More managerial and professional positions are occupied by females, and more diverse cultural groups, lifestyles, ages, and abilities are seen in the workplace. A wide range of people brings different challenges and advantages in terms of ideas, creativities, styles, and innovations into the workplace. In such blended organizational culture, any racism, sexism, or ageism can easily cause organizational loss of innovative potential and failure in global market.
Organizational culture affects business success therefore to enhance organizational competitiveness and performance, core organizational values (e.g., performance excellence, innovation, social responsibility, worker involvement, and quality of work life) should be emphasized. Effective global leaders must increase their capabilities to manage the complexity of diverse people, understand and respect differences, make necessary adjustment in the leadership, and be ready for opportunities and challenges that come alone. As the leaders are the most influential key to organizational performance, it is crucial for human resource development professionals to support leaders to resolve racially diverse issues through leadership development.