Diversity initiatives are falling short. This book shows leaders how
to develop the skills needed to build sustainably inclusive
organizations using a tested, research-based model developed by the
global organizational consulting firm Korn Ferry.
According to the journal Human Resource Management, companies are
spending over $8 billion a year on diversity programs. Yet today, the
senior leadership teams at Fortune 500 companies are far from mirroring
the diversity of its workforce and its customers. Andrés Tapia and Alina
Polonskaia, senior leaders at Korn Ferry, argue that to build
sustainable diversity and inclusion, organizations need to have
inclusive leaders at all levels.
In this book, Tapia and Polonskaia draw on Korn Ferry's massive database
of 3 million leadership assessments to reveal the essential qualities of
inclusive leaders. They discuss the personality traits these leaders
share and detail how to develop what they call the five disciplines of
inclusive leadership: building interpersonal trust, integrating diverse
perspectives, optimizing talent, applying an adaptive mindset, and
achieving transformation.
Tapia and Polonskaia also outline the competencies behind each
discipline, describe individual and organizational exemplars of
inclusive leadership, and show how the five disciplines enable leaders
to unleash the power of all people and to build both structurally and
behaviorally inclusive organizations. This book will help leaders foster
the skills to deal with today's complex challenges and create a more
inclusive, sustainable, and prosperous future for all of us.
