Eskalera Guiding Questions for Senior Leadership
Below are guiding questions and follow on materials that you can talk about with your management teams to further their understanding of the Eskalera journey:
Impact of Exclusion on Your Team
February 15, Impact of Otherness
Additional Engagement Opportunities for Team Members:
- Embracing otherness, embracing myself, Thandie Newton, 2011
Manager Questions for 1:1 and Team Meetings:
- How did you feel when reflecting on the term “othering”?
- In what ways do you see “othering” taking place within your life?
- “Panning” is to make observations about group dynamics without assumptions or judgements, what did you find hard about “panning” when observing a group?
- Now that you are familiar with the term “panning” in what ways did your observations change when entering into a group dynamic?
March 1, Impact of Otherness and Effects of Covering
Additional Engagement Opportunities for Team Members:
- Why am I “so gay?”, Thomas Lloyd
Manager Questions for 1:1 and Team Meetings:
- How have you felt in the past when you had to hide a difference?
- In what ways can you create an inclusive setting to allow differences to be shared?
- How have you felt in the past when you have taken a risk (opened up and shared your opinion)?
- Looking at the colleagues you work with on a daily basis, how much do people share about their personal lives? Is it an expectation that you share?
March 15, Effects of Covering and Ingroups/Outgroups on Your Team
Manager Questions for 1:1 and Team Meetings:
- How does talking about “unwritten rules” make you feel?
- Reflect on a time when there was an unwritten rule that impacted you, in that moment how did you feel? Did you follow up with anyone?
- How did you feel when determining who was in your “ingroup” and who was in your “outgroup”?
- Reflect on what makes you feel more comfortable with folks that may be in your ingroup? Likewise, what makes you feel uncomfortable with those in your outgroup?
- In what ways has your level of comfort changed when reflecting on “ingroup” versus “outgroup”?
- In what ways will you alter your approach when working within a group setting (after understanding ingroup and outgroup)?