Your Role as a Manager in Creating a Positive, Inclusive Wor…

Your Role as a Manager in Creating a Positive, Inclusive Workplace Culture: Toward a More Positive and Inclusive Culture

For your final presentation to managers, you will focus on helping managers to create a more positive, inclusive culture. As in the prior 2 weeks, provide 23 bullet points per slide, along with an accompanying script in the Notes section of each slide that you would use if you were delivering the presentation to a group of managers. As in Weeks 1 and 2, be sure your presentation ends with a clear, actionable Call to Action.

As you prepare your presentation and script, be sure to cover all items outlined, including the incorporation of references to appropriate academic sources, such as those found in the Learning Resources or those in the Walden Library.

Resources

Required Resources

Have you ever wondered why one negative co-worker can drag down the feeling of an entire workplace? Through these resources, you will explore the very real benefits of a positive workplace culture as well as learn some tactics for dealing with workplace negativity and drama.

• NeSmith, M. (2025, April 11). . Bamboo HR.
• Time Estimate: 6 minutes
• Taylor, B. (2020, February 17). . Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 24.
• Time Estimate: 5 minutes
• White, P. (2018). . Personal Excellence, 23(4), 1920.
• Time Estimate: 5 minutes

More and more, leaders and organizations are understanding the costs of drama in the workplace. Using these resources, you will examine how to recognize drama and explore methods for helping you and your teams move beyond it to productive conflict and true effectiveness.

• McQuaid, M. (2019). Psychology Today.
• Time Estimate: 2 minutes
• Reality-Based Leadership. (2017, March 16). [Video]. YouTube.
• Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 1 minute.
• Wakeman, C. (2018, June 13). [Video]. YouTube.
• Note: The approximate length of this media piece is 6 minutes.

What does it mean to have a truly diverse, inclusive, equitable workplace? Many organizations talk about diversity, but it may not be reflective in their business practices. Using these resources, you will explore why creating an equitable workplace requires much more than surface-level diversity, as well as what makes an organization or team truly inclusive and how this drives not only positive social change but also strong organizational results.

• Chan, B. K. (2021). . Diversity for Social Impact.
• Time Estimate: 12 minutes
• Corritore, M., Goldberg, A., & Srivastava, S. B. (2020). . Harvard Business Review, 98(1), 7683.
• Time Estimate: 20 minutes
• Sherbin, L., & Rashid, R. (2017, January 31). . Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 25.
• Time Estimate: 6 minutes

Managers play a key role in ensuring their teams and organizations are truly inclusive. Using these resources, you will investigate ways to develop your own skills in creating and maintaining truly inclusive work environments.

• Bourke, J., & Espedido, A. (2020, March 6). . Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 25.
• Time Estimate: 6 minutes
• Bourke, J., & Espedido, A. (2019, March 29). . Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 25.
• Time Estimate: 6 minutes
• Heath, K., & Wensil, B. F. (2019, September 6). . Harvard Business Review Digital Articles, 25.
• Time Estimate: 6 minutes
• Williams, J. C., & Mihaylo, S. (2019). . Harvard Business Review, 97(6), 151155.
• Time Estimate: 22 minutes

Be sure to review the Learning Resources before completing this activity.

Click the weekly resources link to access the resources.

To prepare for this Assignment:

• Review, as needed, the following resource, which includes links to helpful information about using Microsoft PowerPoint:
• OASIS: Academic Skills Center. (n.d.). . Walden University.
• Download the .

Submit your presentation. Using the PowerPoint template provided, address the following topics and questions in approximately 910 slides, excluding references:

Part 1: Toward a More Positive Culture

• Synthesize the effects of having a positive work cultureas well as the effects of not having one.
• How does this impact the organization?
• How does this impact individuals and teams?
• Call to Action: Propose a set of key steps that managers in your selected organization can take to move toward greater positivity.

Part 2: Toward a More Inclusive Culture

• Examine what it means for an organization to have an inclusive culture.
• Distinguish between diversity and inclusion.
• In what ways are they the same?
• In what ways are they different?
• Analyze the importance of diversity and inclusion to an organization.
• What are the positive effects of incorporating diversity and inclusion into the culture?
• What challenges might you encounter when incorporating these ideas into the culture?
• Call to Action: Develop a list of key steps managers in your selected organization can take to better incorporate diversity and inclusion into organizational culture and practices.