Diversity-Conscious Leadership

Diversity Issues

In society, today success in many organizations and in our personal lives is dependent on how we understand diversity consciousness around us and how we can use it to our advantage. That’s not to say that people and organizations can’t be successful, but to neglect and disregard the world around us that is so diverse with people, cultures, and different work ethic can hinder a company’s growth, be successful, and make it difficult for a person to become a strong diverse conscious leader.

Diversity Leadership

Leadership, has many definitions to include exerting influence, motivating, and enabling people to see and realize their potential (Bucher, 2015, p. 218). A common goal is what leaders and the people they work with try

Other skills are important like technical and organizational skills, but as leaders it’s hard to lead a group when there is little to no understanding of how they can impact the group or organization. This is where diversity-conscious leadership comes into play. According to Bucher (2015), “Diversity-conscious leadership refers to the process by which people influence and empower others by recognizing, understanding, and adjusting to diversity in all its forms,” (p. 221). A diverse conscious leader demonstrates understanding and openness to relate to others who are different in many ways. If they fail to be open and adjust it can affect their ability to be good leaders with strong diversity conscious skills. On the leadership standpoint, there are benefits to developing and being a diverse conscious leader. It can allow leaders to increase the thinking abilities and to relate to the variety of cultures around us. They develop adaptability skills which is key when dealing with a diverse workforce. Being able to shift attention to problems and look towards the group to resolve any if not all issues reassures the workplace how much of a good diverse leader a person can

With technology improving everyday it allows the world to communicate with others from far away. With so many people behind giving opportunities to people that are not citizens of the U.S. and agree of allowing them to enter the country and work just like everybody else. It challenges us and is opportunity to adapt and learn from people from different parts of the world. The process won’t transform overnight, but with steady awareness and understanding about diversity and the steps toward becoming a diversity conscious leader, can help develop that cultural intelligence in a diversity conscious