A fresh perspective on how leaders can be more inclusive across all areas of their decision-making.

Your business needs you to be brave when it comes to inclusion.

David McQueen has coached leaders across all sectors to step up to inclusive leadership, transforming their processes, policies and ways of working to support diversity and reap the rewards.

Many leaders are terrified of doing the wrong thing, so they do nothing. That is not an option. Discover how to think strategically about problem-solving and decision-making so that you embed inclusivity in your organization, no matter the pace of change you face, and future-proof your talent management, product development, customer experience and more.

David McQueen is a leadership coach, international speaker and facilitator. He is the cofounder of professional development company Q Squared Ltd, the host of the David McQueen Podcast podcast and a blogger on all things leadership and culture change.

• Title Page
• Copyright
• contents
• CHAPTER 1 – WHAT IS BRAVE LEADERSHIP?
  • Defining leadership
  • Defining followership
  • Inclusive leadership
  • Defining BRAVE leadership
  • The BRAVE acronym
• CHAPTER 2 – LEADERSHIP AS A SYSTEM
  • What is systemic leadership?
  • The myth of the hero leader
  • Developing an inclusive leadership system
• CHAPTER 3 – COURAGEOUS DECISION-MAKING
  • BRAVE decision-making
  • Problem-solving for leaders
  • Why is this important for BRAVE leaders?
• CHAPTER 4 – STRATEGIC THINKING AS A PRACTICE
  • What is strategic thinking?
  • Strategic thinking for inclusive leadership
  • Strategic thinking for innovation
• CHAPTER 5 – MAPPING INCLUSION
  • Mapping inclusivity in talent journeys
  • Mapping customer experiences
  • Mapping product development
  • More than talent
• CHAPTER 6 – LEADING BY EXAMPLE
  • Managing your own performance
  • Setting expectations
  • Modelling excellence
  • Taking care of yourself
  • Embracing failure
  • Asking better questions
• CHAPTER 7 – THE COACHING ADVANTAGE
  • What is leadership coaching?
  • How does coaching help with inclusive leadership?
  • Coaching using the BRAVE model
  • Theory of change
• CHAPTER 8 – TEAM BUILDING AND MANAGING RESISTANCE
  • Team building objectives
  • Building inclusive teams
  • Challenging resistance
• CHAPTER 9 – CULTURE SHIFTS
  • Organizational climate
  • Organizational culture
  • Building BRAVE climates
  • Influencing BRAVE cultures
• CHAPTER 10 – PULLING IT ALL TOGETHER
  • Why inclusive leadership matters
  • Where do we go next?
  • Finally
• Recommended reading
• Acknowledgements
• Index
• About the author