Leading Inclusion: How To Get It Right

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Employee Engagement, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘Business leaders can help eliminate race-based workplace disparities by listening to and connecting with employees of all races.’

‘It is difficult to build and lead an inclusive organization without first understanding the experiences of those who have been traditionally excluded.‘

‘You must create and maintain an environment in which traditionally underrepresented groups do not face systemic hindrances and are unequivocably safe to voice the injustices they experience.’

‘To understand how to enhance the experiences of employees from traditionally underrepresented groups, leaders must connect with all employees.’

‘Although it is vital to address both interpersonal and systemic bias in organizations, focusing on the systemic bias will have a faster and more scalable impact.’

‘Leaders must recognize and fix their own implicit biases.’

‘To really understand employee experience, understand how managers behave.’

‘Employees who are subordinated and waiting for systemic change know that disproportionately focusing on ‘the money’ only perpetuates the very problem that needs to be solved.‘

‘Your executive team members can make or break your efforts to build an inclusive culture.’

‘Multicultural competency should be an essential leadership expectation, like financial and marketing acumen.’

Source

Gena Cox (2022). Leading Inclusion: Drive Change Your Employees Can See and Feel

‘The Art Of Modern Leadership’

by Bright Osadiaye, posted in BriSights, Health & Well-Being, Leadership, Management, Personal Development, Workplace Learning
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‘A leader is anyone who can influence and impact others tbrough their words, actions and behaviours. A modern leader understands the most effective way to lead is by using their head and their heart.’

‘Modern leadership is not a matter of everyone becoming a CEO but is about shifting our mindset of the impact and influence we have in the world.’

‘Modern leaders are comfortable not having all the answers.’

‘A modern leader will be on the hunt for negative information, understanding good news is much more likely to have reached them quickly than the bad.’

‘Modern leaders are prepared to challenge their assumptions.’

‘To be curious about the world is to truly seek to understand and, importantly, not to understand only some things but any thing.’

‘We can lead with curiosity through building curious cultures, hiring for curiosity, asking questions and listening to learn.’

‘Wisdom for modern leaders relates to the way we think about the world and the challenges we face.’

‘Leading with perspective means seeking to understand the context we are leading in, testing our understanding of that context by talking with users, and gathering data to coordinate the best possible actions required.’

‘Modern leaders have a growth mindset but realise they can be easily triggered- through stress, criticism or challenges– to fall into a fixed mindset that inhibits growth.’

‘A modern leader understands the impact our emotions and triggers have on our ability to lead and the impact it has on those around us.’

Source

Kirstin Ferguson (2023). Head and Heart: The Art of Modern Leadership