Northouse, Introduction to Leadership: Concepts and Practice, 4e
SAGE Publishing, 2018
Discussion Questions
Chapter 9: EMBRACING DIVERSITY AND INCLUSION
1. Are all the primary dimensions of diversity in Table 9.1 equally important to your current
identity?
2. Can you think of a group or organization you belonged to when you were in the majority
AND were able to incorporate the opinions of the minority regularly?
3. Why are inequities between individuals and groups difficult to resolve?
4. What are some of the competitive advantages of diverse workgroups? Give real-life
5. What is the difference between the metaphors of melting pot, salad, and smorgasbord?
6. Using the Inclusion Framework (Figure 1) how can a person move from one quadrant to
another?
7. How does your city or town government think about and address inclusion? Give
8. What organizational practices help you to feel safe at college or in the workplace?
9. In what ways are you ethnocentric?
10. What privilege do you have based on one of the cultural dimensions from Table 9.1?
11. What is the role of organizational members, not just the leader, to “effectively address
and build inclusion”?