The 7 Simple Habits of Inclusive Leaders
What do inclusive leaders do? What specificactions do they take to demonstrate acommitment to inclusion?
Inclusive leadership expert Melissa Majors is aninnovator and optimizer of inclusion, leadership,and education strategies. In The 7 Habits ofInclusive Leaders, she reveals how great leadersenjoy superior team performance and drive muchhigher profitability by incorporating inclusive practices.
Majors delivers clarity on how our brains are toblame for why leaders unintentionally excludeothers. Through storytelling, research, and personalexperiences, she offers a common-sense yetcompelling and actionable approach to inclusion.She argues that people shouldn't feel guilty ordefensive when having inclusion-relatedconversations; the brain is to blame, not people. This discussion is for all leaders; leaders of self,people, initiatives, and organizations.
These behaviors fall into seven categories:
- Business Process
- Collaboration
- Mindset
- Leading Self and Others
- Decisions
- Values
- Empathy
Learner Outcomes:
- Identify and describe concepts such asintellectual humility, tactical empathy, andintersectionality.
- Gain insight into the habits and tactics used byinclusive leaders.
- Unlock access to social posts, job aides, andtoolkits to help build inclusive habits.
Melissa Majors
The Inclusive Leadership Speaker
Melissa Majors is a crowd-pleasing speaker who masters brain-friendly talks that engage her audiences and spark not just inspiration but action as well. Melissa Majors, CEO of Melissa Majors Consulting is an innovator and optimizer of education, inclusion, and leadership strategies. She has dedicated her career to maximizing the business impact associated with these areas of focus.
Her firm has extensive experience and a proven reputation for driving better business outcomes through innovative and inclusive strategic planning. They bring deep expertise in improving profitability and innovation, boosting team and organizational
performance, and optimizing inclusion strategies. Melissa formally studied strategy and innovation at Harvard University. Melissa is featured in publications such as Forbes Magazine, Smart Meetings, The Meeting Professional, NorthStar Meetings Group's Eventful Podcast, The Event DR, and on the keynote stage at events such as Meeting Professional's International's WEC, The Northwest Event Show, Catalyst Events, Legg Mason's DEI Conference, and many more. Melissa delivers talks on various subjects associated with leadership learning, and"blameless" inclusion. She differentiates her content by blending research, neuroscience, purposeful stories, and fun.