INCLUSIVE

LEADERSHIP

QUOTE

There's no such thing as a natural-born leader. Chuck

Yeager

WHAT DO YOU MEAN BY

LEADERSHIP?
Leadership is about influencing others to achieve a
common goal.
Leadership doesnt require to have authority over
others.
Leadership can be even through a simple action standing out of crowd or support new innovative ideas.
Also the followers are leaders in their own right.

WHAT IS INCLUSION?
Dictionary defines Inclusion as act or
state of being included or including
others into a group or a structure.
Inclusion is the process by which we
effectively integrate diverse resources
into a whole that is more than the sum of
its parts.
We do this by recognizing and leveraging
our differences rather seeking to
minimize or ignore them.

ATTRIBUTES REQUIRED FOR

INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP
Empowerment Enabling direct reports
to develop and excel
Accountability Demonstrating
confidence in direct reports by holding
them responsible for performance they
can control.
Courage Putting personal interest
aside to achieve what need to be done.
Acting on convictions and principles
even when it requires personal risktaking.
Humility Admitting mistakes. Learning
from criticism and different points of

NEED FOR INCLUSIVE LEADERS

UNIVERSAL NEEDS : UNIQUENESS

AND BELONGINGNESS
When people feel too similar to group members, they
try to set themselves apart, to feel unique.
When people feel too different from group members,
they feel as if they dont belong and may try to
assimilate and become more similar.
Many experts believe these needs for uniqueness and
belongingness are in fact universal.

STATISTICS SHOWING EFFECTS OF

INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP

TEAM CITIZENSHIP
Behaviours such as
offering help to
colleagues with heavy
workloads, picking up
responsibilities of absent
colleagues, and
volunteering assistance
to ones manager

INNOVATION
Employees who felt more
included were more likely
to report innovating on the
jobi.e., identifying
opportunities for new
products and processes
and trying out new ideas
and approaches to
problems.

INCLUSIVE LEADERSHIP STUDY

Altruistic behaviours are an important part of the
repertoire of inclusive leaders
Employees who experience their managers as selfless
or altruistic feel more included
By increasing felt inclusion, altruistic leadership can
help enhance team performance and innovation
Both women AND men respond to altruistic leaders
Leaders may not need very different inclusion toolkits
for every culture

CONCLUSION
The key word here is integration, and the key indicator is
when diversity and inclusion are considered to be
business as usual.