A compelling argument and a spirited call to action against workplace age discrimination.
A business book about countering age bias in the workplace.
Communications and marketing consultant Rocks’ inspired guide aims to empower older employees who’ve become marginalized by corporate decision-makers due to ageism, which she calls “the last socially sanctioned prejudice.” Throughout her long career in communications, the author has witnessed great progress against workplace discrimination, but she acknowledges that there’s still more work to be done. But she hasn’t just observed the disturbing trend of companies ousting older, veteran employees in favor of younger ones—it actually happened to her, which started her on a personal fight for justice and workplace rights. Rocks writes succinctly but convincingly about the proliferation of age bias and its damaging, insidious, and demoralizing effects on businesses and employees alike. In a persuasive and appealingly direct manner, the author urges business leaders to embrace the idea of an age-diversified workplace. Specifically, she encourages corporate leaders to evaluate the unconscious bias in their workplaces through a series of reflective queries (“How many times have you heard something described as a ‘senior moment’?”). She bolsters her plea for change by including a chorus of anonymous voices, mostly of baby boomers, who found themselves incrementally sidelined, undervalued, and eventually laid off from livelihoods that gave them joy, fulfillment, and purpose. Some refused to retire when asked to do so and were promptly fired, and others had complex job-search experiences. Their stories are illuminating and also cautionary, as Rocks warns: “No matter what your age, you will eventually join the ranks of the fifty-somethings, and you probably should have a strategy.” Her concluding chapter, which outlines steps that corporations can take to enact change, is particularly invaluable.
A compelling argument and a spirited call to action against workplace age discrimination.Pub Date: Jan. 23, 2019
ISBN: 978-1-5445-1238-9
Page Count: 178
Publisher: Lioncrest Publishing
Review Posted Online: March 14, 2019
Kirkus Reviews Issue: May 15, 2019
Review Program: Kirkus Indie
This is not the Nutcracker sweet, as passed on by Tchaikovsky and Marius Petipa. No, this is the original Hoffmann tale of 1816, in which the froth of Christmas revelry occasionally parts to let the dark underside of childhood fantasies and fears peek through. The boundaries between dream and reality fade, just as Godfather Drosselmeier, the Nutcracker's creator, is seen as alternately sinister and jolly. And Italian artist Roberto Innocenti gives an errily realistic air to Marie's dreams, in richly detailed illustrations touched by a mysterious light. A beautiful version of this classic tale, which will captivate adults and children alike. (Nutcracker; $35.00; Oct. 28, 1996; 136 pp.; 0-15-100227-4)
Pub Date: Oct. 28, 1996
ISBN: 0-15-100227-4
Page Count: 136
Publisher: Harcourt
Review Posted Online: May 19, 2010
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Aug. 15, 1996
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An extravaganza in Bemelmans' inimitable vein, but written almost dead pan, with sly, amusing, sometimes biting undertones, breaking through. For Bemelmans was "the man who came to cocktails". And his hostess was Lady Mendl (Elsie de Wolfe), arbiter of American decorating taste over a generation. Lady Mendl was an incredible person,- self-made in proper American tradition on the one hand, for she had been haunted by the poverty of her childhood, and the years of struggle up from its ugliness,- until she became synonymous with the exotic, exquisite, worshipper at beauty's whrine. Bemelmans draws a portrait in extremes, through apt descriptions, through hilarious anecdote, through surprisingly sympathetic and understanding bits of appreciation. The scene shifts from Hollywood to the home she loved the best in Versailles. One meets in passing a vast roster of famous figures of the international and artistic set. And always one feels Bemelmans, slightly offstage, observing, recording, commenting, illustrated.
Pub Date: Feb. 23, 1955
ISBN: 0670717797
Page Count: -
Publisher: Viking
Review Posted Online: Oct. 25, 2011
Kirkus Reviews Issue: Feb. 1, 1955
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