Daily Practices of Inclusive Leaders

Chapter 8

EVERYDAY INCLUSION

Have you ever wondered how an organizational culture is shaped? Take a minute to consider the acceptable and unacceptable behaviors, interactions, and aspects of your organization’s culture. Have you ever thought about how you would change that culture for the better?

How would you inject questions or processes that would motivate people to stop, even for a second, and consider how their words and body language are impacting those around them? When an inappropriate joke is told by a member of the opposite sex, what do you do? What would you say to inspire your coworkers to increase their self-awareness and modify their communications? Can you reduce the number of microinequities that people in your organization face? ...