Inclusive Leadership

In this 1-day training, we focus on knowledge, skills, and attitude in the following three core areas of inclusive leadership:

1. Self-Awareness: Strengths and Growth Areas

Knowledge

• Summarize the foundations of inclusive leadership
• Recognize the role of identity, bias, and lived experience in leadership
• Explain common leadership pitfalls in academic environments

Skills

• Identify and articulate your own leadership strengths
• Recognize personal growth areas and blind spots

Attitude

• Appreciate your own leadership strengths
• Appreciate the value that differences bring to a team
  

2. Inclusive Communication

Knowledge

• Identify communication styles across differences, such as cultures and generations
• Articulate the impact of power and hierarchy on relationships
• Recognize conflict as a natural dynamic in team settings

Skills

• Use active listening and inclusive language
• Navigate difficult conversations with respect and clarity
• Respond constructively to disagreement and tension

Attitude

• Demonstrate curiosity about other perspectives
  

3. Empathetic an d Values-Based Leadership

Knowledge

• Explain empathy as a leadership skill
• Balance task-oriented goals with team well-being
• Translate University of Groningen’s values into everyday leadership behaviors

Skills

• Cultivate social safety and trust within teams
• Recognize contributions equitably

Attitude

• Demonstrate grace towards yourself and others when mistakes are made

After completing the course, participants will be able to:

• Explain their leadership strengths and growth areas.
• Adapt their communication style to foster inclusion, clarity, and mutual respect within diverse teams.
• Recognize and respond to early signs of conflict in ways that maintain trust and support collaborative problem-solving.
• Demonstrate leadership behaviors grounded in empathy, respect, and inclusion.
• Apply concrete strategies to build a socially safe team culture that supports both individual and group success.
  

This course is in line with the University of Groningen policy on leadership in that it supports the development of the following skills:

• Understanding differences between people (diversity)
  • recognize and respond to the diverse experiences and needs
• Acting based on the situation
  • adapt to interpersonal and organizational dynamics
• Dialogue skills
  • practice active listening and inclusive dialogue and feedback
• Providing trust
  • demonstrate consistency, empathy, and respect in everyday interactions