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Dr. Charles Barber’s open textbook, “A Leadership Polarity: Reimagining How We Harmonize Diversity and Meritocracy Through Culture,” is a vital contribution to the evolving conversation on leadership, diversity, and organizational culture. The textbook offers a fresh perspective on the complexities that modern leaders face as they seek to reconcile the often competing demands of diversity and meritocracy.

What makes this textbook particularly valuable is its emphasis on integrating diversity-forward strategies with meritocratic principles. Rather than seeing diversity and merit as mutually exclusive or opposing forces, Dr. Barber encourages leaders to view them as complementary forces that, when harmonized, can drive innovation, improve organizational performance, and enhance employee engagement. This balance is especially critical in today’s world, where organizations must not only attract and retain diverse talent but also ensure that their performance standards remain rigorous and competitive.

Discover the potential of H5P with "OER Engaged." H5P is an open-source tool that enables the creation of interactive content, such as quizzes, interactive videos, and presentations, within Open Educational Resources (OER). OER Engaged is not just a book but an interactive, evolving platform designed to showcase how H5P can enhance learning experiences. Each section offers practice examples and hands on activities, allowing readers to explore and implement H5P's features in educational contexts. Start your journey into dynamic, interactive learning and see how H5P can transform your approach to student learning.

This book was written to provide an introduction to cultural competence. The book is broken into video chapters that focus on the five developmental orientations of cultural competence, based on the Intercultural Development Inventory (IDI). The videos utilize voices of how students define and create cultural competence in their communities. These videos are appropriate for high school and college campus initiatives and classes, organization, and community trainings.

This book is intended to be used as a supplement to courses across various fields of study but has direct correlations with human resource development and workforce development. Instructors in any field of study where students examine the work environment and the treatment of employees will find useful scenarios that can be used to facilitate discussions. The topics in this book and supplemental readings can enrich the conversations around enhancing workplace environments and better worker engagement. Without supportive workers, organizations cannot achieve all goals to the extent desired. Workers may exert the effort required to keep their jobs, but they may not exceed performance requirements because they are experiencing scenarios similar to those in this book and their needs are not being met appropriately.

Leaders and workplace trainers may find this supplement useful when introducing subjects that are perceived to be controversial in the workplace. They can allow employees to discuss these scenarios and provide possible solutions to similar scenarios that are encountered at work. Providing a safe environment to discuss intentional and unintentional situations that arise may improve the work climate and lead to unimaginable solutions. Strengthening communication between workers and leaders can improve team performance and ultimately, organizational success.

This advanced public speaking textbook is designed to encourage you as a speaker and to help you sharpen your skills. It is written to feel like you are sitting with a trusted mentor over coffee as you receive practical advice on speaking. Grow in confidence, unleash your personal power and find your unique style as you learn to take your speaking to the next level--polished and professional. SCROLL DOWN for Chapters

This book was written to provide students with an introduction to the field of education. The book is broken into chapters that focus on questions students may have about education in general. Although some chapters may go into more depth than others, this is created as an introductory text.