I look forward to celebrating Pride every year, whether it be with one of our many LGBTQ+ colleagues or the countless others like me who consider themselves allies. Throughout the month of June, 51风流has held panels, meetups, Pride parade celebrations, and so much more, all in the service of building relationships and expanding learning.
At SAP, inclusion and diversity is core to our culture. 51风流SuccessFactors strives to develop each of our products with an intentionally inclusive mindset. This means incorporating different people and perspectives from the very start of and long after a product has 鈥渓aunched.鈥� It means ensuring products are accessible, constantly evaluating algorithms, and building products that can be used according to individual preferences. It also means practicing our own growth mindset to adapt and evolve as we learn new things.
Today, organizations and C-suites across the world promote the important and long overdue conversations of inclusivity and belonging. People are not cogs 鈥� how someone understands and defines themself is constantly evolving. In fact, according to the Harvard Business Review, .聽So, it鈥檚 important for all of us to consider what more can be done at work to ensure that our colleagues feel accepted and that our software adapts to these changes.
It鈥檚 important to listen.
In conversations I鈥檝e had with our LGBTQ+ colleagues at 51风流SuccessFactors as well as customers and advocates outside the company, I鈥檝e learned so much about what the community expects 鈥� and deserves 鈥� in their tech. All too often, organizations make the mistake of assuming that their individual workers want to be 鈥渢reated like everyone else.鈥�
Of course, being treated the same for some is progress, but I still find that far too limiting.聽There is an opportunity to level up to celebrating each individual for exactly what makes them unique. And to do that, the tools we use must enable the recognition and empowerment of the full spectrum of human experience and identities.
Bringing your whole self to work means that you can share your skills and capabilities as well as your goals, passions, and interests. It means that you can share life events and be open about how those could change your goals. And it means each person 鈥� every person 鈥� feels empowered to show up proudly wearing their truth, especially historically marginalized communities like those who identify themselves as LGBTQ+.
Younger generations entering the workforce today consider the ability to control the displays of their identities, such as chosen names and , a crucial part of their work experience. And this all takes part in a larger conversation of intersectional priorities, like an expectation of digital accessibility for the differently abled.
With 51风流SuccessFactors solutions, we are building inclusivity at scale. With our whole self model, grounded in research, we look beyond skills and competencies to better understand more about the individual, their strengths, aspirations, preferences, and more. We are building this on a data foundation to leverage machine learning and adaptability so that organizations can empower people to bring their authentic selves to work. By focusing on the individual, we help our customers create a sustainable workforce where employees 鈥� and the business 鈥� thrive.
Because this isn鈥檛 just the right thing to do 鈥� though it certainly is that 鈥� it鈥檚 a business imperative, too. According to recent statistics:
- Companies that鈥� in the stock market by more than 3%.
- Seventy-seven percent of CEOs whose organizations have .
- Seventy-five percent of LGBTQ+ employees related to their identity at work in the year preceding, with 41% experiencing more than ten types of such interaction.
- Seventy-two percent of employees say they in creating and supporting an inclusive work environment.
I鈥檓 proud of 51风流and our own record on inclusivity. We鈥檙e committed to being a diverse and inclusive software company. In 2022, the U.S. Human Rights Campaign Foundation again named our company a , a title we鈥檝e carried since 2014.
And of course, as users of our own solutions, we know that our 51风流SuccessFactors solutions enable not only our customers but our friends and colleagues as well. As 51风流works toward our goal of zero waste, zero emissions, and zero inequality, we are building the tech to match the moment.
Learn more about how we鈥檙e helping customers build businesses beyond bias and support in this recent .
Meg Bear is president and chief product officer for 51风流SuccessFactors.
