Blacks quit companies because of

1
Dear White Boss Caver Livers

• Blacks quit companies because of
• Feelings of Alienation
• Perceptions of Low Competency
• Lack of Trust in Workplace Relationships
• Poor Management of Diversity

2
Why do Blacks feel alienated?

• Blacks are perceived..
• As a group
• Similar to each other
• Assume personal relationships among all Blacks
• As threatening
• See also Stephan Stephan Readings

3
Implications of perceptions of low competency

• Lowers Blacks perceptions of their own competency
  and motivation
• Self-stereotyping
• Wasted energy in having to impression-manage
  Whites perceptions of ones direct reports
• Negative stereotypes limit job opportunities,
  promotion opportunities, placement into
  appropriate levels, mentoring relationships

See also Human Rights doc
4
Lack of Trust in Workplace Relationships

• Why?
• Hidden negative attitudes surface occasionally
• So What?
• Risk taking at work is minimal
• Incomplete contribution at work

5
How to Improve Diversity Management

• Recognize that heterogeneous groups
• make better decisions
• have better problem solving skills
• are more creative
• deal more effectively with complex challenges
• Acknowledge different experiences of Blacks and
  Whites (see also Human Rights doc)
• Recognize the importance of managing multi-ethnic
  constituencies (e.g., customers, stockholders)
• Develop shared understanding language on how to
  address differences or miscommunications
• Build Learning circles

See also Cox