{"product_id":"a-peacock-in-the-land-of-penguins-isbn-9781626562431","title":"A Peacock in the Land of Penguins","description":"\u003cb\u003eThis classic pioneering book provides keen insight into workplace diversity. With new tips, tools, and strategies for peacocks and penguins alike, your organization will flourish and take flight!\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003eThrough the story of Perry the Peacock and his fine feathered friends, authors BJ Gallagher and Warren H. Schmidt bring to life the challenges of birds of different feathers who struggle to be successful in the conformity-minded Land of Penguins. Their travails illuminate the challenges of creating a pluralistic corporate culture in which the talent, energy, and commitment of all employees are fully engaged.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003ePeople who have new ideas that differ from business as usual are often ignored or criticized for the very thing that makes them valuable: their originality and creativity. This unique book helps organizations break out of \"penguin thinking” in order to tap into and leverage the creativity of diversity. Learn how to cultivate an organizational culture in which new ideas can flourish and innovation can take flight.\u003cb\u003eForeword by Ken Blanchard\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart I:  A Peacock in the Land of Penguins \u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe Story\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart II:  Tips and Tools for Feathered Friends\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eAre You a Peacock, or Other Type of Exotic Bird?\u003cbr\u003e Do You Identify with Any of the Birds in This Story?         \u003cbr\u003e Strategies for Birds of a Different Feather     \u003cbr\u003e Positive Penguinship:  What Peacocks Can Learn from Them\u003cbr\u003e There’s a Little Bit of Penguin in All of Us\u003cbr\u003e Diversity Includes \u003ci\u003eEveryone\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart III: Teaching Penguins to Fly\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eHow You Can Tell If You Work in the Land of Penguins           \u003cbr\u003e Recognizing the “Quack” (common penguin phrases)\u003cbr\u003e Who Cares About Diversity … and Why?\u003cbr\u003e Tips for Penguins Who Decide to Change Themselves  \u003cbr\u003e Tips for Enlightened Penguins Who Seek to Transform \u003cbr\u003e Their Organizations         \u003cbr\u003e Avoiding Penguin Paralysis\u003cbr\u003e The Care and Feeding of Peacocks: A Guide for Penguins\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003ePart IV:  From Parable to Practice\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003eThe Story Behind the Story\u003cbr\u003e Perry the Peacock’s Legacy\u003cbr\u003e Peacocks and Kids\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eBonus Section: “The Penguins Ate Your Cheese!”\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments \u003cbr\u003e About the Authors\u003c\/b\u003e“Differences are not intended to separate, to alienate. We are different precisely in order to realize our need of one another. Birds of different feathers can, and \u003ci\u003eshould\u003c\/i\u003e, flock together—for it is in bringing our diverse talents, skills, and creativity together that we create a \u003ci\u003etrue\u003c\/i\u003e Land of Opportunity. To paraphrase the words of this lovely book, Our shared knowledge makes us wise. And our wisdom makes us successful.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003e—Archbishop Desmond Tutu, Nobel Peace Laureate\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “The beauty of metaphor is that it communicates meaning, not just information, which is why I learned so much from this book about diversity, corporate culture, and organizational transformation—lessons I will never forget.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Warren Bennis, author of On Becoming a Leader\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Every once in a while a small book comes along that deals with a profound subject in a very simple, elegant way. \u003ci\u003eA Peacock in the Land of Penguins\u003c\/i\u003e is such a book.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ken Blanchard, coauthor of The One Minute Manager\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “A lighthearted treatment of a difficult problem, this story reminds us of what we are really after in our diversity efforts.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Ann M. Morrison, coauthor of Breaking the Glass Ceiling \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e “Insightful and witty . . . Gallagher and Schmidt have captured an essential truth about navigating the stormy seas of the contemporary workplace—from the strength of differences we can truly make a difference.”\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e—Jim Kouzes, coauthor of The Leadership Challenge \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eBJ Gallagher\u003c\/b\u003e is an accomplished management consultant, a popular speaker, and the prolific author of thirty books, including \u003ci\u003eBeing Buddha at Work\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eYes Lives in the Land of No\u003c\/i\u003e. She spent five years as the manager of training and development for the Los Angeles Times prior to founding her own human resources consulting company.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eWarren H. Schmidt\u003c\/b\u003e is a professor emeritus at the University of Southern California and the coauthor of \u003ci\u003eThe Race without a Finish Line\u003c\/i\u003e and TQManager. He has also written many educational and management films, including the Academy Award–winning animated short \u003ci\u003eIs It Always Right to Be Right?\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003eKen Blanchard\u003c\/b\u003e is founder and chief spiritual officer of the Ken Blanchard Companies and is one of the world's most prominent authors, speakers, and consultants. 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