Anti-Racist Leadership

5 Building Inclusive Leadership into the Company DNA

For at least half a decade before the Black Lives Matter movement came to the fore in the corporate sector, the smartest business leaders were talking about the importance of inclusive leadership—a concept I’ve defined here:

Inclusive leadership builds inclusive work environments, values diversity, and inspires individuals and teams to unlock their full potential by bringing their full selves, unique experiences, and perspectives to the organization.

Michael C. Bush, the CEO of the workplace-culture consulting firm Great Place to Work, has described a new breed of business executives who “transcend traditional leadership approaches that don’t keep up with today’s economic and political ...