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	article	New leaders set the tone "As I've said before one of the things that is your job, and that you must never shirk, delegate, or otherwise avoid, is to set the tone. "Tone" is the general atmosphere that you create in your workplace or for your team."
	article	Setting the Proper Tone of Leadership for Your organization
	article	Top 7 keys to successful workplace communication Improving your communication skills will enable you to establish better working relationships. Poor workplace communication skills will have negative effects on your business relationships and may result in decreased productivity. These 7 keys will help you unlock the door to successful communication not only at work, but also in all your relationships.
	article	Workplace relationships set the tone Motivational tapes and ergonomic chairs be damned: it's the person occupying the next cubicle that shapes who you are at work, according to David Sluss...
	book	100 Great Leadership Ideas This book contains 100 great leaderships ideas, researched from companies and organisations around the world. Each idea is described in some detail. You are then shown how to apply that idea in your own company or work situation.
	book	Diverse Teams at Work By Lee Gardenswartz and Anita Rowe Capitalizing on the Power of Diversity
	book	Drive: The Surprising Thing That Motivates Us Drawing on four decades of scientific research on human motivation, Pink exposes the mismatch between what science knows and what business does - and how that affects every aspect of life. He demonstrates that while carrots and sticks worked successfully in the twentieth century, that’s precisely the wrong way to motivate people for today’s challenges.
	book	Invisible Man The nameless narrator of the novel describes growing up in a black community in the South, attending a Negro college from which he is expelled, moving to New York and becoming the chief spokesman of the Harlem branch of "the Brotherhood", and retreating amid violence and confusion to the basement lair of the Invisible Man he imagines himself to be.
	book	Manchild in the Promise Land his thinly fictionalized account of Claude Brown’s childhood as a hardened, streetwise criminal trying to survive the toughest streets of Harlem has been heralded as the definitive account of everyday life for the first generation of African Americans raised in the Northern ghettos of the 1940s and 1950s.
	book	Memory Joggers
	book	Roots: The Saga of an American Family One of the most important books and television series ever to appear, Roots, galvanized the nation, and created an extraordinary political, racial, social and cultural dialogue that hadn't been seen since the publication of Uncle Tom's Cabin. The book sold over one million copies in the first year, and the miniseries was watched by an astonishing 130 million people.
	book	Teachable Moments By Steve L Robbins A collection of short stories to make you laugh, that will challenge you to think and inspire you to act to make a better world for all.
	book	The Autobiography of Malcolm X From hustling, drug addiction and armed violence in America's black ghettos Malcolm X turned, in a dramatic prison conversion, to the puritanical fervour of the Black Muslims. As their spokesman he became identified in the white press as a terrifying teacher of race hatred; but to his direct audience, the oppressed American blacks, he brought hope and self-respect.
	book	The Diversity and Inclusion Handbook Why should diversity and inclusion matter to you and your organization? The answer lies in that one thing we all strive for: SUCCESS. When team members of all backgrounds are included, valued, and respected for their uniqueness and what they have to contribute, they truly are more creative, more committed, more collaborative, and more motivated to participate to the fullness of their potential.
	book	The Kite Runner An epic tale of fathers and sons, of friendship and betrayal, that takes us from Afghanistan in the final days of the monarchy to the atrocities of the present.
	book	The Women of Brewster Place Once the home of poor Irish and Italian immigrants, Brewster Place, a rotting tenement on a dead-end street, now shelters black families. This novel portrays the courage, the fear, and the anguish of some of the women there who hold their families together, trying to make a home.
	book	What if? By Steve L. Robbins Short Stories to Spark Diversity Dialogue.
	course	Model Thinking Course A free class by U-M Professor Scott E. Page
	movie	American History X A former neo-nazi skinhead tries to prevent his younger brother from going down the same wrong path that he did.
	movie	Black and Blue: The Story of Gerald Ford, Willis Ward and the 1934 Michigan-Georgia Tech Football Game In 1934, Georgia Tech came up to Ann Arbor to play the University of Michigan Football team. They had one demand - UofM must bench it's only black player, Willis Ward.
	movie	Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee A chronicle of how American Indians were displaced as the U.S. expanded west. Based on the book by Dee Brown.
	movie	Crash Los Angeles citizens with vastly separate lives collide in interweaving stories of race, loss and redemption.
	movie	Dances with Wolves Lt. John Dunbar, exiled to a remote western Civil War outpost, befriends wolves and Indians, making him an intolerable aberration in the military.
	movie	Eat Drink Man Woman A senior chef lives with his three grown daughters; the middle one finds her future plans affected by unexpected events and the life changes of the other household members.
	movie	Freedom Writers A young teacher inspires her class of at-risk students to learn tolerance, apply themselves, and pursue education beyond high school.
	movie	Lean on Me The dedicated but tyrannical Joe Clark is appointed the principal of a decaying inner-city school that he is determined to improve.
	movie	Rabbit-Proof Fence In 1931, three aboriginal girls escape after being plucked from their homes to be trained as domestic staff and set off on a trek across the Outback.
	movie	Remember the Titans The true story of a newly appointed African-American coach and his high school team on their first season as a racially integrated unit.
	movie	Roots A dramatization of author Alex Haley's family line from ancestor Kunta Kinte's enslavement to his descendants' liberation.
	movie	Smoke Signals Young Indian man Thomas is a nerd in his reservation, wearing oversize glasses and telling everyone stories no-one wants to hear...
	movie	The Blind Side The story of Michael Oher, a homeless and traumatized boy who became an All American football player and first round NFL draft pick with the help of a caring woman and her family.
	movie	The Help An aspiring author during the civil rights movement of the 1960s decides to write a book detailing the African-American maids' point of view on the white families for which they work, and the hardships they go through on a daily basis.
	movie	The Joy Luck Club The life histories of four Asian women and their daughters reflect and guide each other.
	movie	The Pact A gritty, provocative true-life story of three friends from the 'hood, Rameck Hunt, Sampson Davis...
	movie	The Secret Lives of Bees Set in South Carolina in 1964, this is the tale of Lily Owens a 14 year-old girl who is haunted by the memory of her late mother...
	movie	To Sir, with Love Idealistic engineer-trainee and his experiences in teaching a group of rambunctious white high school students from the slums of London's East End.
	movie	Tuskgee Airman The true story of the black flyers who broke the color barrier in the U.S. Air Force during World War II.
	movie	Windtalkers Two U.S. Marines in WWII are assigned to protect Navajo Marines who use their native language as an unbreakable radio cypher.
	musical	Miss Saigon Tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover.
	website	Colorlines.com A site for Colorlines, a magazine (published bi-monthly) that deals with issues related to race and politics. They are serious journalists that make excellent use of the online platform. With a modern, elegant website, and interesting material, readers can find articles on the relationship between race and the economy, the arts, education, healthcare, and a wide variety of other issues.
	website	Communication in the Workplace
	website	Diversity Executive An online community for diversity practitioners, is also the website for Diversity Executive magazine. The site is active with blogs and posts discussing the latest diversity conferences, as well as interesting articles on diversity compliance, generational issues, and relevant current events.
	website	Diversity Web An online initiative of the Office of Diversity, Equity and Global Initiatives at the Association of American Colleges and Universities (AAC&U). It focuses on issues related to diversity in higher education, and contains a significant amount of research on the impact of diversity in learning contexts. There is a sizeable repository of information that relates diversity in education to other aspects of society.
	website	Diversity Woman An online presence for Diversity Woman magazine, and a terrific resource for women of all ethnic backgrounds. The site contains articles that provide useful career advice, insights from diversity practitioners, and cool information for professional women and entrepreneurs about gadgets and travel tips.
	website	DiversityInc A well-established web portal for the magazine DiversityInc, a leading diversity publication that deals with diversity challenges and solutions in the workplace, as well as diversity matters in society-at-large. The site includes career advice, information on corporate diversity initiatives, a job board, and current news.
	website	LeadershipNow At LeadershipNow, we want to change the way you think about leadership. It is not about position. Leadership is everybody's business. It is for men, women and children. It is for families, business and communities. It is for you.
	website	National Relief Charities AIEF is one of seven National Relief Charities that provide resources and outreach services to Native Americans throughout the United States. The AIEF specifically works to inform the public about the history and current status of education in the Native American community, and to improve the quality of education and resources that are available to its students and teachers. Some of AIEF's endeavors include collecting and disseminating school supplies, funding school repairs, and providing students with scholarship opportunities, financial aid, and other incentives to seek degrees in higher education.
	website	Setting the tone/Communication/Generational Diversity
	website	SpectrumCenter The Spectrum Center Student Advisory Board serves as a space for students to address the needs and concerns of LGBTQA individuals on the University of Michigan campus. Consisting of students who represent a wide range of academic levels, disciplines and social identities, the body will examine the institutional climate for LGBTQA students and explore ways to enhance students' experience. In its capacity as a voice of the LGBTQA student population, the board will serve as an important resource to help guide the work of the Spectrum Center.
	website	Teampedia Tools for Teams, like a Wikipedia page for teams. The mission of Teampedia is to become the world's largest collection of resources (e.g. warmups, icebreakers, and other group facilitation and training activities) to facilitate teamwork, teambuilding, and community.
	website	Three Star Leadership Blog Wally Bock's Leadership Blog
	website	Walt Speaks Speaker/Articles