Inclusive Leadership tips

Few things that sounded interesting from the Inclusive leader training I attended recently.

Science has learned more about human brain in the last 10 years than in the entire human history.
Leading well isn't easy in 2020.
Culture fit is about shared enthusiasm about company's mission and values, Shared enjoyment activities, Sense of comfort with co-workers
Culture add means being inclusive about changes.
Focus on outcome, each of the team members should feel valued and feel empowered to contribute
Discretionary effort has 3 things. There are minimum requirements, Have to do, want to do things. Want to do is where miracles happen.
Inclusion means they can come to work and show their full self without fear of judgement and doubt.
Unconscious bias is the enemy of inclusiveness
Learning part of the brain is improved with exposure to vulnerable things
Self- awareness is the key
Dunning-Kruger effect, the less we know , the less we are self-aware and confident.
All humans have implicit bias

Diverged converge - someone with authority expresses an idea, others will present variation of the same version. Encourage people into discussion and able to accept difference of opinion.
Do you have Genuine Curiosity ? here are the things curious leaders do

Cultural intelligence is all about observing and learning. Read, Watch and listen. Be intentional, Expand your network.
If you have hour long meeting every 5 business days, only couple people talk, re-think the design of the meeting. Collaborative meetings with more than 8 people are NOT productive. This doesn't include all hands meeting, divisional meetings and trainings.
PEI checkin your associates 1-1 meetings - Physically, Emotionally, Intellectually.
Confirmation bias need to be managed better - the tendency to interpret new evidence as confirmation of one's existing beliefs or theories.
A leader is the one knows the way, goes the way and shows the way. - John Maxwell.

Surya Prakash Jayanti