Many employers have a genuine concern for ensuring their talent feels valued, respected, and safe. They seek to have equitable organizations where disparities at any level including in access, opportunity, support, and reward don’t exist. They want to deliver on their promise of equality that no one will be favored or disfavored on the basis of who they are.
These tumultuous times are also upturning the traditional methods of effective leadership. Making good business plans, managing them well, delegating tasks and protecting employees from ambiguity is no longer enough in the face of continual disruption.
All of this requires a new type of leader.
A leader who takes a collaborative and facilitative approach as opposed to one characterized by command and control. A leader who operates transparently rather than behind closed doors. A leader who is culturally agile, not tied to their own worldview. A leader who is able to fully embrace and leverage the vast diversity of today’s workforces. A leader who can create a safe space, regardless of what is happening externally, where people feel accepted and empowered to give the best of their talents.
In essence, an inclusive leader.