The reason we describe it as a journey recognises the fact that there are no quick fixes to the issue of inclusion, equality, and diversity. An organisation’s culture does not change to become inclusive overnight. The Cultural Intelligence (CQ®) and Inclusive Leadership path is a process that leads to a clearly defined destination.
Working towards making equality, equity, and inclusion a lived-in reality in all organisations.
Plotting a New Course
By engaging with leaders and across their organisations on a journey allows that organisation:
We support public and community sector organisations on culturally intelligent and inclusive journeys, to make equality, equity, and inclusion a lived-in reality for individuals, communities, and groups who have found themselves excluded, marginalised, and unheard.
Four Key Directions
Sustainability – supporting organisation to map out a realistic journey so they can sustain their equity effort
Ownership – ensuring everyone in the organisation part of the journey. Not just focusing on single identity marginalised groups – everyone plays a part. At Above Difference, we say it has to be about everyone, or it is about no one.
Scalability –it’s important that we train facilitators in organisations to build capacity and embed a Cultural Intelligent (CQ®) and Inclusive culture
Relevance – truly understand why we suggest organisations no longer take the quick fix designation approach. And how the Cultural Intelligence (CQ®) and Inclusive journey ties into that particular organisations profit margins, effectiveness, and why it makes a difference to their customers, citizens, and communities they serve.
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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