You have recognised that for your team or business to grow, you need someone who inspires creativity, challenges the status quo and passionate about achieving outcomes. You go out to market and find someone with these talents and within weeks they are embedded into the team. You are extremely excited about what opportunities lay ahead and can now sit back and wait for success.

Unfortunately for you and the team, the “new talent” is causing tension.

It seems that the new team member is pushing back on the way the team operates, challenging you on why you are doing what you do and advocating for change. They are just not working out. So much for diversity.

This is an all too common issue facing leaders and business when they are trying to diversify their workplace. This is because building diversity is only one half of the equation. The other half is about creating a culture where people are respected and appreciated for their view and opinions. This half is about creating and inclusive workplace.

Join Scott and Brian at our next breakfast where they will explore the concept of diversity in relation to the workplace, the benefits of inclusion to you team and the business, as well as some of the inhibiting factors that impact diversification.