Inclusive Leadership

Inclusive Leadership

December 15, 2020
Software
Tech, Inclusion

These are my notes from session on Inclusive Leadership at VMware

Diversity #

  • visible traits and invisible traits/dimensions of our identity (eg. religion)

URMs # 

minorities - black, latam, american indians, native alaskans, pacific islanders /hawaiaans

URGs # 

groups

Equity # 

distribution of resources to address systemic barriers and support equal outcomes
vs. equality is everyone gets the same thing (eg. notebook + pen vs laptops for devs, etc)
equal is not equitable (meat to a room that includes vegetarians)

Inclusion #

  • Cognizance bias is a achillles heel Humility - i am biased but want to improve Empathy - prespective taking
  • Courage talking about imperfections takes risk taking
  • Commitment staying the course is hard
  • Curiosity
  • Cultural Intelligence
  • Collaboration

In Groups #

  • set the rules/norms in a culture
  • often unaware of their privilege

Out Groups #

  • work hard to fit in
  • less power

Pschological Safety #

  • Amy Edmonson
  • Sense of confidence that the team will not embarass, reject or punish someone for speaking up
  • Shared beleif that the team is safe for interpersonal risk taking
  • Notice when you’re contributing to in-group/out-group behaviours

Create Pysch safety #

  • encourage conversational turn-taking
  • be empathetic and socially sensitve

Micro aggressions #

  • they are suble discrimination that reflects painful stereotypes, practices, policies and world views
    • analogy of mosquito bites
      • 1 bite is annoying
      • constant biting over a long period of time is debilitating
  • admit they exist
  • ask difficult questions
  • show peers that it is unacceptable - call them out
  • microaffirmations can counter microaggessions
  • recognize that microagressions reflect painful, deeply embedded stereotypes, practices, policies, and worldviews
  • if bias is “what”; microaggressions are the “how”

Covering #

  • hiding a unfavored trait/identity to fit in
  • appearance based
  • affiliation based
  • emotional tax - the state of being on guard

intersectionality # 

no one is defined by a single category

Privilege #

  • system advantage or privileged isnt so much about what you have, but what you dont have to think about