I came across this mention of our work on a blog recently published by Hark Up Ministries. The writer first quotes from my writing, then makes a very interesting point:

ìStrong relationships are inclusionary; that is, they seek to embrace rather than repel, compete, or exclude. Organizations, of any kind, cannot be relevant if they seek to exclude by creating hierarchies, which separate people by their status or power.î

Lance Secretan from ìInspire!î What Great Leaders Do

The word itself ìInclusionaryî is hard to find. My spell checker does not recognize it as a ìrealî word and wants to change it to ìexclusionaryî. HumÖ interesting.

It is interesting isn’t it? It seems that we have established the word for creating pain and sadness – the act of being “exclusionary”, but we have not yet created the opposite word that leads to inspiration and oneness – “inclusionary”.

What does this say, without being too generalising, about our intentions and our motives, I wonder?

Perhaps if we invest greater energy in embracing others, regardless of their differences or beliefs, then we might be more effective leaders and – who knows – we might find that the word “inclusionary” becomes part of our everyday language.