Estimating the Potential Impact of Exclusion

During a series of recent workshops I have had the opportunity to ask leaders this question. "How often are the contributions individuals can make to your business being limited by the attitudes other people have about them?" The leaders respond in real time using voting handsets. The votes from 150+ leaders came out like this:

While this is not highly scientific it does represent the perception of a substantial number of senior leaders. This is what they think they see going on. With 71% believing that individual contributions are limited fairly often or frequently by excluding attitudes - removing this barrier is now significant part of their business case for creating more inclusive cultures.

Having the data from within the group, in real time, fosters great conversations about the future role of leaders.