Inclusive Leadership
Transforming Diverse Lives, Workplaces, and Societies
Leadership: Research and Practice Series

In a time of increasing divisiveness in politics and society there is a desperate need for leaders to bring people together and leverage the power of diversity and inclusion. Inclusive Leadership: Transforming Diverse Lives, Workplaces, and Societies provides leaders with guidance and hands-on strategies for fostering inclusion and explains how and why it matters.

Inclusive Leadership explores cutting-edge theory, research, practice, and experience on the pivotal role of leadership in promoting inclusion in diverse teams, organizations, and societies. Chapters are authored by leading scholars and practitioners in the fields of leadership, diversity, and inclusion. The book is solidly grounded in research on inclusive leadership development, diversity management, team effectiveness, organization development, and intergroup relations. Alongside the exhaustive scholarship are practical suggestions for making teams, groups, organizations, and the larger society more inclusive and, ultimately, more productive.

Leaders and managers at all levels, HR professionals, and members of diverse teams will find Inclusive Leadership invaluable in becoming more effective at cultivating inclusive climates and realizing its many benefits?including innovation, enhanced team and organizational performance, and social justice.

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Part I. From Exclusion to Inclusion: The Challenges of Inclusive Leadership 1. Inclusive Leadership: The Fulcrum of Inclusion 2. Exclusion of Inclusion in Leadership Theories 3. Stigmatization, Subordination, or Marginalization?: The Complexity of Social Disadvantage Across Gender and Race 4. Why Diversity Needs Inclusion and How Leaders Make it Happen 5. The Problem of Inclusion from a Multicultural Perspective Part II. Leadership Practices for Fostering and Benefiting from Inclusive Interpersonal and Team Dynamics 6. Inclusive Leadership in Complex Times: Leading with Vulnerability and Integrity 7. Inclusive Leadership Practices: The Power of Microbehaviors 8. Inclusive Leadership from the Inside Out 9. Embracing the Weird: Developing Inclusive Leadership Competency by Leveraging Uniqueness 10. Boundary-Spanning Leadership: Strategies to Create a More Inclusive and Effective Network 11. A Leader's Guide to Fostering Inclusion by Creating a Positive Diversity Climate 12. Inclusive Leadership: Leaders as Architects of Inclusive Workgroup Climates 13. Team Inclusion Over Time: The Case for Early Intervention Part III. Leadership Practices for Building Inclusive Organizations 14. Responsible Inclusive Leadership: A Whole System Collective Process Outcome 15. Diversity Workspaces: Pathways for Cultivating Inclusion in Diverse Organizations 16. Engaging in Bold, Inclusive Conversations: A Developmental Approach 17. Inclusive Leadership: Driving Multilevel Organizational Change 18. Peak Moments of Inclusion Among Brothers and Sisters in Arms Part IV. Leadership Practices for Fostering Inclusive Societies 19. Inclusion in a Multicultural Society 20. Leadership Excellence in a Pluralistic Society: The Role of Identity and Inclusive Leadership 21. Inclusive Leadership: Essential to Reviving Civil Discourse in a Healthy Democracy 22. The Practice of Inclusive Leadership in Disruptive and Poralizing Times Part V. Approaches and Resources for Developing Inclusive Leadership 23. Accelerating the Development of Inclusive Leadership in Global Materials Organization 24. Developing Inclusive Ethical Leaders: An Experiential Service-Learning Approach to Leadership Development Among Millennials 25. The Role of White Male Culture in Engaging White Men to be Inclusive Leaders 26. Navigating Inclusion as a Leader: Lessons from the Field 27. Inspiring Inclusion with the Appreciative Leadership Lotus Model 28. How to Develop and Support Leadership that Contributes to a More Equitable, Diverse, and Inclusive Society Part VI. Reflections and Conclusion 29. Inclusive Leadership: Insights and Implications

Bernardo M. Ferdman, PhD, has worked with leaders and organizations for over three decades to bring inclusion to life. He is an award-winning scholar-practitioner and consultant, distinguished professor emeritus of organizational psychology, and Fellow of SIOP, SCP, APA, and other groups. He has published and presented extensively on inclusion, diversity, and related topics.

Jeanine Prime, PhD, is a researcher and advisor who has worked with corporate clients to create inclusive workplaces for over twenty years. She has held research leadership roles at Catalyst and more recently at Gartner. Her expertise includes stereotyping, implicit bias, change management, and inclusive leadership.

Ronald E. Riggio, PhD, is the Henry R. Kravis Professor of Leadership and Organizational Psychology at Claremont McKenna College. A social/personality psychologist and leadership scholar, he has published over a dozen authored or edited books and more than 150 articles/book chapters. His research interests are in leadership, team processes, and organizational communication.