We live in times of Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity (VUCA). In this webinar, internationally recognised expert in inclusion, Dr. Ian Dodds, demonstrates how to deliver high performance in these VUCA times through Inclusive Leadership. He describes what Inclusive Leadership is and how to develop Inclusive Leaders to deliver high performance, great customer service, high levels of employee engagement and complex change. Ian is a founder partner of the Adaptive Intelligence Group (AdaptiveIG) contributing his expertise to create adaptive cultures and an environment of excellence.
2. We are in VUCA Times
These times have been described as being VUCA. Times of
Volatility, Uncertainty, Complexity and Ambiguity. In these
conditions ProfessorBoris Groysberg (Harvard) has stated:
“Today’s leaders achieve farmore engagement and credibility
when they take part in genuine conversation with the people
who workforand with them. a conversation is a frankexchange
of ideas and information with an implicit orexplicit agenda.”
This requires Inclusive Leadership to drive high performance.
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3. What we’ll discuss
■ How do Diversity and Inclusion contribute to success?
■ Leading Inclusively
■ Delivering High Performance through Inclusive Leadership
4. How it all began!
■ Disastrous industrial relations and low productivity is killing the factory
■ Leadership teamdecides to engage the workforce in making it the best
factory in the Group worldwide
■ Leadership teamagree and communicate a Vision of Success forthe
factory in 5 years’ time
■ Taskforces led by high potential young managers and involving
frontline employees are established to address the improvement
priorities
■ All the managers become Inclusive Leaders by theirbeing trained in:
─ Interactive effectiveness;
─ Empowering people;
─ Helping people identify theirtalents and develop them
■ Seniormanagers align on message and behavioural example
■ Factory is saved and becomes one of the best in the Group worldwide
6. The big performance benefits from managing diversity
happen when an inclusive environment is created
Di v e rs i t y
Every way in which
any
mixture of people
has both
similarities and
differences
■ It is about a culture where each person:
− Feels respected & valued
− Feels theirideas & opinions are
heard
− Can performto theirfull potential
■ It involves sustained and long-term
strategic effort
■ It’s happening when diversity of thought
is embraced in finding the best ways to
serve clients, customers and service
users
I n c l u s i o n
8. 8ManagingRiskManagingRisk HighPerformanceHighPerformance
Equal
Opportunities
Managing
Diversity & Inclusion
Valuing
Differences
Focus
Race, Gender,
Disability
All the ways we are
different
Creating an inclusive
workenvironment
Managing Diversity and Inclusion Involves Culture
Change to deliver the big performance benefits
Responsive services/
Betterproblem
solving/
Performance gains
Culture embraces
difference
Meeting
stakeholders’
needs
Mutual respect
Mutual
accommodation
Social and moral
responsibility
More women
and minority
ethnic people
Individual
adapts
Legal responsibility
Result
Change
Required
Motivation
ManagingRiskManagingRisk
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1. Reduced recruitment costs and a greatertalent pool
2. Raised employee motivation and productivity
3. Enhanced EmployerBrand
4. New ideas and betterproducts and services forcustomers and
service users
5. Great teamworkthrough enhanced interactive effectiveness
When an organisation is inclusive it gains significant
performance benefits:
(Source: HarnessingWorkforceDiversity, Create
– surveyof 400organisations investinginD&I)
(Source: Prof SandyPentland, HBR, Apr2012)
10. (Prof Scott EPage)
Inclusion leverages the Diversity Trumps Ability
theorem:
There are 2 conditions:
1.The problemhas to be complex.
2.Teammembers have to listen to each otherand explore
differing ideas and points of view, i.e. it requires Inclusive
Leadership
Diverse teams consistently outperform homogeneous teams in solving
complex problems
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An inclusive leader does the following:
Hears people’s
concerns, ideas &
opinions
Appreciates each
person’s culture
Empowers people to
deliver a vision of future
success
Ensures effort is put
into finding out what
people’s talents are
Ensures people’s talents
are developed for
performance now and
for the future
Engagingbehaviours Developmental behaviours
13. ‘Telling’
Objectives and why important
Giving information
Making content suggestions
Making process suggestions
Summarising
Disclosing
Information known only to
Inclusive Leaders are Interactively Effective and this
powers ‘Great’ teams
‘Seeking’
Seeking information
Seeking suggestions
Checking understanding
Developing suggestions
Acknowledging
- Content
- Feelings
Bring-in
“Interactive effectiveness is more
important to a Great Teamthan the
skills and intelligence of the team
members and all of the otherfactors
combined that go to make a Great
Team.”
ProfessorSandy Pentland, MIT
14. Inclusive Leaders empower people and the following
conditions (P*I*R*C) have to be met
Power x Information x Recognition x Coaching Empowerment
Individuals
need to be clear
about what has
been delegated
to them in
terms of
responsibilities
and
accountabilities
They need the
information
needed to carry
out the new
delegated
responsibilities
They need
regular
feedback
on what
they are
doing well
and on
aspects
that they
are not
doing so
well
They need
coaching
(sometimes
training) on any
new skills, or
know-how, they
need to carry
out the new
delegated
responsibilities
(adapted from Edward F Lawler)
15. Inclusive Leaders are adept at using the following
elements to coach in the moment
1. Identify a Coaching Moment
A coaching moment is one where the employee can learn and develop through
the coaching process.
2. AskQuestions
Once you have identified an opportunity to coach start by asking the question
“May I share an observation with you”. After you have shared the
observation with your team member follow on with open-ended questions.
3. Actively Listen
You should be listening for content and context, so you can understand the
other person’s point of view. It also means being open to new perspectives
and ideas.
4. Guide the Employee to Solutions
The goal in this step is to help the employee uncover: options to resolve the
situation; analyse the options; commit to a specific course of action.
5. Gain Commitment
The final step is to get the employee to make a commitment to identify the first
step in a plan of action and a time when they will have completed it by.
16. Leadership behaviour is key to embedding inclusion
Criteria forrecruitment, promotion, retirement and exit
Formal and informal socialisation
Recurring systems and procedures
Organisation design and structure
Design of physical space
Stories and myths about key people and events
Formal statements, charters, creeds, codes of ethics
Between 80% and 90% of behaviour in an organisation is influenced by what
leaders do and say
(Adapted from
Ed Schein)
What the leader attends to, measures, rewards & controls
Leader reaction to critical incidents
Leader role modeling, coaching
Most
influential
(Professor Ed Schein)
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Inclusive leadership
Vision of future success
for all stakeholders
Strategic
priorities’
clarity
Whole
systems
delivery
Leadership message
& behavioural
example
Distibuted Inclusive
leadership & Engaged &
empowered workforce
High performance
Leading inclusively
20. Delivering High Performance through Inclusive
Leadership takes a long-term strategic intervention,
involving 5 stages
Diagnostic to
find out what
is helping and
hindering
high
performance
for different
diversity
groups
Set up a
Change
Steering Group
to formulate a
vision of
success
through
Inclusive
Leadership & a
strategy to
1. Implement
the
strategy
for
delivering
the vision
2. Cascade
via
distribute
d
1. Senior
managers
role model
inclusive
behaviour
2. Ensure
managemen
t processes
& systems
are inclusive
1. Communicate
change success
stories & how
Inclusive
Leadership has
contributed to
them
2. Keep up to date
on Diversity &
Inclusion best
21. Cisco Systems EMEA: innovation is the key driver
■ Innovation is seen to be critical and US experience indicates that a inclusion is
an innovation driver
■ Business case made by the CEOresponding emotionally to stories of exclusion
from women and Minority Ethnics
■ Inclusion Steering Group formulates the Vision and the strategy fordelivering it
■ Behavioural role model training forseniormanagement
■ Taskgroup on flexible working
■ Internal Inclusion Ambassadors help to drive the transformation
■ Website engages employees by providing opportunities to feature vision delivery
successes
1. Morepeoplefromunderrepresentedgroups, recruited, promoted&
retained.
2. Levels of inclusionbeingratedhighlybyexternal benchmarkingagencies.
3. IncreasedinnovationmeasuredbyCisco’s innovationportal.
24. Leadership is like beauty, it is hard to define, but you
know it when you see it.
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■ Having a managerial position gives you the authority to
accomplish certain tasks and objectives in the organisation
■ This powerdoes not make you a leaderbut it simply makes you
the boss.
■ When a person is deciding about respectingsomeoneas aleader,
they do not thinkabout theirattributes, rather, they observe
how thepersonis behaving.
25. Inclusive leadership enhances the motivation, morale,
and performance of each persons by:
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■Connecting each person's sense of identity to the collective
identity of the organisation;
■Being a role model for each person that inspires them and
influences their behaviour;
■Empowering each person to take greater ownership for their
work;
■Understanding the strengths and weaknesses of each person,
so the leader can align each person with tasks that enhance their
performance.
26. How to contact us
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Contact us - AdaptiveIG@adaptiveintelligence.co.uk
Website - www.adaptiveintelligence.co.uk
Notes de l'éditeur
This morning I want to share with you what the Ian Dodds Consulting Alliance has found from its world wide research really works
This might offer you some ideas of ways in which you can strengthen the diversity work that you are doing
Firstly, it’s about each person’s individuality being recognised and valued and being able to contribute to their fullest to help the organisation succeed.
You only get the benefits of diversity when you build an inclusive culture.
It’s a long term strategic process that takes years and not months.
You know that you have succeeded when it is natural for the different perspectives of diverse employees to be taken fully into account in finding the best solutions for serving clients and customers and different markets.
On the factory we had tapped into not what is normally considered diversity, i.e. the 6 strands; but the different diversity elements illustrated in this layers of diversity model
Emphasise research was UK and scope of it and these results have been replicated over and over again in other research. D&I is much more than the right thing to do.
Say:
We are now going to introduce ourselves to one another in a somewhat different way.
At your tables, you’ll provide background on where you grew up, and information about the early messages you received around differences with regard to gender, and groups that were different from you.
And to keep to our theme of unconscious bias, we’re going to ask each of you to share an unconscious bias that you have recognized in your self.
So, to get started, each of us will do our cultural introductions to model what it looks like.
Note to Facilitator:
Each facilitator will briefly (3-4 minutes) model the introductions providing a brief story about experiences that are relevant to the different components of “ Where I grew up,” “Gender Messages,” “Group Messaged: Racial/Ethnic/Religious /Cultural Messages”
The facilitators’ stories should clearly demonstrate the messages (whether explicit or implicit) that they were taught, learned, observed, etc. This is not about the facilitator sharing his or her life story, so that the participants can get to know them better. It is also not a therapeutic moment for the facilitator. Please be sure that your story is engaging and even humorous, but crisp, concise and clear. Take a measured risk by talking about the exclusive messages you received – if you model a “happy world” participants won’t put their cards on the table.
Make sure to have your examples ready! Take some time before the session to prepare, especially how you want to share your own unconscious bias example. This will help the participants be able to share their examples when they see that a diversity “expert” also has to deal with these issues.
The problem is that Ian Dodds Consulting’ research shows that the management behaviours needed to manage peoples’ unique qualities are exactly those that managers tend to be least good at. The feedback we get is that many employees do not consider that they have ‘great’ managers.
This is particularly so if the employee is from a minority group because managers give less attention to people who are different to themselves.
The behaviours listed in the slide are the ones that foster a high performance, excellent service, inclusive culture.
The empowerment equation is based on extensive research by Prof Edward Lawler. An effective empowering manager knows that they have to be expert in practising all of the elements of the equation for success.
Again this practice is often reinforced by the internal change agents being trained to coach it.
This shows that the key to building inclusive behaviour throughout an organisation is the behaviour of the leaders
That means leaders becoming exemplars of inclusive behaviour.
Of course, every manager at every level needs to set an example as each manager has both a leadership and a management role. However, the leadership behaviour of the people at the top is by far the most significant influence.
The ABC model is fundamental in shaping behaviour in a team or organisation.
The first stage involves the ‘antecedents’ such as: having the absolutely critical inclusive leadership behaviours pinpointed; communicating and discussing the behaviours; providing coaching and training in the behaviours; your leadership example.
The second stage is the behaviours being practised in the real work environment.
The third stage involves ‘consequences’, i.e. positive ones if the behaviours are practised, e.g. praise, reward, promotion, or negative ones if they are not practised, e.g. negative feedback, the withholding of a reward.
Say:
We are now going to introduce ourselves to one another in a somewhat different way.
At your tables, you’ll provide background on where you grew up, and information about the early messages you received around differences with regard to gender, and groups that were different from you.
And to keep to our theme of unconscious bias, we’re going to ask each of you to share an unconscious bias that you have recognized in your self.
So, to get started, each of us will do our cultural introductions to model what it looks like.
Note to Facilitator:
Each facilitator will briefly (3-4 minutes) model the introductions providing a brief story about experiences that are relevant to the different components of “ Where I grew up,” “Gender Messages,” “Group Messaged: Racial/Ethnic/Religious /Cultural Messages”
The facilitators’ stories should clearly demonstrate the messages (whether explicit or implicit) that they were taught, learned, observed, etc. This is not about the facilitator sharing his or her life story, so that the participants can get to know them better. It is also not a therapeutic moment for the facilitator. Please be sure that your story is engaging and even humorous, but crisp, concise and clear. Take a measured risk by talking about the exclusive messages you received – if you model a “happy world” participants won’t put their cards on the table.
Make sure to have your examples ready! Take some time before the session to prepare, especially how you want to share your own unconscious bias example. This will help the participants be able to share their examples when they see that a diversity “expert” also has to deal with these issues.
Stage 1, ‘Unfreeze’, i.e. an Inclusion diagnostic to understand the key issues and to generate respondent quotes. As you know the latter are important to make an emotional impact and create the will to act by senior management, when the findings of the diagnostic are presented and discussed by them at a workshop(s).
In Stage 2, ‘Mobilise’ we usually help our clients establish an Inclusion Steering Body, usually a senior management group; but it can be a senior individual. The role of this body is to:
a. Formulate a high performance inclusion strategy taking account of the diagnostic findings and have this agreed with the leadership team and sponsored by them.
b. Establish any task/project groups needed to work up high performance inclusion policies and practices, e.g. on flexible working.
c. Monitor progress with the implementation of the inclusion strategy and address any barriers to progress and identify and publicise success stories.
In Stage 3, ‘Realise’ the high performance inclusion strategy is communicated and rolled out across the client’ organisation, with our expert support and guidance. The communication takes into account the Beckhard Change Equation by:
a. Offering a vision of future business success achieved by inclusion.
b. Generating dissatisfaction because the world has changed and inclusion is now needed for future success.
c. The actions that will be taken, including those needed to enable everyone to be successful in a high performance inclusive organisation.
In Stage 4, ‘Embed’, we support the leadership in taking action to ensure each one of them is a role model exemplar in high performance, inclusive behaviour. This is because leadership behaviour is the most powerful driver of change (Prof Ed Schein). Also, business and, especially, the people processes are changed as necessary, again with our expert guidance, to take account of inclusion needs and to incorporate best practices.
Stage 5, ‘Sustain’ is the stage when we train internal change agents to reinforce and help maintain the high performance inclusion practices and behaviours. These internal change agents train middle and front line managers in interactive effectiveness to lead great teams.
This is the impact of the management team of this approach on an Financial Services office of 600 staff becoming proficient in the use of the interactive behaviours.
In 2 years the office also transformed itself from being one of the worst performers in the Group to one of the best.
The quote is from an article in the Sunday Telegraph business reporter who was fly on the wall observer for 2 weeks.