Inclusive Leadership

Per Jennifer Brown's definition in How to be an inclusive leader: Your role in creating cultures of belonging where everyone can thrive (2022), Advocate is defined as: 

In the Advocate stage, you leverage your power and influence to propel change. You draw attention to systemic inequities and get involved in solving them. You work in allyship with others to shift systems and behaviors and take action to disrupt the status quo. You exhibit resilience when you encounter resistance and continue to move forward even when it means breaking away from old norms and groups. (p. 11)

O'Meara, K., Culpepper, D., Misra, J., & Jaeger, A. (2022). Equity-minded faculty workloads: Worksheet booklet. American Council on Education

Aslan, R. (2022, October 20). How to avoid the "White Savior Industrial Complex." Atlantic: Web Edition Articles.

Attiah, K. (2020, June 3). #BlackOutTuesday was a case study in how performative solidarity goes awry. The Washington Post. 

Cole, T. (2012, March 21). The White-Savior Industrial Complex. Atlantic: Web Edition Articles. 

Hackman, R. (2015, June 26).  "We need co-conspirators, not allies:" How White Americans can fight racism.
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Harvey, B. (2018, December 18). What companies can do to help employees address mental health issues. Harvard Business Review.

Here’s what Dick’s Sporting Goods CEO Ed Stack wrote about his company’s actions. (2019, February 28). USA Today. 

Lickerman, A. (2010, June 14). The diffusion of responsibility. Psychology Today.

Out Leadership. (2018, April 30). PwC and Out Leadership launch unique new study of LGBT+ emerging business leaders. Cision: PR Newswire.

Schwantes, M. (2019, June 26). The CEO of Salesforce found out his female employees were paid less than men. His response is a priceless leadership lesson. Inc.

Building a culture of equity-minded leadership in higher education. (2023). The Arthur Vining Davis Foundations.

From pledge to progress: Corporate America one year after George Floyd’s death. (2021). Seramount. 

Kezar, A., Holcombe, E., Vigil, D., Dizon, J. P. M. (2021). Shared equity leadership: Making equity everyone's work. American Council on Education. 

O'Meara, K., Culpepper, D., Misra, J., & Jaeger, A. (2022). Equity-minded faculty workloads: What we can and should do now. American Council on Education. 

• Also see the Equity-minded faculty workloads worksheet booklet

U.S. Chamber of Commerce Foundation. (2022, March 7). The intersectional experiences of women of color in the workplace [Video]. YouTube.