Diversity & Inclusion

Inclusion in Retreat?

What Emerging Leaders Must Understand About DEI Amid Corporate Retreat and Cultural Disruption

Emerging leaders are stepping into organisations at a moment of contradiction. Diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) have never been more visible in language, yet for many employees, especially women of colour, inclusion feels increasingly fragile.

Research from McKinsey & Company and LeanIn.org shows that progress for women of colour has stalled or reversed at critical transition points. They remain the most under represented group in management, face the highest levels of microaggressions and receive the least sponsorship. This is not a pipeline issue. It is a systems issue.

When Narcissism Hides Behind the Mission Statement

We often think of narcissism as personal. Intimate. Domestic. But what happens when it walks into the office in a tailored suit, quoting company values using “inclusion” as a marketing phrase?

Let’s go deeper.

Narcissistic leaders are often the ones who speak of morals they’ve never lived, just like the image says.

• They quote equity while side-lining you in meetings.