Description: An inclusive leader creates and promotes an environment that welcomes, supports, and embraces the range of human differences within a diverse workforce. An inclusive leader shows respect in both words and actions for diversity in all its forms. They contribute toward building a beloved community, one in which all members are working together and are heard, respected, valued, and included.
Key Characteristics:
- Displays Commitment
- Promotes Inclusive Relationships
- Encourages Collaboration
- Facilitates Belonging
- Demonstrates Curiosity
Measurable Behaviors:
Role Model
- Displays Commitment: Holds others accountable for fostering inclusion in the university community.
- Promotes Inclusive Relationships: Speaks up and skillfully challenges others’ biases, assumptions, and behaviors that marginalize.
- Encourages Collaboration: Creates a trusting environment where all team members feel empowered to actively participate and share their ideas without fear of negative consequences.
- Facilitates Belonging: Designs and develops programs, initiatives, and/or services to cultivate a more inclusive university community.
- Demonstrates Curiosity: Practices continual self-reflection and consistently seeks opportunities for learning about oneself and others to enable growth.
Skilled
- Displays Commitment: Prioritizes inclusion and takes action to integrate inclusion into one’s own practices and those of the team.
- Promotes Inclusive Relationships: Intentionally builds relationships with individuals with different identities and backgrounds.
- Encourages Collaboration: Considers input from all team members in the process of generating ideas and when making decisions.
- Facilitates Belonging: Infuses a sense of belonging and respect within the team by using inclusive language, engaging in open dialogue, prioritizing meaningful interactions, and focusing on team cohesion.
- Demonstrates Curiosity: Demonstrates empathy, listens actively, and withholds judgement when engaging with and learning about others.
Emerging
- Displays Commitment: Engages in hiring and development practices that support the building of inclusive teams.
- Promotes Inclusive Relationships: Appreciates the multiple and intersecting differences of others.
- Encourages Collaboration: Actively seeks and equitably values the diverse ideas, thoughts, strengths, and perspectives of all team members.
- Facilitates Belonging: Fosters an inclusive environment where people feel welcomed, respected, valued, and supported.
- Demonstrates Curiosity: Strives to continuously learn about others.