Survey Outcomes
What do you understand by the term
Inclusive Leadership?
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regardless
political agendas
agendas.
Built in to leadership
Leadership that promotes
models, whole
the inclusion of staff,
organisational culture,
patients and other
driven by the top teams,
partners from all
diversity, appreciation of
backgrounds,
uniqueness, everyone has
professions, races and
an equal voice.
ethnicities, in decisionmaking, changes,
improvements and dayto-day working. Giving
people a voice and
hearing it.
A leadership approach that is
collaborative and recognises the
value of diversity; fosters
diversity of ideas, diversity of
involvement and diverse
engagement.
Leadership that listens, takes
on board the views of the
frontline staff undertaking the
roles and acts when they can
improve things.
Supporting all in having a say speaking and being listened too.
An inclusive leadership
approaches values and
contributions from everyone
in the organisation. Leaders
maintain an open mind and
Reflecting a diverse
are willing to "grow" and
community, being open
think outside of their default
and transparent, including
trains of thought. They
all stakeholders.
welcome and value
difference within their
teams. An inclusive leader
will work with people and
support their professional
Leadership through
and personal development,
involvement /
rather than telling their staff
mechanisms designed
what to do and not
to be inclusive of all
absorbing ideas and
groups, protected
opinions going on around
characteristics.
them.
identifying where
there are issues of
progression, e.g. BME
Survey Outcomes
What do you understand by the term
Inclusive Leadership?
Inclusive leadership is where the
Leading in a way that
boundaries between "leadership by
empowers others, giving
virtue of job title" and "leadership
everyone an opportunity
by situation/expertise/personal
to participate in the
accountability for results" are
decision-making process,
blurred. In other words, the
qualities and actions associated
and using shared values to
guide actions & outcomes.
Understanding that the
success of organisations is
directly related to the
strength of the people
within it and recognising
this will be from a broad,
diverse community.
with leadership are expected of all
Inclusive Leadership
employees regardless of role
should inspire others to
within the organisation.
have confidence in
themselves.
Shared understanding on
Inclusive leadership is not a
the value and impact of
stand alone activity. All staff
diversity on organisational
to have clear aligned values
An inclusive leader
effectiveness with effective
based goals and objectives at
embodies the essence of
management of diversity.
what it is to be 'human
every level, focusing on high
being' in a working
quality patient care
environment. I say 'human'
incorporating equal
to describe a term used
opportunities for all staff.
when describing our 'own
Where leaders make the
natural kind' regardless of
success of the organisation as
Leadership that includes the
a whole, not just their
race, gender, sexuality etc.
views of the whole
individual areas, their priority,
An inclusive leader shows
organisation operating
and leadership is the
and demonstrates the
collaboratively.
ability to see through
responsibility of everyone in
biases and contracts
the organisation. By creating a
formed through social and
diverse workforce with a
political up-bringing and
shared understanding for the
need for change and enabling
Leadership which promotes
them with skills and attitudes
engagement and inclusion
to achieve it. Values different
across the workforce - less
perspectives, experiences,
hierarchical and more
styles, and backgrounds
empowering.
teachings. Inclusive
leadership understands
how to tap into skills,
abilities and potential in all
staff.
Survey Outcomes
What do you understand by the term
Inclusive Leadership?
Inclusive Leadership is a style
of leadership which ensures
that everyone is included.
That difference is recognised,
valued and harnessed to the
benefit of employees, service
users and organisational
development and
Inclusive leadership for
me is an ongoing
transformational journey.
activities across all
members of the team
By valuing the differences
we all bring to a
relationship as an asset,
and also taking time to
celebrate our similarities.
sustainability.
Engaging in leadership
Inclusive leadership is
about embarking on this
transformational journey
together. Having the
courage to walk towards
Leadership which allows
the true potential of all
people to flourish - that
allows all people to be
heard, and that
welcomes differing
views.
bias, including our own
I think it is about appointing
right people to do the right
job and inspiring, motivating,
helping, supporting and
guiding them to do a good
job and holding everyone to
account to make sure they do
a good job.
It is also about
appointing the right values
based staff as leaders and
empowering them to do a
good job and in such an
organisation diversity and
inclusion thrives.
It is not
about appointing BME or
women as leaders just because
they are BME or women and
showing tokenism
fears confusion, and our
own bias. Fostering a
Inclusive leadership
trusting relationship
encompasses everything
together is fundamental
an inclusive leader is
so that we can safely
skilled in a wide range of
explore critique and
areas, values based
challenge bias, which is
leadership,
deeply hardwired in our
understanding
society and for a real and
unconscious bias, talent
sustainable change to
management, coaching,
take place. Inclusive
NLP, emotional
leadership is about
intelligence and leads
embarking on a journey
with compassion. An
of engagement so we feel
inclusive leader will draw
in this together. At times
upon a wide range of
its about getting a fire in
policy and legislation:
your belly when there is a
E.g. Equality, Diversity
clear message to give.
and Human Rights,
Health & Wellbeing plus
others