The Future of Inclusive Leadership: How HR & L&D Can Drive Workplace Equity
The Future of Inclusive Leadership: How HR & L&D Can Drive Workplace Equity
Presented by Professor Anita Bosch, Research Chair: Women at Work, Stellenbosch Business School
As organisations face increasing pressure to create diverse, equitable, and inclusive workplaces, the role of HR and L&D has never been more pivotal. In this powerful and practical session, Professor Anita Bosch—South Africa’s leading expert on gender equity in the workplace—explores how inclusive leadership is evolving and what it means for the future of talent development.
Drawing on the latest research and real-world examples, this session will help you understand how systemic barriers to inclusion persist—and what can be done to dismantle them. Anita will share evidence-based strategies for embedding equity into leadership development, performance management, and culture-building efforts. You’ll gain insights into how inclusive leadership goes beyond representation, influencing innovation, psychological safety, and organisational agility.
Whether you’re redesigning leadership pipelines or developing learning programmes that shape future leaders, this session will equip you with tools to create workplaces where everyone can thrive. Expect to walk away inspired, informed, and ready to take action.
This is not just a DEI conversation—it’s a strategic leadership imperative.
Key Learnings
1. Practical Tools to Embed Inclusion in Leadership Development
Learn how to integrate inclusive practices into leadership pipelines, performance frameworks, and L&D initiatives to foster equity-driven growth.
2. Insight into the Systemic Barriers Limiting Workplace Equity
Understand the often invisible structural and cultural barriers that hinder inclusion—and how to identify and address them through HR and L&D strategies.
3. Evidence-Based Approaches to Cultivating Inclusive Leadership Behaviours
Gain actionable insights from cutting-edge research to help leaders model inclusive behaviours that drive psychological safety, innovation, and engagement.
