I learned long ago that you cannot change the way someone thinks, but you can inspire them, which may result in a change,hello I am Jetta Stokes an inspirer. I find it interesting that my peers and I.As twenty-year old college students, we still get asked “what do we want to be when we grow up.” Looking ahead at what is coming in the next few years makes the reality sink in for me.A lot of times it feels like I stepped foot on my college campus just a couple of months ago. Although I’m in my third year with less than a year and a half to graduate.I have been granted the opportunity to meet an amazing professor by the name of Atira Charles who not only has performed golden in her profession. But also inspired me to put more of a foundation …show more content…
“Strength lies in differences, not in similarities.” (Stephen,Covey) My vision is to see different identities and cultures combined to create success and opportunities in business.I want to embody my passion for globalization in the corporate world.My vision one day is to fully dedicate myself to finding out What does it take to make diversity thrive within the corporate environment? For now I envision myself advocating for universal interconnections, and valuing the differences among all of them. I came encountered with my vision through my undergraduate program.A commonality that I found in the corporate guest that visited my Historically black university. Was that if they were in an minority a lot of times their corporate bosses expected them to understand and solve their internal problems they may have had with diversity.It has been proven that being able to strategically manage the recruitment of assorted people will in turn boost an organization’s global performance.As I dug deeper into understanding why this still was a problem. Despite the fact that our world is very diverse and a fast changing environment.I almost felt like By 2017 this shouldn’t still be a mountainous problem for the workplace. Problems that I as well as many of my other peers parents may have had to encounter.As well as we would still have to face post graduation and starting our careers.”People of color and women only represent about 14.5 percent and 18 percent, respectively, of corporate boards among the senior management of Fortune 500 companies.” (Sophia Kerby,2012).Although many things have changed in the past five years.A lot of organizations are still struggling to adapt to the integration of different cultures in the workplace. I’ve found that Organizations with lack of management in diversity are less effective at establishing a shared vision,building a diverse environment as well as