We tend to think of culture as something created in company-wide events, town halls, or leadership off-sites. The truth is, culture is shaped by hundreds of tiny decisions people make every day about how much of themselves they bring to work. Each moment sends a message.

We are hearing a common theme amongst our clients recently that they want their teams to dramatically accelerate progress on key initiatives - especially when faced with complex, high stakes tasks.

It’s one thing as a leader to delegate clear cut tasks like asking one of your high performers to chair a risk committee and quite another to delegate responsibility for a complex initiative like developing a data strategy that transforms the organization. How can we improve the odds of your team making great decisions when faced with hard to solve, complex, high stakes tasks?

I was once given several stretch assignments as part of an emerging leaders program early in my career in aerospace at Bombardier. Leveraging my experience, I share four ways to accelerate development and inclusion of diverse talent.