Achieving a Culture That Works: Inclusive Leadership that Drives Lasting Success

"Imagine a world where everyone in your team feels valued, heard, and empowered to contribute. Imagine that world where people aren't afraid to challenge the status quo and great ideas emerge from unexpected places. Now imagine that world where toxic behaviors don't just go unchecked, they don't even have room to rise. Wouldn't that be a great world? What happens when leadership tolerates the wrong behaviors? What happens when decision-making is shaped by exclusion, fear, and insecurity?"

"I look after a department called Core Data Platform that has about 52 engineers. That's both contract and perm, both nearshore and people that live within the UK. I do a lot of work around diversity, equity, and inclusion. I'm a community leader. We created a network in the BBC called Retrace, which is for black folks in tech at the BBC."

"While I'm going through this, I want you all to think about this as well. I'm going to talk about three areas, that's leadership, building trust, and then the nuts and bolts of resilience and motivation, which I think is key and underpins it all. I'm also going to look at it from the different types of lenses, and I want you all to do that as well."

An engineering manager at the BBC leads a Core Data Platform department of about 52 engineers, including contractors, nearshore staff, and UK-based colleagues. A network called Retrace supports Black technologists and has grown to about 56 members. Inclusive leadership requires preventing toxic behaviors, enabling challenge to the status quo, and encouraging ideas from unexpected places. Achieving inclusivity focuses on three areas: leadership, building trust, and resilience and motivation. Implementation should occur at leader, individual, and team levels, with practical day-to-day actions to foster trust, equity, and sustained team motivation.

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