Sodexo Global CEO Michel Landel’s unwavering leadership commitment to equality is what led Sodexo to a top spot onThe Fair360, formerly DiversityInc Top 50 Companies for Diversity listand what has helped to attract other great leaders to the company. Read more about this remarkable man. Outtakes from Fair360, formerly DiversityInc’s candid conversation with Landel follow.
Maintaining Vigilance
[Diversity management] is not an exact science; we still have a lot of work to do. But the most important thing is probably [not] to give up or just let it go. Frankly, the day you give up, it’s over. It’s the JELL-O effect: You push and then you stop pushing and it goes back. If it’s not entrenched in people’s minds, it’s so comfortable to get back to where you were before. I think we’re still not at the critical mass in the world, so we have to push and be determined because, otherwise, I don’t think it will last. Human beings are human beings. And if you don’t push and continuously combat for human rights, then I think the risk of moving back to stupid things could happeneven if we say we’re in the 21st century and people are more evolved than they were. I think we have to be very vigilant.
