Leadership Roles and the Importance of Diversity and Inclusion in Business

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Please list any leadership roles, community service, and extra-academic activities.
I have had the opportunity to serve as a team leader for various groups both within a school set-up and in the community. For instance, this team of ten worked towards creating a change and leaving a mark in the community. I was chosen as their leader. We used to come up with various activities that we could do for the sake of the community, from garbage collection to the creation of awareness on pertinent issues such as cleanliness and spirituality. As the group leader, I always ensured that my team was open with each other, and never did I never allow them to form smaller in-groups within the main one. This is because the formation of such smaller groups usually is the beginning of the end for the bigger group since factions with different opinions will be established. Infighting will then ensue, and then the group will disintegrate. I, therefore, encouraged openness and clarity. In school, I was always the leader of my group discussions, something that set the foundations for me as a confident person.
Why do you think diversity and inclusion are important in the Business field?
I believe that diversity and inclusion are essential in business since they capture current and future trends. Diversity and inclusion in business are crucial aspects of it. It spans all the realms of business, from the manner of conducting business to management and the workplace. Diversity, especially in the workplace, can refer to employees' ethnicity and other cultural aspects. However, the actual definition of workplace diversity refers to a workforce with varying religion, gender, age, race, education, sexual orientation, and other attributes. On the other hand, inclusion is now how these dynamics are put together into one functional unit.
Companies prefer young employees because they earn substantially less than older employees. Some managers also fail to hire experienced older employees because they perceive them as threats to their position. However, not only do such practices ignore the importance of workplace diversity, but they also overlook the expertise and experience possessed by older job-seekers. Companies, in most cases, tend to focus too much on employing only the young and not the old. Diversity sometimes dictates that there is a need to employ staff, considering all the demographic aspects, from age to gender. Women also need to be part of it. The world is currently changing rapidly.
Globalization is at an all-time high. Businesses need to embrace diversity and inclusion or revise their policies since this is the new business environment and the new business climate. A rigid business regarding diversity and inclusion risks being phased out. Creating an inclusive work or business environment is integral to their survival. This is either through physical mechanization or virtual. Successful businesses are those that are open-minded enough to take i...