Inclusive leaders set the course for business success
Elevated performance, more innovation, and engaged employees are just a few benefits of inclusive leadership.
The Inclusive Leadership Certificate program at the School of Business at Stevens Institute of Technology is designed to educate students on inclusion and its importance for both personal and business success. Participants who complete the program will earn a certificate in inclusive leadership.
Stevens Inclusive Leadership Certificate Program
What? A certificate program that aims to foster students’ inclusive mindsets and practices so that they develop next-level leadership knowledge and skills to elevate individual, business, and community success. It targets to prepare students to become effective, admired, inclusive leaders capable of driving positive changes through cultivating inclusion in teams, organizations, and communities.
For whom? All undergraduate and graduate students at Stevens as well as interested staff and faculty. The program will confer a formal Stevens Inclusive Leadership Certificate to the participants upon successful completion.
Why? We regard inclusive leadership as a combination of capabilities that together help organizations adapt to and capitalize on customer and market diversity, cultivate new ideas and innovation, and enable full and equitable participation of all people. Inclusive leadership enables open, agile and exploratory cultures that foster trust, strengthen commitment and empower people of all backgrounds to engage authentically with one another and with external stakeholders. What content? 3 components: (1) training (about 25 hours over 3-5 semesters), (2) reflection (portfolio development), and (3) real-world applications (through relevant service-learning projects, course projects, or senior design projects, etc.)
Inclusive organizations are just better
Inclusive organizations outperform less-inclusive ones in terms of making better business decisions, having higher customer engagement, better capturing new markets, generating higher innovation, and enjoying higher profitability.
What is one action you will take to practice inclusive leadership?
Notes from some first-year students at the School of Business
"Listen to other's thoughts, ideas and perspectives"
Research
Explore our latest research focused on inclusive leadership in the workplace.
Five everyday scenarios that call for inclusive leadership – and how to go about it
The workplace is crying out for more inclusive leadership. Discover the top five situations where it’s needed the most and the everyday actions that can help you elevate your leadership from good to great.
What Makes an Inclusive Leader?
Leaders are critical to fostering inclusive organizations. After interviews with 40 DEI award-winning or peer-nominated exemplary inclusive leaders from a variety of job functions, organizations and industries, here are five key behaviors that help leaders make their organizations more inclusive.
How Women Manage the Gendered Norms of Leadership
Based on interviews with 64 top-level women leaders from 51 different organizations in the United States, here are how women manage paradoxical demands on a day-to-day basis.
What’s Your Leadership Origin Story?
How you tell the story of your own path towards becoming a leader frames your leadership style, as well as the ways in which you cultivate and support other leaders within your organization. Here are four types of leadership narratives to assist with this task.
Espoused Values of the “Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For”: Essential Themes and Implementation Practices
This study identifies and describes the values espoused by the 62 companies that have consistently (2014–2018) appeared on the “Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For” (FBCWF) list.
