Janet Stovall: How to get serious about diversity and inclusion in the workplace
جانيت ستوفال: كيف أخذ التنوع والشمول بمأخذ جدي في مكان العمل؟
UPS's Janet Stovall has developed a business approach that addresses corporate racism head-on -- and has created methods to help dismantle it. Full bio
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what the question is,
whatever it is she's single-minded about.
يناسب وجهة نظره.
got any plans for the 4th of July?"
مشاريع للاحتفال بالرابع من يوليو؟"
I'm going to binge-watch 'Roots.'"
سأتابع جميع حلقات مسلسل (جذوز)"
I've got a joke for you:
is not just caring about something.
الواحد، هو ليس أن تهتم بشيءٍ ما.
to do something about it.
لعمل شيء تجاهها.
it is moving your feet.
ولكن العمل لتحقيق الدعاء.
about racism is because I know
بالعنصرية فقط هو لأنني أعلم
at Davidson College
في كلية ديفيدسون
black Davidson on the other side,
دافيدسون السوداء في الجانب الآخر.
on the white side of the tracks,
في الجانب الأبيض من السكة،
in downtown and asked for ID,
ليسألونا عن بطاقة الهوية،
that didn't take too long,
ذلك لم يأخذ وقتًا طويلاً،
only 52 of us were black.
فقط 52 من بيننا كانوا من السود.
just a challenge to Davidson:
to say that if you don't do this,
لنقول لهم إنه إذا لم تفعلوا ذلك
your commitment to diversity.
single-minded about racism, too.
تجاه العنصرية.
for all the change that came after it.
لجميع التغييرات التي أتت بعده.
happiest people on the planet that day,
على الكوكب في ذلك اليوم،
or multiracial professors,
أو أساتذة متعددي الأعراق،
Africana Studies Department.
في الدراسات الأفريقية.
because what it taught me
in single-mindedness.
companies in the world.
and predominantly male,
وأغلبهم ذكور
is, it's very personal.
إنه شخصي جدًا.
in deep conversation
في محادثات عميقة
turn to diversity and inclusion,
تتجه إلى التنوع والشمول،
happy to talk about.
of these conversations,
is in a position to do something
يستطيع أن يحقق شيء
in the United States
on a regular basis,
is "the most segregated hour" in America.
هي أكثر ساعة "عزل" بأميركا.
in the US workforce alone --
ضمن القوى العاملة في الولايات المتحدة
and having to show up to get it.
والعمل من أجل الحصول عليه.
is bigger than race,
is the most prominent form,
the absolute best at it.
هي الأفضل على الإطلاق فيه.
and inclusive environments
to do something with?
one-third of our lives at work,
who didn't look like us?
a totally different place outside of work.
مختلف تمامًا خارج العمل.
gets single-minded about racism.
عازم التفكير تجاه العنصرية.
How is that supposed to happen?
كيف ممكن أن يحدث ذلك؟
that business can borrow from Project '87:
يمكن للعمل أن يأخذه من مشروع 87:
for business -- yet.
it's the right thing to do,
الشيء الصحيح الذي ينبغي القيام به،
to make the case
and customer insight.
it's kind of a no-brainer,
a smoke alarm going off
بوجود الحريق
on the hot door,
that your house is on fire.
33 percent better than the norm.
تؤدي عملًا أفضل بنسبة 33% من المعتاد.
enjoy 24 percent higher revenue growth.
للتنوع العرقي تتمتع بإرادات أعلى بنسبة 24%
in the Fortune 500.
العرق الأسود في مجلة Fortune 500.
of getting a callback on your resume
في أن يتم الرد على سيرتك الذايتة.
the fact that by 2045,
أنه بحلول عام 2045،
a minority-majority country.
متساوية العدد بين الأقليات والأغلبية.
as it stands today,
كما هو الوضع اليوم،
is going to get single-minded
يصبح أحادي التفكير
and relative to somebody
wouldn't it make sense
أليس من المنطق
the people that work for you?
base should be 13 percent Black
يجب أن يكونوا 13% من السود
the population looks like.
your customer base looks like.
are not the same things.
some slightly different numbers.
that research shows
actually begin to be heard.
real numbers to fix it,
to set real numbers,
about diversity and inclusion.
and don't come up with their numbers,
ولا يحققون أرقامهم،
maybe we give them some training.
وربما بعض التدريب.
those numbers eventually,
about diversity and inclusion,
عن التنوع والشمول،
we hold back an incentive or two.
the best disincentive is?
want accountability,
تريد المساءلة،
don't do what you're accountable for.
ما أنت مسؤول عنه.
of all colors and all races
من كل الألوان والأعراق.
of the corporate ladder;
indeed, expected --
authentic selves to work every day,
والحقيقية إلى العمل كل يوم.
is both recognized and respected.
معترف به وينال الاحترام.
we learn about diversity at work
التي نتعلمها عن التنوع في العمل
think and say outside of work.
نفكر بها ونقولها خارج العمل.
if we all work together
praying for change to happen
عن الدعاء لتتغير الأمور
our feet to making it.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Janet Stovall - Inclusion advocate, speechwriterUPS's Janet Stovall has developed a business approach that addresses corporate racism head-on -- and has created methods to help dismantle it.
Why you should listen
As one of only a handful of Black students on campus at Davidson College in North Carolina in the mid-80s, Janet Stovall witnessed racism and exclusion firsthand. Rather than retreating, this experience inspired Stovall to explore and initiate difficult conversations about race. By graduation, she had devised a plan to kickstart diversity initiatives that even now is recognized and referenced as the catalyst for changes that created a more diverse and inclusive Davidson. As an executive communications expert, Stovall has developed a business approach that addresses corporate racism head-on and has created methods to help dismantle it. At UPS, she is the primary speechwriter for the CEO and other senior leaders.
Stovall is working towards a Master's degree in integrated marketing communications from Georgetown University. In her spare time, she's exploring how people of color navigate predominately white colleges and corporate America, and the cultural and culinary links between past and present people of the African Diaspora.
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