workshops, and online courses to elevate your skills and drive meaningful change in your life and career. Explore her published works and embark on a journey towards inclusive excellence.
Purchase Someday Is Today
Amazon's #1 bestseller, Someday is Today: Achieving Racial Equity in the Workplace is Allison Manswell's sequel to Listen In: Crucial Conversations on Race in the Workplace. While Listen In brought awareness to the unique challenges of the Black experience at work, Someday is Today focuses on solutions to those challenges that benefit everyone, not just people of color. The story picks up as the main characters resume their insightful conversations in-person. Through compelling dialogue and storylines, important and often uncomfortable topics are explored, debated and challenged. Generational differences, race, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity and expressions (SOGIE), microaggressions, and allyship are among the many themes that emerge.
The foreword for Someday is Today is written by Terrence Floyd, brother of George Floyd. He shares how Allison's book contributes to the need for continued focus on racial justice and community-building.
Purchase Listen In
Listen In is a groundbreaking novel infused with practical business insights. It follows the journeys of five African-American characters navigating their way through a mostly white corporate environment. Peppered throughout their stories are facts, research and data on diversity and inclusion.
When a curious CEO overhears their conversations, he embarks on a transformative journey to accelerate his company's progress on inclusion goals. The story delves into the essence of metrics, addressing issues like black hair stereotypes, the paradox of height disadvantage for Black males, and the impact of words in conversations. It highlights the vital connections of the hashtags #BlackLivesMatter, #BlackMoneyMatters, and #BlackTalentMatters. Readers learn strategies to initiate trust-building conversations, navigate organizational culture, plan sustainable careers, attract and retain minority talent, and transform workplace culture. In the Afterword, Howard J. Ross, a renowned diversity consultant, praises the authenticity of characters and the importance of initiating conversations about race in mixed racial groups.
Few books tackle the challenges of our times in ways that are real, compassionate, and impactful. Someday is Today does exactly that and thoughtfully brings the perspectives and voices that are most silenced from the dominant narrative to the forefront in a way that is engaging and full of depth. Readers gain rich insight into the complex issues that lie ahead and also receive practical solutions for having conversations at the individual and organizational levels. This book is a must-read for leaders looking for the truth of how to make change within themselves and within their teams and organizations.
Dr. Erika Powell
The issues related to race in the workplace that are presented by the characters are too often experienced today. Listen In empowers its readers to be change agents with simple, yet concrete steps for self-improvement and for developing systemic change in the workplace. This book is a phenomenal resource and exceptional value for an individual and organization to invest in. It is a must-read and applicable not only to corporate settings but also to institutions of higher education and beyond.
Dr. Anika Bissahoyo