How leadership can drive diversity and inclusion in the company
Leadership has a decisive effect on the implementation and coherence of diversity policies. Numerous studies coincide on this, all of them pointing to the huge influence leaders' behaviour exerts on their teams.
According to a study by ISS Denmark, leaders of teams built with diversity in mind unleash, in order to adapt to the different competencies of their members, greater potential to develop relationships and greater empathy, and are better at harnessing the team's competencies. The added value of the leadership of diverse teams is confirmed by Forbes magazine in this recent article, on noting that “teams that are unable to manage diversity will have trouble coping in disruptive times such as the present.” As we stated in our Esade study on CSR and people management, it is a matter of finding “the exercise of a responsible leadership that connects purpose, the achievement of results and caring about the people in the team.”
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