ABOUT JANET

I'm Janet M. Stovall, CDE, a diversity pragmatist who believes the workplace is THE place to make inclusion a reality. Why? Because inclusion is the only way to unlock the proven value of diversity to improve business outcomes.

My inclusion work started in the C-suite, helping senior leaders craft and communicate diversity, equity, and inclusion values and visions that others—even the resistant—can believe in, support, and advance. As a result, my inclusion frameworks are reverse-engineered from what leaders champion.

I operate according to three core beliefs: 

1. Diversity isn’t a problem to solve. It solves problems.
2. Inclusion isn’t feeling valued. It’s being able to contribute value.
3. Equity isn’t fair people. It’s fair systems. 

These pragmatic beliefs are the foundation for practical solutions that have helped practitioners and executives at global organizations move inclusion beyond a nice idea to a business advantage. 

The workshops I design and deliver, the books I write, and the counsel I provide helps organizations shape and sustain Inclusilience:  individual practice supported by institutional policy to create resilient inclusion.