The 5 Disciplines of Inclusive Leaders

PREFACE

THESE SHOULD BE BREAKTHROUGH TIMES FOR THE work of diversity and inclusion. Companies are spending more than $8 billion a year on diversity programs.¹ Sixty-three percent of today’s diversity professionals were appointed or promoted to their roles between 2016 and 2019. CEOs have signed multiple pledges and sought various diversity and inclusion certifications.² Efforts to create more inclusive organizations are clearly not suffering from a lack of attention.

But those efforts are suffering from a lack of results.

Despite the massive investments and statements full of bravado, female and non-White talent is still woefully underrepresented in many sectors. Boards of Fortune 500 companies are made up of only 8.6% Blacks, 3.8% Latinos, ...