Dei Inclusion

“When people feel a sense of community and can show up as their genuine selves, they do their best work. Inclusion, belonging, and wellbeing came central to how I defined talent investment.”

“Inclusion isn't just about representation. It's about helping people feel safe, valued, and able to contribute fully.”

“When organizations are looking at new and different ways to be competitive and to stay relevant, it's your chief diversity officer who oftentimes is going to be that person to help you examine, evaluate, and execute on n...”

“But statistically, if you look at many of the, many of these organizations that had these pronouncements of, you know, moving the chief diversity officer into the C-suite, even hiring one, many of those organizations hav...”

“If you don't have the culture that allows people to show up and do their best and see opportunity for their own success, anything you're doing on the diversity front is not likely to succeed.”

“If the Golden Rule is treat others how you'd want to be treated, the Platinum Rule is treat others how they'd like to be treated. And then you could be much more effective because you're adapting your style to what their...”

“That experience was a really pivotal one and has allowed me to build a passion around advancing fairness and inclusion and belonging in organizations... that passion for creating belonging, building community, and making...”

“What I have been blessed with and what I've experienced is firstly, I've had very good mentors and leaders who've been very intentional about the fact that we do need to set up a diverse and inclusive work environment.”

“it was important that this be something that a group of employees feel strongly about and raise their hand and say, we want to start this group.”

“The best way to support their advancement is to make sure that they see themselves in roles that they are aspiring to move into, right?”

“When you are working with the multicultural teams and you need to understand them, you need to understand where they are coming from or where they are. So not just if they are in different locations, not just the time zo...”

“We did, for example, we did some special events connected to the countries where they were coming from. So like, for example, I had one colleague from Morocco. We did a Morocco day and we did Morocco food, music. We crea...”

“But in addition to just numbers, it really kind of helped shift some of the internal mindsets around who is qualified for tech roles. And it's really encouraged leaders to think more broad about more inclusive profiles o...”

“And it's a term I don't like to hear. I think at the stage in the career that I am, people have experiences. They might be looking for something different, a little less responsibility in their role, and that's why they'...”

“We have people who learn differently within the workplace. Are we treating them fairly? We have people who are on the autism spectrum. Are, are we doing enough to challenge ourselves as an organization to be able to trul...”

“I still remain very focused on understanding what makes each of us really unique, right? And how you bring that as an asset to your work, and also how to really think about everyone's unique experiences and backgrounds a...”

“at LVMH, we are diverse by essence and inclusive by choice.”

“The loudest person in the room isn't always the smartest, and sometimes the quietest person in the room might have the more profound influence on outcomes.”

“Instead of the usual suspects, you need to listen to the unusual suspects.”

“today we need to put more focus on addressing all of our constituents and understanding the impact that they can have on the workplace and the workforce. When you think about women who have such unique experiences...”

“Over 7 out of 10 employees said that they have to hide aspects of themselves at work. So this company said, no, don't hide. We think that where you are, your identities have value.”

“What I love and the soapbox I get on about diversity is diversity of thought. So I need people on my team. I need people in the company who come from completely different walks of life where they grew up in a different w...”

“I think inclusion or belonging also starts with listening and finding a platform to ensure that all voices are heard.”

“This is an employee that I knew, but a deeper connection through story and her finding something in my story to say, okay, I, I, I can do this. It's okay. I can tell my mom and sisters.”

“The last thing they should worry about is an immediate loss of income when their lives could be potentially turned upside down.”

“And I was able to, with great support from senior leadership, great support within the human resources function and the leaders there, and great support from just a fabulous team, we built out really intentional strategi...”

“A lot of people can't take a step back and do a 3-month internship experience for like low pay or something. So this is 18 months, it's full-time, you get, you get benefits, there's a little bit more stability.”

“I'll tell you, some of the most successful veterans I've seen in the workforce are noncommissioned officers or senior noncommissioned officers... those folks know how to lead teams. They're highly organized. They know ho...”

“Biases are like noses. Everybody's got them, but some of them are privy of numbers.”

“So I think, you know, from my perspective, the way that you can support anyone, whether you are a leader, whether you are a, just an individual contributor and you're working with your peers, is to really be authentic an...”