Janet Stovall | Source | Sr. Client Strategist at NeuroLeadership Institute
Janet Stovall
Janet is a senior client strategist at the NeuroLeadership Institute. She helps some of the world’s leading companies trade subjectivity for science to make diversity, equity and inclusion more brain-friendly, more human—and a lot more effective.
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NeuroLeadership Institute
Sr. Client Strategist
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Anti-DEI Hiring: A Step Backwards in Workplace Diversity
Janet defines anti-DEI hiring as deprioritizing diversity, equity, and inclusion in employment practices. She attributes the pushback to fears of reverse discrimination, skepticism about DEI effectiveness, and concerns over meritocracy. Janet warns that this trend could limit career opportunities for underrepresented groups and harm company culture. She emphasizes that DEI initiatives are essential for fostering an inclusive and innovative workforce.
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It's different in every organization. Their needs are different. What they're trying to solve for is different.
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Pragmatic diversity accepts that the reasons for diversity in business differ from the reasons for diversity in society overall. Diversity in business is not simply the right thing to do, it is not social work. Pragmatic diversity views difference as a competitive asset to be viewed—and leveraged—as such.
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Only by recognizing inclusion as a dynamic, living process that requires continuous learning and development can we create environments where every team member is empowered to participate and able to belong.
