“Companies need to listen to their customers and understand as much as possible about them. Identifying and effectively communicating how your products or services can help customers achieve their goals is critical.”

“As a leader, sometimes the most important thing you can do is put ego aside and listen. People in the weeds have valuable insight and perspective on what happens at work in the day-to-day. Being able to effectively address employee concerns builds trust, and trust is critical to the success of your individuals and company.”

“Product managers are often tasked with maximizing feature output. However, I see the role as an interdisciplinary team facilitator for research, development, and maintenance of software-mediated services. This emphasizes leveraging the team’s collective knowledge, the importance of research and maintenance, and providing excellent service to customers.”

“My reliability and proactivity have been game-changers in my career. I once landed a Content & Community Manager role because I consistently delivered high-quality content as a guest contributor. They knew I could be counted on, but it wasn't just that: I took the initiative to engage with their community and offered fresh ideas, showcasing my proactivity.”

“I empower businesses to increase sales, but what truly stands out is the transformation I bring to my clients' brands. Through our collaboration, they gain a deep understanding of their audiences and effective strategies to engage them.”

“At Vitasa, I have translated my experience and vision for holistic, preventative healthcare into reality. We empower individuals to live longer, healthier lives. Our success is a testament to the this approach.”

“I pursued a career in tech policy to help bridge gaps between people, technology, and the systems and businesses that impact them. Effectively advocating for clients means working across the aisle and with stakeholders who have a broad range of viewpoints.”

“As an event strategist and planner, all I want is for my clients to hit, and ideally surpass, their goals. In my industry, it’s common to just focus on event logistics, but ticking boxes doesn’t help businesses scale. I immerse myself in my clients’ mission, culture, and vision to create events that generate revenue and inspire.”

“If you’re stuck in an echo chamber, you’re never going to maximize your impact. The sum of collaboration between people with unique perspectives is greater than what they individually bring to the table.”

“Diversity in thought is the core of our future. Customers, investors, employees - they are all people from different backgrounds. The more businesses can integrate their perspectives into the products and solutions that they bring to market, the better they will be able to meet key stakeholder needs.”

“The U.S. has so much influence. We need to make room for non-American, non-native English perspectives. There are great expertise and ideas out there and we need to respect them and listen more. Diverse voices make your strategy and messaging a lot more authentic.”

“Black Freelancer was born from my personal experience. I want to create more opportunities for people like me. We are building a marketplace of exceptional, diverse talent and a community to support each other.”

“We deeply understand our clients’ audiences because we’re more representative of them. Our success at Literal Humans is further proof that diverse teams are happier and produce higher quality work.”

“We’re proving to clients and the legal community that a diverse and inclusive law firm can and will be an effective law firm.”

“I could have played it safe and stayed on a respected, stable, well-worn path. I wanted to want that. But I couldn’t shake the feeling that I needed to take a leap and solve a problem that I care deeply about.”

“Your customers don’t care about your company’s growth or unit economics. They care about what problem you’re solving for them and how you’re solving it.”

“Diverse perspectives expand your frame of thinking and lead to better user experiences. Our team crosses continents. Being from different worlds translates to better creativity, critical thinking, and outcomes as we solve problems and design and build software.”

“As a first-generation American, there’s a lot of pressure to make good on your parents’ sacrifices. It helps so much to see someone at the top who looks like you. When it comes to economic consulting, I want to be that example for other first-generation Americans.”

“As marketers, we have an extraordinary responsibility to not only drive business, but also to drive culture. The most successful brands do both.”

“I want every client to feel a sense of relief when they work with me. My work has a profound impact on their organizations and I take immense pride in offering highly ethical, impeccably researched, in-depth, and context-aware insights and recommendations.”

“A sense of connection — between employees, customers, users — begets stupendous results. I drive human engagement within digital communities, organizations, between people of disparate perspectives. When people are engaged, when they really get going, the results are out of control.”

“What differentiates most professionals is the person behind the work. Once your work is of a certain caliber, what matters most is the people you do it with. Collaboration is what unlocks business and legal solutions that are sustainable, innovative, and efficient.”

“We need to be better at building products and experiences that are representative of what society looks like. The world is not homogenous, but the way tech is built often is.”

“Without empathy, you cannot resonate with your customers. Empathy should show up in every sentence, every word, every call to action. I think deeply about how the products and solutions I write about deliver value and solve problems.”