There is indeed a secret sauce for achieving inclusive management and as usual some folks naturally have the ability to make it happen. That doesn’t mean that they can’t get better, it just means they have a jump on the rest of us. Some people have better instincts than others, like in Baseball, some base-runners just “know” when to take the extra base and others should rely on the base coaches to get them where they need to go. A guy can have blazing speed, but not be a very

Let me start by explaining what Inclusive Management is not. It is not consensus management. Seeking buy-in from your direct reports is smart management (if done properly), but that does not mean that you must achieve consensus from your direct reports before implementing a program or an idea. That is as disastrous as dictatorial management. Inclusive management is Love based. Even famous tough guys like Vince Lombardi (the Super Bowl trophy is named after him) understood tha