Inclusive Excellence

Creating more inclusive organizations requires leaders to continuously learn how to create and sustain fairness, vibrancy and productivity among a diverse mix of stakeholders in the service of making the organization better. To master this practice, leaders need tools: personal curiosity and awareness; networks and relationships that cross racial, gender, age and other boundaries; and strategic models that align diversity with larger organizational goals. Darden experts provide actionable insights on how to engage with this deeply complex and rewarding leadership practice: start difficult dialogues, address historical context that shapes access to resources and opportunities, build strategies for leveraging difference, and navigate bias and social identity threats. Together, these can help leaders shift from struggling to say the right things to actually doing the right things.