Developing leaders who are different will make a difference

Why do you need to do to develop diverse leaders?

It is essential for organisations to have the best possible leadership if they are to navigate future demands successfully. This means integrating diversity into all of the organisation’s processes and activities and at every level of the workforce.

Diversity must become a lens for looking at, identifying, developing, and advancing diverse talent in order to create an inclusive and effective work environment.

How to develop diverse leaders

I believe that developing diverse, effective leaders is about

• focusing on the individual
• focusing on innovation and
• focusing on the future.

When an organisation wants to increase the potential of its diverse workforce, it needs to understand the specific challenges and opportunities that an individual’s diversity presents and find ways to meet those challenges and make the most of the opportunities.

Development of a diverse leader is about reframing how a diverse individual should think about his or her influence in the organisation and what it means to be in a particular leadership role.