Zusatztext 57520589 Informationen zum Autor Fueled by her passion for addressing systemic barriers and known for her boundless energy and sharp analytical mind, Judith H. Katz brings more than thirty years of experience to her work in strategic culture change. Her work is an extension of her lifelong commitment to championing respect for all people and social justice, and she was recently recognized for this by Profiles in Diversity Journal, which named her one of forty Pioneers of Diversity. As Executive Vice President of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc., Dr. Katz assists organizations to create sustainable and highly successful inclusion change efforts that, when integrated with business strategies, can achieve enhanced bottom-line results. She has consulted with many organizations, including Allstate, Dun & Bradstreet; E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company; Eileen Fisher, Inc.; Singapore Tele- communications Ltd.; Toyota Motor Sales; and United Airlines. Frederick A. Miller is the CEO and Lead Client Strategist of The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group, Inc. A pioneer and leading authority on creating cultures of inclusion that are high performing, he was noted in The Age of Heretics (Currency Doubleday, 1996) as one of the forerunners of corporate change and was named by Profiles in Diversity Journal as one of forty Pioneers of Diversity. In his thirty-plus years of experience, he has worked with many senior-level executives from such renowned companies as Mobil, Dupont, Toyota, Foxwoods Casino, Eileen Fisher, Inc., Wild Planet Toys, Northeast Utilities, United Airlines, and Apple Computers. Fred has been involved with many founders as they transition from a foundercentric culture to one of a professional management staff. Fred was involved with this transition at Ben & Jerry's Homemade Holdings, Inc., where he was on the board of directors for eight years. He also is the founder of the Institute for Inclusion, a nonprofit organization that provides a forum for the exploration, definition, and distribution of the principles, values, and best practices of Inclusion in the workplace and in communities. Fred is respected for his ability to examine a system, issue, or organizational culture at multiple levels and quickly translate his observations into a customized, strategic vision and change-oriented action. He is coauthor, with Judith H. Katz, of The Inclusion Breakthrough: Unleashing the Real Power of Diversity (Berrett-Koehler, 2002), and managing editor of The Promise of Diversity (McGraw- Hill, 1994). Fred received the Outstanding Service Award from the Organization Development Network (OD Network) in 2000, the Lifetime Achievement Award from the OD Network in 2007, and the Asia-Pacific HRM Congress HR Leadership Award in 2008. Klappentext Most large organisations in the U.S. and many smaller ones now have diversity training and diversity programs to help people learn how to work better together in today's increasingly diverse workplaces and show respect to all coworkers, customers, and others. Providing this kind of training has been the principal work of Be Big authors Judith Katz, Fred Miller, and their company, The Kaleel Jamison Consulting Group , for over 30 years, and they are leaders in this field. Be Big was developed explicitly to meet the needs that they see every day in their work, such as in their training of tens of thousands of workers at Allstate, Genentech and United Airlines. While the content may seem over-simplified or childish for a professional company workforce, it is just what Katz and Miller have found is needed and being asked for by many organisations. There is a big benefit to being big, not just to the organisation, but to every individual's career. To give your best every day, to stand up for yourself, to pursue big accomplishments, to add great value, and to help your coworkers do the same - this is incr...

ldquo;Be BIG is an inspirational book on recognizing the BIGness in yourself and others, removing the blinders, and partnering to make a difference in the world.”
**Hal Yoh, Chair and CEO, Day & Zimmermann
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“Enthusiastically reading Fred and Judith’s book Be BIG makes me wonder why I, or anyone, would ever consider being small again. And why would we miss the thrills of being BIG together? Two or more BIGs make a gigantic great!”
**Edith Whitfield Seashore, organization consultant and coauthor (with Beverley Patwell) of Triple Impact Coaching: Use-of-Self in the Coaching Process
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“Every organization wants to be the best. This book deals with the most fundamental require- ment to make it happen—how to help all associ- ates be their best! Its message is fun, quick, and impactful. A great team read.”
**Jim Miller, President, Institutional North America Sector, Ecolab, Inc.
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“This book boldly illustrates what’s needed next once an organization is committed to inclusion and diversity. If difference is going to make a difference, everyone needs to be seen and heard, everyone needs to be valued, everyone needs to be BIG. Using direct, clear, uncompromising language, Katz and Miller give us a provocative new lens to enlarge ourselves and others and to see the true, long-term payoffs of inclusion.”
**Peter F. Norlin, PhD, Executive Director, Organization Development Network
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“Be BIG should remind every leader of an organi- zation that stepping up, stepping out, and being bold is very difficult for many and impossible for all if the leader doesn’t create an environment of ‘Be BIG’ to Win BIG.”
**Larry D. DeShon, Executive Vice President of Operations, Avis Budget Group
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“Be BIG simply and clearly offers tips you can implement at work tomorrow to help you and your company reach your very best.”
**Dr. Mark S. Albion, cofounder, Net Impact, and New York Times bestselling author of Making a Life, Making a Living and True to Yourself: Leading a Values-Based Business
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“This book offers me a simple reminder that it is my responsibility as a leader and manager to help those who work for me to be their BIG selves. Seeing myself as BIG and seeing my team as BIG positions us to do our best work together!”
**Cindy Szadokierski, Vice President, Operational Services, United Express and Ted
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“Be BIG is a deceptively simple presentation of some important ideas about reaching your potential as a person and as a team member. In our increasingly interdependent world, learning how to ‘Step Up, Step Out, and Be Bold’ in ways that enable others to do the same is a vitally important skill.”
**L. David Brown, Associate Director for International Programs, Hauser Center for Nonprofit Organizations, Harvard University
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“Be BIG illustrates how throwing off what limits us and our interaction allows us to excel and to enjoy our true potential.”
**Joel Lamstein, President, John Snow, Inc. World Education
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“Be BIG will tell you what you probably already know—that bringing your best self to your work will empower you and your team to accomplish so much more. It will also tell you what you probably don’t know—exactly how to do it and how to help others do the same. It will forever change your perception of what you can achieve.”
**Jonah Sachs, President, Free Range Studios
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“This is a refreshingly straightforward and genuine look at what it takes to make a significant con- tribution to our organizations and our careers in those organizations. This little book is as BIG as it wants us to be.”
**Bailey W. Jackson, EdD, Chair, Social Justice Graduate Education, School of Education, University of Massachusetts, Amherst
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“This is a wonderful book about three important, but elusive, imperatives for success: being your full self, seei…