Name: Allyship & accountability: It's a marathon, not a sprint
Uploaded: 2020-09-25
Duration: 2 min 30 s
Description: Intel's Barbara Whye explains her definition of allyship, and how it informs her work.

 ELLEN MCGIRT: Could you tell us a little bit about how you hold allies, the concept of allies and allyship, and how that informs your work, please? BARBARA WHYE: So I think at its core, ally is a partner that's partnering with you for your good. So some of the elements that Lindsay-Rae mentioned where we want someone that's listening, someone that's empathetic, someone that is very actionable. I think more now than ever, when we listen to our employees, they're way beyond I want to just have a conversation. They want allies to be active participants and really partnering with them to drive change forward. So I think the action piece is very good. And the other portion of the ally that I would want to just extract is the ally is also discovering things about themselves and really unpacking their own self awareness on this journey that they're on. And we started the allyship just right after we achieved full representation as a company. And what we learned is even with representation in the company, it wasn't enough to just have the representation if inclusive ideas weren't being voiced on the table. And so what we tried to do is drawing from a tipping point is making sure in every team inside of Intel, there is a partner there, an ally, that can make sure that people's ideas are being heard, that there is a psychologically safe environment for people to experience this sense of belonging in a meaningful way. So that's really what this is about. But I can't really over emphasize the importance of being actionable versus just having conversations. ELLEN MCGIRT: Right. You cannot just call yourself an ally. You actually have to do something. BARBARA WHYE: Yeah, and it, Ellen, is best if other people call you an ally. You can't self proclaim that. You are deemed an ally by others based on your actions, not your words. 

Intel's Barbara Whye explains her definition of allyship, and how it informs her work.

Allyship & accountability: It's a marathon, not a sprint

Allyship & accountability: It's a marathon. not a sprint

Intel's Barbara Whye explains her definition of allyship.