Ruchika T. Malhotra believes inclusion is the most important leadership trait today, and that it can be learned. She has addressed audiences at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, Pixar, Google, Microsoft, Amazon, the Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation and the U.S. Congress.
Her HBR article "Stop Telling Women They Have Imposter Syndrome," co-written with Jodi-Ann Burey, has drawn more than a million views, ranks among the 100 most read articles in HBR.org's history and argues that biased practices and outdated standards of professionalism, not women's self-doubt, are what stymie careers. Her book Inclusion on Purpose makes the case that a culture of belonging does not just happen; organizations have to work at it. The book centers the workplace experience of women of color as the lens through which inclusion and belonging should be approached.
