Most respondents in Kenji Yoshino’s study said that their leader’s demands that they cover were vastly more significant than the organizational culture’s demands that they cover. In this lesson, Yoshino makes a research-based case for why leaders must accept responsibility for leading diversity initiatives – or risk diminishing commitment, engagement and happiness among their employees..People who felt a covering demand in the workplace were50% less likely to feel they had opportunities51% less likely to feel a sense of commitmentLeadership vs. CultureJust over 50% of people who felt a covering demand felt the demand was imposed upon them by their leader.When leaders imposed the covering demand, about 50% of individuals said it diminished their sense of opportunity and commitment.When the covering demand was culturally imposed, people took it much less personally.This comparison suggests that leadership’s influence is very powerful.If leaders are trained properly, they can subs...