Leadership Essay 2
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213 Chapter 9 Diversity and Inclusion
9.3 OBSERVATIONAL EXERCISE
Diversity and Inclusion
Purpose
1. To become aware of the dimensions of diversity and inclusion
2. To develop an understanding of how leaders address diversity and inclusion in the workplace
Directions
1. Your task in this exercise is to interview a leader about her or his views on diversity and inclusion. The individual you interview should have a formal position of authority in a company (e.g., supervisor, manager), a school (e.g., teacher, principal), or the community (e.g., director of social work, bank vice president, small business owner).
2. Conduct a 30-minutes semi structured interview with this individual by phone or in person
3. Develop your own interview questions, if necessary, you may incorporate ideas from the following questions:
● Tell me about your job. How long have you held this position, and how did you get it? ● What comes to your mind when you hear the word diversity? How is diversity addressed within
your organization? How important do you think diversity is in your place of work? Why? ● Are these areas within your organization that have less diversity than other areas? Do you think the
organization should address this? ● What challenges do you face regarding diversity among those whom you supervise? ● How do you treat employees/followers who are different from others? Do you allow everyone to
participate in decision making? ● What is the best way to make an employee/followers who is minority feel genuinely included with
others?
Questions
1. Based on your observations, how important is diversity and inclusion to the leader you interviewed? The interviewed was very great for diversity and inclusion because we all help each other to understand how to be closely to different organization.
2. Which metaphor to Table 9.2 (i.e., melting pot, salad, or smorgasbord) would you use to describe the way the leader approaches his or her followers? Give examples to illustrate this metaphor. I would give the leader as being a salad because she likes to work in teams to help others and listen to different organization.
3. Do you think the leader holds any stereotypes about others? In what way do these affect his or her leadership? Yes, the leader holds stereotypes. She has some days that she comes very lazy from work than not working in any group team activities.
4. In what way does the leader try to make individuals who are different feel a part of the organization? Give specific examples where relevant. The leader give some excellent idea for other people to be able to be part of the organization.
5. Do you think privilege is in any way related to how this person leads? Defend your answer. I think no, because she is a wonderful person that is very kind with others when it comes to a huge organization. She understands what other people race and gender stand them.
