Chapter 7
The Eight Core Competencies of the Equitable Leader
In 2002 one of our clients asked about the role of leadership in moving toward a Level 5 on the Equity Continuum. The core question was, “What are the characteristics and behaviors of an equitable leader?”
We turned to the Research Unit for Work and Productivity (RUWP), part of the Ivey School of Business at the University of Western Ontario, which had helped us “quantify” the Equity Continuum at the organizational level (see Chapter 9). The RUWP was a consulting group comprising graduate students and overseen by faculty in the Industrial/Organizational Psychology Department. The group was led by Dr. Julie Carswell. We went on to hire members of the Western team, including Dr. Carswell, ...
