“Failure is a huge part of success. You have to put yourself in a position to fail to succeed.”

“I encourage you to see closed doors as doors that can be opened.”

“Often overcoming bias allows others to overcome their bias.”

“I encourage you to foster inclusive environments – it’s important that people feel included and bonded. Diversity can be surface, inclusivity is substance, it glues people together.”

“Strive for success knowing that failure and setbacks will build the resilience and humility to get to the top.”

“As talent becomes the biggest differentiator for organizations, recruiting today has a crucial responsibility - the driver's seat - in fulfilling the ever-evolving business ambitions.”

“Agility is not just about being fast and quick. What also needs to happen is that we do things differently and try new avenues.”

“There is clearly an opportunity to enhance how recruiting teams work together in order to address when recruiters do not understand the roles or skills they hire for, but also to foster better collaboration and knowledge sharing within the team.”

“Recruiting needs to ensure to have adaptive hiring forecasts that allow for a stronger partnership with the business to course correct fast enough to business needs.”

“In a hybrid work environment, unfair treatment may go unchecked. Employees have less visibility into how others are treated and are less likely to intervene, address, or report on undesired, exclusive behaviors.”

“Trust can easily erode in a hybrid work environment. Employees lose trust in their organizations when there is lack of transparency.”

“There are many ways to address unfair treatment in the hybrid work environment, but a critical starting point is creating awareness of, and equipping employees with, the skills to identify and address microaggressions.”

“Mentoring or diversity mentoring itself is not a new concept, but specifically addressing the lack of transparency and career support of underrepresented talent can foster inclusion in the hybrid work environment.”

“Metrics focused on representation, talent mobility, turnover, and inclusion help employees understand the current state, how much room they have to improve, and hold themselves, managers, and leaders accountable for progress.”