Technique 1.105 Do You Practice Inclusion

Introduction

"...As a basic rule of human society, inclusion gives comforting reassurance that you matter. If you're a leader and want your people to perform, you must internalise the universal truth that people want, need, and deserve validation..."
LeadFactor, 2022

Inclusion is a way of unlocking the power of diversity.

Some questions

1. Why do people exclude others?

NB Is it due to in insecurity; arrogance; greed; fear; socialisation, ie what we are taught, eg superiority, etc; differences like race, ethnicity, demographics, geography, socio-economic levels, backgrounds, education levels, sexuality, political ideology, tribe, ancestry, status, etc

2. Do you treat people that you consider to be of lower status differently from those of higher status? If so, why?

3. How do you acknowledge and show sensitivity and appreciation of cultural differences that exist in your organisation?

4. Do you feel superior to other people? If so, why?

5. Is a moral principle of inclusion a convenient or inconvenient truth for you?

6. What conscious biases do you have?

7. Where do you exercise soft forms of exclusion to maintain barriers?

8. What individual or group are you having a hard time welcoming, including if they are doing no real harm? Why?