Leading Inclusion and Diversity

During this four-part series, IPS introduces you to the four modules of the IPS Leadership Framework: 

• Leading Self - (click here to learn about this module)
• Leading Others - (click here to learn about this module)
• Leading Inclusion and Diversity 
  
• Leading Organisations and Culture (click here to learn about this module)

In the third of a four-part series focusing on the IPS Leadership Framework, we review Leading Inclusion and Diversity, a module that advocates a culturally safe and inclusive workplace for all employees.

Diversity is reality, inclusion is a choice.

Recent studies show the vast majority of Australian workers want their organisation to create a workplace that is diverse and inclusive, and while many organisations and agencies have implemented policies aimed at increasing diversity among their staff, a policy is only the first step.
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‘Diversity is a fact, but inclusion is a choice we make every day.
​As leaders, we have to put out the message that we embrace, and not just tolerate, diversity.’
- Nellie Borrero (Managing Director, Senior Strategic Advisor of Global Inclusion and Diversity, Accenture)

​There are several groups to consider when we talk about diversity and inclusion in the workplace:

• Cultural and linguistic diverse peoples
• First Nations peoples
• People of all genders
• Persons with disabilities
• People who are neurodivergent
• People of all sexualities
• Younger (aged 25 and under) and older (over 50) staff members
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‘Diversity doesn’t look like anyone. It looks like everyone.’
​– Karen Draper, writer

Look around the room. How diverse is your workplace? And how inclusive?
​Can everyone bring their ‘whole’ self to work?

Diversity and Inclusion training with IPS includes unconscious bias and blind spots, developing cultural competence, advocating for equity and inclusion within the workplace and developing, maintaining and leveraging diverse teams.
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This module leads succinctly into the final module on the IPS Leadership Framework: Leading Organisations and Culture, which we will talk about in the final segment of this series. Because it’s one thing to attract a more diverse workplace – it’s another to create an environment that retains employees from diverse backgrounds.

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Contact the IPS team today to find out how we can empower your leadership team to create a gender diverse and inclusive culture within your organisation. 

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