--- title: Blog | Alison Lazenby description: Senior Consultant --- [![LN-Logo-2021](https://www.leadingnow.biz/hs-fs/hubfs/ADMIN%20-%20All%20Brands/LN/LN-Logo-2021.png?width=147&height=80&name=LN-Logo-2021.png "LN-Logo-2021")](https://www.leadingnow.biz/) # The Latest Insights from Leading NOW ### Alison Lazenby Senior Consultant ## Posts by Alison Lazenby ## [Preparing Diverse Talent for Leadership](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/preparing-diverse-talent-for-leadership) Continuing our blog series and 4 Steps to Making a Real & Lasting DE&I Impact, we covered step #3 and how to build inclusive leadership across your business. We explored how creating a culture of inclusion can start to address our diversity challenges and ensure that all talent is welcomed, valued, and developed. The next part of the prescription addresses the ‘E’ in DE&I, which I feel is the ‘Cinderella’ of the equation. Equity is critical to long-term success, but often the poor relation when it comes to share of company attention, action, and resources. 6 min read | [Alison Lazenby](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/alison-lazenby) [Read ON!](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/preparing-diverse-talent-for-leadership) [Talent Development](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/talent-development) [Diversity & Inclusion](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/diversity-inclusion) ## [Building Inclusive Leadership Across Your Business](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/building-inclusive-leadership-across-your-business) There has been much written about the business case for a more inclusive workplace as organizations embrace diversity, equity, inclusion and belonging. In our latest blog series, 4 Steps to Making a Real & Lasting DE&I Impact, we addressed why the traditional business case has not delivered the outcomes promised, the importance of level-setting with a cultural assessment, and then building a road map to reach your inclusion goals. Next up, let’s talk about building inclusive leadership across your business (#3 of the four steps). There is no single training session that is going to solve what I believe is the omnipresent challenge––or opportunity––of our time. 5 min read | [Alison Lazenby](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/author/alison-lazenby) [Read ON!](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/building-inclusive-leadership-across-your-business) [Diversity & Inclusion](https://www.leadingnow.biz/blog/topic/diversity-inclusion) This is a search field with an auto-suggest feature attached. - There are no suggestions because the search field is empty. ### Subscribe #### Interested in receiving Leading NOW's latest insights on Leadership & Workplace Culture? Stay up to date by subscribing to our blog. 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