From the course: Inclusive Leadership (2022)
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Guidelines for workplace situations
From the course: Inclusive Leadership (2022)
Guidelines for workplace situations
- Every day, leaders are faced with issues that they have to respond to pretty quickly. Some are more serious than others, but all of them require a leadership acumen that has short and long term implications in the workplace. If they're not handled in a timely, respectful, legally compliant, and consistent manner, they can have adverse consequences for the leader individually, as well as for the company. There is never a perfect answer to these scenarios, but here are a few general guidelines that inclusive leaders should keep in mind in all situations. Build trust and create a safe space, always seek first to understand, Suspend judgment, assume positive intent, actively listen, admit that you don't know and want to understand, express thanks for their input. Let's examine a few diversity related scenarios that leaders have faced in the workplace. While some responses may seem like no-brainers on the surface, they…
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