"How would my organization look like, if everyone behaved like me?"

I’ve read this sentence some time ago and it went straight into my heart.

"It’s the HR’s role. It’s the managers’ role. It’s the CEO’s role."

That’s often what we think.

💭 But let’s imagine that, for one day, you had the power to put YOUR OWN behavior, in the context of DEI, as the company's standard.

Would you really enjoy it?

💭 How would onboarding of a new team member go if everyone was as inclusive as you are for your new colleagues?

💭 How would the meetings look like if everyone behaved as inclusive as you, based on how much you listen to your colleagues, how much space you give to other voices, how open you are to new perspectives?

💭 How equitable would the organization be, based on how you take decisions, involve people in projects, support colleagues in their task?

💭 How diverse would it be based on your own, direct circle of people who you ask for advice and you make an active effort to get to know better?

“𝗔 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝗲𝗿 𝗶𝘀 𝗮𝗻𝘆𝗼𝗻𝗲 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝘁𝗮𝗸𝗲𝘀 𝗿𝗲𝘀𝗽𝗼𝗻𝘀𝗶𝗯𝗶𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗳𝗼𝗿 𝗳𝗶𝗻𝗱𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹 𝗶𝗻 𝗽𝗲𝗼𝗽𝗹𝗲 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗰𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗲𝘀, 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝘄𝗵𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘀 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗰𝗼𝘂𝗿𝗮𝗴𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝗱𝗲𝘃𝗲𝗹𝗼𝗽 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁 𝗽𝗼𝘁𝗲𝗻𝘁𝗶𝗮𝗹.” – Brene Brown

Inclusive leadership is not exclusively for people with “senior”, “manager” or “executive” in their job title. 

Inclusive leadership is a task for everyone to find, in every situation an opportunity to make a change, without waiting for someone else to do it.

What are your thoughts related to this reflection? Please share in the comments.
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