{"id":41758,"date":"2020-10-14T10:12:31","date_gmt":"2020-10-14T17:12:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/?p=41758"},"modified":"2021-08-24T10:21:06","modified_gmt":"2021-08-24T17:21:06","slug":"on-hope-and-building-more-human-workplaces-fast-company-features-salesforces-tony-prophet","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.salesforce.com\/news\/stories\/on-hope-and-building-more-human-workplaces-fast-company-features-salesforces-tony-prophet\/","title":{"rendered":"On Hope and Building More Human Workplaces: Fast Company Features Salesforce\u2019s Tony Prophet"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Fast Company\u2019s <\/em>latest cover story is titled \u201c<a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90559866\/the-new-new-rules-of-business-fast-companys-advice-for-the-next-25-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The New New Rules of Business: Fast Company\u2019s Advice for the Next 25 Years<\/a>,\u201d and features Salesforce Chief Equality and Recruiting Officer Tony Prophet. The story highlights wisdom from the publication\u2019s Impact Council, which Prophet is a member of.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>As companies respond to employees\u2019 calls for racial justice, sparked by the police killings of George Floyd and other unarmed Black citizens, leaders need \u201cto listen, be empathetic, and then act,\u201d Prophet said. \u201cIt begins with listening to the community that\u2019s affected.\u201d&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>I really feel like this is the moment we\u2019ve been waiting for. I don\u2019t feel fearful that the moment is going to be wasted; I honestly believe that this time is different.<\/p><cite>Tony Prophet, Chief Equality and Recruiting Officer, Salesforce<\/cite><\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90559545\/how-to-build-a-more-human-workplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">In a story<\/a> from the Impact Council about how to build more human workplaces, Prophet also shared the following: \u201cI actually feel more hopeful than I have maybe at any point in my life. I\u2019m old enough to remember the assassination of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and that moment in history\u2014the Civil Rights Act and folks getting the right to vote. I really feel like this is the moment we\u2019ve been waiting for. I don\u2019t feel fearful that the moment is going to be wasted; I honestly believe that this time is different.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cAnd to the broader question [of] what it takes as leaders: It\u2019s like any business imperative. You have to be data-driven. You have to set targets, and you have to put resources against it. You have to measure these things to be transparent on a regular cadence\u2014and that\u2019s the way you would drive forward any business initiative.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Don\u2019t miss the full <em>Fast Company<\/em> stories, available <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90559866\/the-new-new-rules-of-business-fast-companys-advice-for-the-next-25-years\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a> and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.fastcompany.com\/90559545\/how-to-build-a-more-human-workplace\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">here<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Fast Company\u2019s latest cover story is titled \u201cThe New New Rules of Business: Fast Company\u2019s Advice for the Next 25 Years,\u201d and features Salesforce Chief Equality and Recruiting Officer Tony Prophet. The story highlights wisdom from the publication\u2019s Impact Council, which Prophet is a member of. 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