You're listening to TED Talks Daily. I'm Elise Hugh. Today, actionable strategies to make our

workplaces more inclusive and more successful. Equity and inclusion leader Amber Hikes asks,

what are we doing to lift others up in the workplace? Her talk from our video series, The Way We Work, lays out a few of the ways to do it.

When it comes to our careers, the analogy we've been given is a ladder.

We're climbing, climbing, climbing,

seeing just how high we can get.

But if we want to be a part of organizations that are diverse and inclusive

and truly reflect the world that we live in, that's simply not enough. While we climb,

we also need to lift.

It's no secret that our companies and organizations rarely have leadership teams that represent

the communities they serve.

That makes them less effective in their work, less innovative, and less profitable too.

We need more women steering the ship, more people of color at the helm, more folks with disabilities in charge, more immigrants setting the tone, more queer and trans folks calling

the shots. So whether you're a new hire who's a proud

member of one or more of these groups, or a longtime leader who is none of the above, each of us

has a role to play in making this happen. Success is no longer about our individual ambitions,

but about how we build something greater together. My mother introduced me to this concept of lifting while you climb.

She was an absolute powerhouse in her work,

and she spent so much of her time working with younger black women to help advance them too.

She would remind me that the point of success isn't success for success's sake.

She said that when you climb that ladder and you get to the top,

you can take a moment to enjoy the view. But you must be principally concerned with using all of

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