The Waymakers

Clearing the Path to Workplace Equity with Competence and Confidence

Beyond strategies and systems, what really drives workplace equity and inclusion?

The truth is that all historically excluded professionals who have broken through to greater levels of belonging and achievement have succeeded not by systems change alone, but because influential leaders chose to remove barriers, open doors, and guide them toward their goals. The bottom line? Someone made a way for them.

Using case studies, data, and evocative storytelling, Frank outlines how leaders with power and position can clear the path to workplace equity by

  • discovering where you are on your equity journey today;
  • embracing the steps required to achieve true equity;
  • understanding what your employees really want from you;
  • developing a lens for the big barriers and intervention opportunities;
  • connecting the dots between meeting talent needs and unlocking company value;
  • recognizing when Waymaking matters most; and
  • showing up-every day-as a leader who makes a way.

The Waymakers not only makes a compelling case for change. It also teaches you how to facilitate that change. Once you’ve read it, you’ll understand why the question is not “what” drives equity and inclusion, but “who.”

And the answer is you.

$22.95
ISBN: 978-1-63755-180-6
Imprint: Amplify Publishing
SKU: 08-946-01
Categories:Amplify Publishing, Business and Finance, Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion, Leadership and Management

“This is simply the best book on diversity and inclusion I have read. Drawing extensively from research and unerringly told personal experience, author Tara Jaye Frank indeed helps us find a way forward. Hers is a must-read book for anyone who wants to be part of the solution.”—Amy C. Edmondson, professor, Harvard Business School; author of The Fearless Organization: Creating Psychological Safety in the Workplace for Learning, Innovation, and Growth

“Tara’s candid and incisive wisdom offer a fresh perspective on the future of work, empowering us all to take action around creating a more inclusive, equitable workplace. The Waymakers can and should change the way you lead.”—Tom Hayes, president and CEO, Ocean Spray Cranberries Inc.

“Tara Jaye Frank is a Waymaker. She shines light, gives voice, interrupts patterns, and shows us the path to leading with integrity, heart, and humanity. Filled with wisdom, insight, and practical steps, The Waymakers will guide you toward becoming a better leader and human being.”—Shelly McNamara, author, No Blanks, No Pauses: A Path to Loving Self and Others; chief equality and inclusion officer, Procter & Gamble

“The Waymakers shares with clarity the essence of what truly unlocks the promise of an organization. Rejecting the notion that well-intentioned people are enough, Frank sheds light on how choices and a commitment to lead can help us leverage the full potential of every person. Any leader who questions how to maximize their business outcomes through people in an equitable way will find the answers in The Waymakers.”—Mike Hyter, president and CEO, Executive Leadership Council

“Pointed, practical and powerful, The Waymakers serves as a guide to achieving and sustaining workplace equity, while reminding us—unflinchingly—that equity is not niceness, and that successful leaders learn the difference.”—Latriece Watkins, executive vice president, Consumables, Walmart US

“Frank deftly outlines the keys to achieving true equity and inclusion—a gift for leaders who are ready to go beyond just diversity.”—Anré Williams, CEO, American Express National Bank, group president, Enterprise Services

Tara Jaye Frank

Equity, Culture, and Leadership Expert

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Tara Jaye Frank is an equity strategist who has advised and educated thousands of Fortune 500 executives across multiple industries and large member organizations. Her work, fueled by a deep belief in the creative power and potential of every one, focuses on building bridges between people, ideas, and opportunity.

Before founding her culture and leadership consultancy, Frank spent twenty-one years at Hallmark Cards, where she served in multiple executive roles, including vice president of creative writing and editorial, vice president of business innovation, vice president of multicultural strategy, and corporate culture advisor to the president.

Frank resides in Dallas, Texas, with her rock star husband, two of their six children, and their three dogs. She is also a proud Spelman alumna, and a member of the Executive Leadership Council, the Network of Executive Women, and Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

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