Diversity and inclusion training on inclusive leadership and traits of an inclusive leader edu ppt

Slide 2

This slide provides information regarding the definition of inclusive leadership. It also contains details of major characteristics of an inclusive leader such as cognizance, curiosity, cultural intelligence, collaboration, commitment, and courage.

Instructor’s Notes:

The key traits of inclusive leaders are:

• Commitment: They exhibit a strong sense of personal responsibility for change to make the work environment rich in diversity and inclusion by regularly challenging the status quo and introducing D&I policies
• Courage: They don't shy away from sharing their opinions (even if politically or culturally unpopular) to achieve better diversity and inclusion at the organization. Also, they have the humility to accept their shortcomings and eagerly seek help from others to overcome them
• Cognizance: They are well aware of their own biases and the organization's limitations and always exert considerable efforts to avoid making subjective decisions to ensure "fair play“
• Curiosity: They have an open mindset and listen to other's perspectives to minimize their blind spots and improve decision-making
• Cultural Intelligence: They have awareness regarding the cultural practices of others and quickly change their management style to accommodate different cultural norms
• Collaboration: They promote diverse thinking and ensure team composition & processes are focused on achieving better cohesiveness

Slide 3

The slide provides information regarding the major characteristics such as fair play, belongingness, and combining intellect and emotions that reflect an inclusive leader's commitment towards creating diversity and inclusion-rich environment.

Instructor’s Notes:

The signals that indicate inclusive leadership commitment are:

• Fair Play: Inclusive leaders have a deep sense of fairness
• Belongingness: They spend time, energy, and resources towards creating a culture of belongingness
• Combining Intellect and Emotions: They can successfully merge the intellect (D&I Business Case) with the emotions of employees (view employees as more than resources)

Slide 4

The slide highlights how an inclusive leader showcases courage such as challenge, personal risk-taking, recognizing limitations, learning from mistakes, and being accountable to make the work environment diverse and inclusion-rich.

Instructor’s Notes:

The inclusive leaders exhibit courage in the following way:

• Challenge: They regularly challenge the preexisting cultural norms of the organization
• Personal Risk-Taking: They act on their convictions & personal principles without any fear of backlash
• Recognize Limitations: They recognize their limitations and actively seek feedback to improve themselves
• Learn from Mistakes: They admit mistakes and learn lessons from them
• Being Accountable: They hold themselves and others responsible in case of failure to achieve any set D&I objective

Slide 5

The slide provides information regarding the inclusive leader’s trait, i.e. awareness of biases. It also contains details of disruptions caused by individual and organizational biases and how inclusive leaders overcome them.

Slide 6

The slide highlights how an inclusive leader showcases courage such as challenge, personal risk-taking, recognizing limitations, learning from mistakes, and being accountable to make the work environment diverse and inclusion-rich.

Instructor’s Notes:

The inclusive leaders are curious since they are:

• Life-Long Learners: They are lifelong learners as they are genuinely interested in learning new things
• Open-Minded: They support new ideas and promote diverse thinking in team members
• Engage in Questioning: They engage in respectful questioning to understand different perspectives of team members
• Make No Quick Judgments: They refrain from making quick judgments

Slide 7

This slide provides information regarding the cultural intelligence trait of an inclusive leader by showcasing how they promote cultural competence.

Slide 8

This slide provides information regarding the techniques followed by the inclusive leader to achieve better collaboration at work, such as timely communication, empower and development, devise intentional opportunities, and mitigating negative emotions.

Instructor’s Notes:

The inclusive leaders ensure collaboration at work

• Timely Communication: By clearly communicating needs in a timely manner
• Empowering and Development: By empowering and developing employees by providing opportunities and appreciating good work
• Creating Line of Sight: Ensuring a clear line of sight to provide purpose and meaning to each employee at work
• Devising Intentional Opportunities: By intentionally creating opportunities for innovation
• Mitigating Negative Emotions: By understanding how different individuals respond to change and, hence, mitigating their negative emotions accordingly

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