The influx of diversity in the workplace has brought a challenging set of managerial problems. Managers who handle these situations must be skillful in dealing with feedback, conflict, and talent assessment, but they must also be skilled in dealing with difference. This technical note explores leveraging difference and the path one can take to develop skills essential to leveraging difference. This note works well with "Leaders Who Make a Difference: Critical Skills for Leading a Diverse Workforce" UVA-OB-0676.