Six traits of inclusive leadership

Bernadette Dillon, Juliet Bourke

2021

This report defines six traits of inclusive leadership in the evolving complexity of the modern environment, namely commitment, courage, cognisance of bias, curiosity, cultural intelligence and collaboration. These signature traits of an inclusive leader have important implications for how organisations select and develop leaders, which are addressed by way of a series of recommendations on possible actions to help organisations develop inclusive leadership capabilities and build a culture of inclusion.