Are you looking to build a workplace culture with a certain buzz about it? Where employees are thriving and engagement survey scores are through the roof? Where people from different backgrounds, races, genders, sexual orientations and identities, ages, and abilities are hired and set up for success?
One secret to creating this kind of vibrant and supportive workplace is practicing active allyship. With the Better Allies® approach, it’s something anyone can do, not just people who have “diversity,” “inclusion,” or “belonging” in their job title.
There are myriad everyday actions you can take to be a better ally. Karen Catlin has four books to help show you the way:
Better Allies®
The highly-acclaimed, practical guide for how to be an ally in the workplace, now in its 2nd edition.
In this book, you’ll learn to spot situations where you can create a more inclusive culture, along with straightforward steps to take. Karen Catlin will walk you through how to be a better ally, including:
- Attracting and hiring a diverse workforce
- Cultivating an environment where coworkers feel welcome, respected, and supported
- Amplifying and advocating for others
- Giving effective and equitable performance feedback
- Using more inclusive language
- Running inclusive conferences and events
Level-up your ally skills using the Better Allies® approach and create a culture where everyone can do their best work and thrive.
The Better Allies® Way
Unlock the Power of Allyship and Create Lasting Change
Do you want to transform your workplace to be more inclusive and equitable, where everyone can do their best work and thrive?
Step into the realm of allyship with this practical workbook that takes you on a guided journey through seven dynamic archetypes. Karen Catlin’s proven approach, derived from her bestselling book Better Allies®, breaks down the barriers to inclusive workplaces by demonstrating that anyone can make a significant impact through everyday actions. The archetypes – Sponsor, Champion, Amplifier, Advocate, Scholar, Confidant, and Upstander – provide a roadmap to effective allyship, empowering you to be a catalyst for change.
- For Individuals: Embrace this workbook as your travel companion on your allyship journey. Explore the archetypes, engage with exercises, and uncover new ways to level up your ally skills.
- For Teams: Use the discussion prompts and activities to enhance your team’s collective allyship capabilities. Dive into one archetype per week, and watch as your group becomes a force for positive transformation.
Your ally journey starts now. Let’s create change, one archetype at a time.
Belonging in Healthcare
Inclusive workplace expert Karen Catlin brings her popular Better Allies® approach to healthcare workplaces.
Belonging in Healthcare provides a practical, research-based guide for how to be a better ally for coworkers who are from underrepresented groups. Filled with firsthand accounts from nurses, physicians, staff, administrators, and professors, combined with published studies, the book will help you spot situations where you can create a more inclusive workplace and everyday actions to take so everyone can thrive.
This is the book that allies in healthcare have been searching for: an industry-specific guide to the mindsets, strategies, and changes needed to make their workplaces more equitable from the inside out.
The Better Allies® Approach to Hiring
Building on the momentum of Better Allies, Karen Catlin has created this helpful hiring guide filled with best practices to recruit and hire people from underrepresented ethnicities and genders, with non-traditional educational backgrounds, with gaps on their resumes, or from older generations. With examples, stories, checklists, rubrics, and guidelines galore, this unique tool will help you transform your hiring process to attract and retain diverse applicants.
Read this guidebook for actionable steps you can take to fill your pipeline with candidates from underrepresented groups and ensure you have an inclusive interview process that paves the way to a more diverse workforce.
Better Allies® 
