What is inclusive leadership? How does it demonstrate?

For the purpose of yesterday's second Wrocław DEI Network meeting that touched this topic directly (more on that soon), I've gathered reflections from my workshops with leaders and managers, thoughts and research, and created this sheet on areas of inclusive leadership.

I'm sharing it here, if you're interested to have a look and develop it further. Feel free to download.

Self-awareness
✔ working on self-awareness through unconscious bias and microaggressions training
✔using inclusive language
✔ working on emotional and cultural intelligence
✔ being aware of their own privilege recognition of the
✔lack of knowledge in some areas of DEI

Visible commitment
✔ speaking publicly about DEI
✔ communicating about DEI in a business context
✔ sharing their path in DEI speaking about dei at important events also not directly related to DEI

Inclusive behaviors
✔ modeling inclusive behavior
✔creating psychological safety
✔ humility in action actively
✔seeking feedback on their own inclusivity
✔ empathy and active listening
✔ breaking the silence and initiating difficult conversations on dei
✔ inclusive decision-making

Allyship
✔ visible and genuine allyship with groups at risk of discrimination
✔ mentorship and sponsorship of employees from underprivileged groups ✔ involvement in ERGs

DEI strategy
✔involvement in the development and implementation of the DEI strategy ✔securing the budget for DEI initatives
✔accountability for goals and progress

Partnerships
✔building external partnerships to support the organization in the DEI area ✔ ✔presence at events important to the local community

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