Be an inclusive leader

Culture Change Toolkit: How to develop diverse leadership

Discussion of how to support future leaders. Outline of how to develop a mentorship program.

Decolonizing Arts Leadership Through Shared Black and Indigenous Leadership

This essay by David Howse and Ronee Penoi for HowlRound argues that it is critical to seek out new types of leadership that diverge from the patriarchal, hierarchical, and colonial structures that are currently in place, and reflect on their own experiences as arts leaders.

Increasing Equity and Inclusion in the Arts

Podcast featuring a panel of three San Francisco Bay Area arts organisations talking about how they are shaping their organisations and their performances to make them more diverse and welcoming

Esme Ward (Manchester Museum): in conversation

This interview is part of a project led by Professor Bridget Byrne and Dr Roaa Ali at the Centre on Dynamics of Ethnicity (CoDE), University of Manchester. This project explores how institutional practices in cultural institutions can reproduce and mitigate ethnic inequality, and Manchester Museum is one of the case studies.

Inclusive Leadership

This model by Diversity Council Australia provides a framework that includes five inclusive leadership capabilities.

Inclusive Leadership Behaviours Self-Assessment

This self-assessment worksheet is designed to encourage reflection and to identify opportunities for change in order to become a more effective inclusive leader.

Decolonizing and Uncolonizing Leadership

This podcast by York University asks the question: "How do we undo and disrupt coloniality and engage in decolonizing and uncolonizing leadership?"

What Everyone Can Learn From Leaders of Color

This article draws on the experiences of leaders of color to highlight how their assets go beyond experiences of oppression or marginalization to include the connection, meaning, and joy they can draw on from their respective cultures and communities.

Advancing Inclusion, Community, & Belonging

This is a case study example of inclusive leadership, showing how inclusive leaders educate themselves and their team about different cultures and engage with diverse communities, building a strong network of allies.

Toolkit for inclusive practice in craft organisations

This guide contains practical steps on how to make your craft organisation more inclusive for people from minoritised groups.

Getting Real About Inclusive Leadership (Report)

This is a global report showing how managers behaviour is directly linked to an employee’s experience of inclusion in the workplace. It directly discusses actionable leadership behaviours that make a difference.

Inclusive Leadership (Resources)

This is a collection of resources on inclusive leadership.

"Years of documented research demonstrate that inclusive leadership plays an important role in making employees feel valuable and included, which has a positive impact on team and organizational performance. Inclusive leadership traits can be learned and should be continuously developed."

Shared-Decision Making

Derived from the Creative People and Places Project, this is a resource and framework for leaders who are leading on community arts projects. It focuses on collaborating with local people to create relevant and inspiring arts programmes.

Organisational Development for Global Majority Cultural Workers

This is an example of an education development programme for executive leaders of arts and change organisations to help to enable culture change and new ways for working for global majority workers.

Alliance Of Latinx Executives Help Hollywood Bolster Senior Diverse Recruitment

This article highlights a new group of senior Latinx executives, who have come together to help Hollywood fill senior roles across the TV industry with more diverse faces.

"In the short term, the alliance is looking to help fill as many open senior level positions with Latinx executives as possible as well as champion and support the next generation of Latinx executives to ensure they continue to grow and climb the executive ladder."

Netflix enters MoU with Kenya Government to strengthen Creative Talent

This article describes how Netflix entered a two-year memorandum of understanding (MoU) with the Kenyan Ministry of ICT, Innovation & Youth Affairs. The agreement is part of efforts by the Ministry to strengthen the country’s creative industry and support the development of the next generation of storytellers.

Diversity Searchlight Interview Transcript

This interview transcript offers a best practice example of a large film studio in the US that is doing community outreach work for training and recruitment to diversify the workforce from a cultural diversity perspective.

Diversity in Arts Leadership Internship

This program is an example that showcases best-practice leadership behaviours in training, resourcing and supporting the next generation of diverse arts leaders.

Cultural Leadership Programme

This is an example that shows how leaders commit to cultural diversity by empowering the next generation of leaders.

Aiding the Evolution of Art Museums to Reflect the Diversity of Our Country

This case study example shows the process of how museums can become more representative of the population demographic by measuring staff demographic and by exploring case studies of how a selection of US museums addressed cultural diversity and inclusion.

EDI Poetic Summaries

This is a series of resources that show out of the box thinking with poetic explanations of EDI concepts for leaders including psychological safety and cultural awareness.