We provide research based tools, training and assessments to build Cultural Intelligence that give public and community sector leaders the 'how' of inclusive leadership
We are delighted to launch our new, enhanced, Leading for Inclusion with Cultural Intelligence (An Above Difference Inclusive Leadership & CQ Foundation Programme)
NEW DATES AVAILABLE: 28 & 29 JUNE 2023
We were delighted and humbled to receive the Top Diversity and Inclusion Services Provider in the UK Award for 2022
New Inclusive Leadership with Cultural Intelligence Executive Strategy Programme for Chairs, CEO’s, Directors and Assistant Directors in the Public Sector. Starting March 2023.
Above Difference equips leaders with Inclusive Leadership skills underpinned by Cultural Intelligence so they can change cultures and transform their organisations into places where everyone is seen, heard and valued.
“Everything rises and falls with leadership.” John C. Maxwell
Through our solutions we aim to equip leaders with the skills, tools and resources they require to lead and facilitate inclusive workplaces for all:
“Diversity is a fact. Inclusion is an act and belonging is an outcome.” Arthur Chan.
We work with organisations to create inclusive cultures where people feel they belong and are able to realise their full potential:
“Culture will not change because we desire to change it Culture changes when the organisation is transformed.” Frances Hesselbein
We believe that robust change management is an essential part of creating sustainable, meaningful and longstanding changes that deliver real inclusion:
We help public and community sector leaders to shift from managing diversity to leading for inclusion.
From Managing Diversity
We work with leaders to help them understand the crucial difference between managing diversity and leading for inclusion. Managing diversity focuses on percentages and what the organisation ‘looks’ like. Taking a snapshot of your staff to see how many characteristics – age, gender, ethnicity, sexual orientation – you can you capture in a tick box. The problem with managing diversity is it doesn’t often focus on how those people ‘feel’, or on how effective and empowered they are able to be.
To Leading for Inclusion
We create leaders who recognise their role in leading inclusion. Who are innovative and creative about inclusion and understand its purpose. Who are able to focus on how they make their teams and organisations feel and the steps needed to create great workplaces for everyone. The leaders we work with, on leaving a masterclass tell us: “I understand why our recruitment policies are not working”, or “I understand what I need to do differently to create inclusive working spaces for all”.
To meet the needs of public and community sector leadership, we have developed a unique approach that combines inclusive leadership theory with Cultural Intelligence (CQ) to create programmes that enable leaders to shift from managing diversity to leading for inclusion. Why? Because we know leaders define culture, and the culture of an organisation or team will ultimately dictate how included, and in turn, valued and seen its people are.
Discover how Leading Inclusively with Cultural Intelligence can support you to Lead Difference Differently
We are delighted to launch our new, enhanced, Leading for Inclusion with Cultural Intelligence (An Above Difference Inclusive Leadership & CQ Foundation Programme)
NEW DATES AVAILABLE: 28 & 29 JUNE 2023
INSIGHTS: DIFFERENCE Above All, Inclusion Is a Leadership Challenge CEO of Above Difference, Jennifer Izekor explores the five value proposition statements that underpin the work …
We were delighted and humbled to receive the Top Diversity and Inclusion Services Provider in the UK Award for 2022
New Inclusive Leadership with Cultural Intelligence Executive Strategy Programme for Chairs, CEO’s, Directors and Assistant Directors in the Public Sector. Starting March 2023.
Why we need to constantly question our assumptions about what Inclusion looks and feels like from different cultural perspectives.
Unconscious Bias (UB) Awareness workshops have been recommended as a panacea to the Diversity and Inclusion concerns. However, at Above Difference we’d like to offer you an alternative.
Is it time to take a different and more radical approach to diversifying the colour of leadership in the public sector? What can CQ offer that hasn’t been tried before?
Leading the way to intentional inclusion begins with embracing ambiguity and exploring the depth of difference.
We are driven by creating a better, fairer and more inclusive UK public and community sector.
Implement more inclusive, kinder and compassionate workplace cultures where diverse communities thrive.
Strategically use cultural differences to come up with more innovative solutions.
Achieve and sustain intentionally inclusive and equitable organisational cultures.
The skills, abilities, and capabilities needed to successfully and respectfully work with difference and diversity.
Positively impact pupils, families and communities – encouraging transformational change and equity.
Take your diversity, equity and inclusion strategies to a place where it makes a real difference.
Address cultural differences in congregations and faith communities effectively.
Develop leaders who fully understand, will deepen and can model culturally intelligent and inclusive leadership.
We work with some of the UK’s foremost, forward thinking organisations to assess and develop their inclusive leadership.
The unique combination of Cultural Intelligence (CQ) and Inclusive Leadership offers a new, innovative approach to the inclusion agenda that is rooted in academic research and based on a clear framework.
At Above Difference, we equip leaders and organisations to move from ‘managing diversity’ to ‘leading for inclusion’. By developing CQ and Inclusive Leadership styles in individuals and organisations, we develop individual’s ability to decisively and intentionally create inclusive workplace cultures where diversity is recognised as one of the organisations greatest assets and all cultures are valued and respected.
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