Inclusive Leadership: Enhancing Your Culture Where Everyone Feels Engaged and They Belong

About the Session

Research suggests that people draw or energize their motivation from a sense of belonging and in environments where leaders are not intentional in creating inclusivity, their employees are expending a lot of mental energy worrying about not fitting in or belonging. When leaders intentionally take the time to be inclusive and welcoming, employees are better equipped to handle the day-to-day stressors and are more confident and productive! Participants will learn appliable strategies that will help them become more inclusive leaders!

About the Facilitator

Steve Wohlford is a Leadership Advisor for the Indiana Department of Child Services (DCS) and is thrilled to be working with leaders throughout the state in inspiring and engaging them to model and reinforce purposeful, worthwhile work that can lead to overall safety, stability and permanency for Indiana children and families. He has more than 25 years of healthcare management and executive leadership experience in both for-profit and non-profit sectors with an enduring record of strategic growth, service excellence, quality enhancement, competitive market share development, and physician integration strategies. Before working at DCS, Steve was the Chief Operating Officer at Johnson Memorial Health. He received his undergraduate degree at William Jewell College, Liberty, Missouri, and his MS in Administration from Central Michigan University. 

Learning Objectives

Participants will understand the benefits of belonging.

• Participants will review a best-in-practice approach from Auto Trader that leads to inclusive work environments.
• Participants will review strategies to create supportive environments.
• Participants will review the C.U.R.E. model to enhance the motivation & performance of their employees.

Experiential Activities

• Participants will explore with each other possible biases they may have that can interfere with inclusive work environments.
• Participants will discuss with each other both non-inclusive and inclusive work environments they have experienced and share outcomes from those environments.

REGISTER

For more details, contact Bea Northcott at bnorthcott@leadershipjohnsoncounty.org or 317.441.5295.