The second book

How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador

Name: How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador: Everyone's Role in Helping All Feel Accepted, Engaged, and Valued
Author: Celeste Warren

Published by CRW Diversity · Last updated November 2026

How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador is Celeste Warren's guide to how every person can help colleagues feel accepted, engaged, and valued.

What is How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador about?

Many people feel they have no role in driving diversity and inclusion. Celeste Warren's book, listed in this CRW Diversity catalog, argues the opposite: everyone has a role in real change. It shows individuals how to use their own abilities to create the culture they want to see, where everyone can feel engaged and empowered to add value.

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Who is this book written for?

Definition: a diversity and inclusion ambassador

In Celeste Warren's book, a diversity and inclusion ambassador is any individual who uses their own abilities to help others feel accepted, engaged, and valued. It is a role open to everyone, not a job title reserved for specialists.

Why executives share it

Where The Truth About Equity book addresses the systems leaders control, this book speaks to everyone else in the organization. Executives often read the first for themselves and share this one widely.

How to use it across a team

Step 1: Share the premiseStart with the idea that everyone has a role to play in making real change.
Step 2: Ask each person to name a strengthInvite people to identify an ability they can use to help colleagues feel included.
Step 3: Connect it to systemsPair individual commitments with leadership review of policies and practices using the Equity in Action Model.

Where it fits in the catalog

This book sits alongside the rest of Celeste Warren's equity leadership resources. Individual action and system change work together: people shape culture every day, and so do the policies, practices, and decisions around them. For a facilitated session built around the book's themes, see workshops and leadership development.

Common questions

How is The Truth About Equity different from How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador?: The Truth About Equity is aimed at leaders and the systems they control: policies, practices, and decisions. How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador is aimed at everyone in an organization and explains each person’s role in helping all feel accepted, engaged, and valued. Many executives read the first for themselves and share the second widely.
How much do the books cost?: Book prices are set by retailers and can vary by format and seller. Check current pricing through the official links: mybook.to/TruthAboutEquity for The Truth About Equity, and the Amazon listing for How to Be a Diversity and Inclusion Ambassador. Organizations that want to pair the books with a program can raise that when they contact Celeste.
Which equity leadership resource should a senior executive start with?: Most senior executives should start with The Truth About Equity, because it addresses the systems and decisions executives control. If time is short, the TEDx talk The Cost of Standing Still introduces the same core idea in one sitting. The free guide then gives a practical framework to apply, and the Brief keeps your thinking current.
Is the Equity in Action Model only for HR?: No. The model is built for leaders at every level, because equity becomes real through the decisions leaders make every day. Executives use it to examine systems and strategy, managers apply it to daily decisions through Equity in Action for Managers, and HR and people leaders can use it to review policies and practices.
Does Celeste Warren offer inclusive leadership training?: Yes. Her leadership and organizational development work includes practical workshops and learning experiences that help leaders strengthen their effectiveness, improve workplace culture, and put fair and inclusive leadership practices into action. Equity in Action for Managers is also available as short mini-modules for managers who want tools they can use right away.

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