A Review of Inclusive Workplace Challenges: Leadership Panache and DEI

Diversity management, an important element of all institutions, is a process by which a welcoming environment is created that appreciates and respects individual differences. This involves reducing discrimination and marginalization, promoting inclusion and belonging, enhancing performance and results, and facilitating talent management. Formal and informal discrimination can result in marginalization, adversely affecting quality of life and career experience, and these challenges are serious. Inclusion helps create a warm and inclusive atmosphere that welcomes individuality and engages individuals in making decisions. Strong authenticity of voice within an organization indicates that effective diversity management is always required. This chapter discusses all the DEI challenges from a fresh perspective, maintaining that it is a new age leader’s responsibility in the community, including social change and equity.