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DEALING WITH RESISTANCE

There is only one way to look at things until someone shows us how to look at them with different eyes.

—PABLO PICASSO

EACH LEADER HOLDS A KIND OF ECOSYSTEM of beliefs— conscious and unconscious—around issues at the heart of DEI. It’s important to tease them out in order to develop a responsive approach that stirs the leader’s growth and transformation.

It is well established that commitment and role-modeling by senior-most leaders is critical to embedding and sustaining a culture that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive so that all employees are valued and have rewarding career trajectories. To be genuinely passionate about their commitment, leaders have to internalize the importance of DEI to the organization and ...

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