Inclusive leadership is leading with bias awareness. I.L. relies on identifying biases and preferences, personal or organizational, and actively seeking out new methods to inform better decision-making.

Inclusive leaders see diversity as a source of competitive advantage, encouraging the removal of institutional biases to drive organizational performance and shared vision.

Inclusion needs YOU! Your talents and perspectives are vital to the success of your team and organization. Being an inclusive leader shows a willingness to invite innovation and increase collaboration, ultimately leading to better company performance. Simply put, when the leader gets better, we all do better.

Diversity is offering variety in numbers and the representation of difference. It’s acknowledging the ways by which people differ in thought, race, ethnicity, culture, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, and ability.

Equity is holding space for the variety of people represented to have fair access to and the opportunity to attain valued resources.

Inclusion is the way by which individuals in those diverse and equitable groups are respected, supported, and valued for their presence within the team, group, or organization.

Belonging is the feeling members of the group attain when the diverse group is collectively included and treated with equity consistently.

Just as every car has a blind spot, so too do humans when it comes to bias. Sometimes we don’t know what we don’t see.

Our responsibility as inclusive leaders is to become aware of how our bias impacts decision-making and implement strategies to reduce the harmful impact of bias within policies and processes.