What we’ve seen certainly in 2020 is that there has been a need for us to really open the door to these courageous conversations and talk about some of the challenges that we’re all facing, and for managers and leaders to be more vulnerable and to listen more.
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We’re really excited that we have been able to create an ecosystem of women working in sustainable fashion and becoming leaders in their community and in developing a sisterhood that they direct.
Leaning heavily into the unique skill sets and interests of your employees, thinking about where that can be deployed and applied to have the greatest impact, and staying true to your core competencies and mission as a company is really important.
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Companies have to be seeking out ways to give back or else they’re not going to be able to keep their talent.
This public health crisis is already disproportionately impacting the populations that were facing discrimination, lack of access to services and economic hardship before this crisis took place. What COVID-19 has done is expose the fault lines that already existed in our society.
I’ve had so many employees from every part of the world reach out [about Salesforce.org’s pro bono program]. I see them organizing themselves to support customers, I see them building new solutions, I see them coming up with all kinds of really creative ways to help our sector. It’s been so heartening to witness all the ways our employees and people in general are finding ways to help each other.
When I say ‘no,’ it allows other people to say ‘yes.’ Oftentimes I find that when you say ‘yes’ to everything, you actually deny other people the opportunity to say ‘yes.’
