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So, what makes an employee feel included?
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Confidence and Inspiration
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When an employee knows that their work contributes to the overall success of the organization, they feel confident and inspired to contribute ideas or go the extra mile.
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Balance
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The ways in which companies enable the employee to balance their work-life commitments is a key driver of their feelings of inclusion. These provisions signal that an employee is seen as a whole person with a life outside the organization.
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Inclusive Leadership
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Behaviours of an employee’s direct manager and organizational leadership communicate to the employee the organization’s level of commitment and support for diversity.
“In order to truly embed diversity in your organization, every leader, manager, and employee needs to be able to understand and articulate why Diversity and Inclusion, or Human Rights and Equity is important to your organization.“
–Michael Back, CCDP/AP, founder, Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion, 2014
–Michael Back, CCDP/AP, founder, Canadian Institute of Diversity and Inclusion, 2014