Inclusive Leadership Development

Grow the leaders your culture needs

Pulsely’s Inclusive Leadership Development solution offers a research-based framework to evaluate how leaders influence inclusion across your organization. The process delivers actionable insights and developmental guidance, aligned with key goals:

Increase self-awareness and help leaders take ownership of their inclusive leadership journey;

Highlight specific leadership behaviors that need development or reinforcement;

Understand how leadership styles influence psychological safety and team openness around inclusion.

Why Inclusive Leadership Matters

Leaders set the tone for inclusion. Their behaviors shape team dynamics, trust, and a sense of belonging. Our development framework helps you build leadership excellence by identifying high-impact areas for inclusive growth, offering feedback grounded in employee experience, and driving accountability through data, not assumptions.

Dimensions of inclusivity

Each employee’s feedback helps generate a multi-dimensional view of how leadership is perceived, based on:

Beliefs – Do leaders genuinely value diversity and inclusion?

Conviction – How strongly do they express and stand by inclusive values?

Voice Climate – Do they create space for others to speak up without fear?

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Three types of inclusive leaders

Our approach helps you track how leadership mindsets evolve over time, providing early signals of cultural progress and leadership effectiveness. We categorize leaders into three profiles to guide targeted support and training.

The Traditionalist – Believes success is based on merit and effort, assuming the workplace is already fair. Responds to data linking inclusion to performance.

‍The Investigator – Questions whether advancement is truly merit-based and is open to learning about bias. Influenced by research on fair decision-making.

‍The Inclusivist – Recognizes workplace barriers and believes diverse teams drive better outcomes. Inspired by role models who champion fairness and equity.

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How It Works

We guide your team through a focused, 4-phase process that turns feedback into transformation:

Phase 1

4 - 6 weeks

Kick off

Get leadership onboard

Host your internal project launch meeting

Build a communications plan

Finalize data needs

Phase 2

2 weeks

Survey launch

Phase 3

3 weeks

Data analysis

Report building

Phase 4

1 week (deliverables)

Diversity snapshot

Diagnostic report

Results debrief meetings

The Pulsely platform has been extremely helpful in understanding our team and their needs in a responsible way that protects their confidentiality and ensures data we can rely on to design interventions.

Ren Gaffney

General Counsel

When our company launched its DEI effort, we knew we needed comprehensive data to help guide our decision-making.

Mike O'Malley

SVP Government & PR

In my 20+ years in the industry, I have explored several assessments and Pulsely is the one that I felt most closely aligns with the concept of inclusion I believe in.

Dr. Linda G. Wiley

CEO

The data as well as the data presentation helped me greatly to pinpoint challenges and opportunities and engage with senior leaders in the business. We've reached a higher level of awareness of the topic.

Anneke Beerkens

Head of Inclusion and Belonging

The whole process was very straightforward and we had their support in communicating and engaging our employees. Pulsely DEI survey has original questions that lead to interesting reflections. The final report highlighted our strengths and weaknesses that allowed us to create an action plan.

Fernanda Pires

VP of People and ESG

Pulsely did a fantastic job listening to our needs, and walking along side us in our DEI journey. The turn around time on our results were extremely fast and the report was clear, specific, and easy to explain. We feel like we have a better understand of where we are at so we know where we need to go.

Megan Donecker

DEI Strategy Officer