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Unlocking Diversity’s Promise: Psychological Safety, Trust and Inclusion

Unlocking Diversity’s Promise: Psychological Safety, Trust and Inclusion

by Amy Edmondson

Novartis Professor of Leadership and Management at Harvard Business School

May 17, 2021

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Diversity is valuable—but it is inclusion that really drives performance. Psychologically safe workplaces enable and harness the benefits of mutual trust among staff to create a meaningful sense of belonging, and this is the key to unlocking the benefits of diversity. 

Investors, exchanges, regulators and policy-makers have pushed diversity to the top of the agenda for corporate board directors and executive leadership teams, and a spate of recent activism suggests an emerging consensus view: a company’s leadership should better reflect the societies that host them.

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