Key Leadership Take-Aways
The author of Diversity of Work’s chapter 6 communicates the following on p. 179:
“I also argue that inclusion goes far beyond merely developing “soft skills” of caring and compassion,
to a need for courage and making tough decisions. Calling out incidents of structural inequities and
making changes to long-standing traditions and organizational practices needs to be part of a
leader’s toolkit if real and sustainable change is to be fostered.”
• What knowledge/strategies from the materials within the Serving in Leadership Roles topic area
can you apply to meet any of the challenges noted in the above quote?
• Although Placida Gallegos (author of Chapter 6: The Work of Inclusive Leadership) indicates we
need to “go far beyond merely developing soft skills of caring and compassion” what are the
“soft skills” you found important for a leader to master to foster an inclusive workplace culture?
Use any material offered this week.
What Developmental Ideas Situations Would You Consider Adding to Your DEI Leadership
Development Plan? (Considerations for Portfolio 4)
After teams submit course projects next week each student will turn their attention to developing a DEI
leadership development plan. This week’s material will serve as one key source to use when identifying areas for development or leveraging in the workplace.
• What leadership related concepts found in the chapters associated with the book Inclusive
Leadership: Transforming Diverse Lives, Workplaces, and Societies (excerpts from Chapters 1,
11 and 13) has intrigued you to engage in the further investigation – or – inspired you to consider
adding it to a group of strategies you could further develop?
• Why do you believe this way of thinking, feeling, behaving is an important leadership
perspective or skill for you?
Applying Basic Concepts in Everyday Life
Sometimes critical concepts can be reduced to their core. That is what both of the Robbins stories do for
us. We see two strikingly important foundation concepts emerge. Bizeer Gummies is always a favorite inclusion-related reading in this course. I Know Everything Already also offers an important message
(beyond the fact that there are multiple ways to spell pom-poms.)
• How do the “morals” of these stories create the foundation for interpersonal inclusion work?
• How can you integrate the message from these stories into your leadership toolkit:
use the recommendations from the stories to help to create a more inclusive workplace and/or
help others in the workplace to create a more inclusive workplace culture?
