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A safe answer would be to say ‘everyone’. Everyone who cares, who wants to make a difference and be part of the solution. But as you'll come to realise, I'm direct and I like specifics. Because it means there is no room for misunderstanding, and we don't waste time and energy on things that make very little substantive difference to the issue at hand.

You have organizations to run. People to lead. Customers to engage and delight. Shareholders to keep happy. Communities to serve. And amongst all of that, a life to lead with people you hold dear. Time is precious. We don't have a lot of it and what we do have has to be used effectively.

The Anti‐Racist Organization: Dismantling Systemic Racism in the Workplace is a book for leaders. Particularly white leaders, who occupy the majority of executive positions in corporations on both sides of the Atlantic. Those of you who:

 Suddenly found yourselves having to speak with confidence and clarity about an issue that you may have avoided talking about, both personally and professionally

 Want to exercise your power, privilege and influence to exact change for groups of colleagues, who to varying degrees have been consistently silenced, marginalised and excluded from opportunities because of their ethnicity

 Care about social justice and want to ensure that actions and interventions make a difference in a way that goes beyond ticking boxes

 Want to align anti‐racism to your core values and business objectives in a way that is meaningful and not performative or tokenistic

 Have the ability to put your head above the parapet, to ask tough questions of yourself and others, and be prepared to listen, really listen, and have your views, beliefs and perspectives of the world challenged

 Are willing to work hard to resist feeling superior, of being the saviour, of taking action geared towards what looks good rather than what makes a difference and when times get tough, doesn't resort to “can't do right for doing wrong” thinking.