THE MEANINGFUL TRANSFORMATION SUMMIT 2023 | NEW YORK | OCTOBER 25TH
Diversity, equity and inclusion
The more diverse we are, and the deeper our understanding of each other, the better we are at finding solutions for our clients.
But there’s more to diversity, equity and inclusion than simply respecting our differences. Our success is founded on a sense of belonging and collaboration. Sharing our stories and celebrating our differences makes it easier – and more fun – to work here.
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”I’m proud to be our DE&I Lead. I get to see how, united by our values, each of us has the freedom to bring our own perspectives, ideas and skills to the table. It’s abundantly clear that everyone feels we’re stronger for our focus on DE&I and that we achieve more together.
TimManaging Partner
OUR COMMUNITIES
Pride
We regularly take time out to improve our awareness and inclusion of our Pride community. One memorable Pride Month event included an invitation for everyone to share what Pride meant to them.
Our trans and gender-neutral parental leave policy also ensures everyone here can focus properly on family.
”Work’s a massive part of making me feel safe and being able to be my authentic self, without any questions or judgement.
YasminPrincipal
Gender equity
We create a culture and space for open discussion and learning with the overall objective of ensuring Gate One is an inclusive place to work. The gender equity team has led and supported several initiatives across our business, including listening groups, panel discussions and personal story posts, all with the intention of increasing awareness of gender inequities, building empathy and showing support to all our colleagues.
”It is encouraging to see Gate One put values into action, by listening to the voices of women in the workplace and investing in external DE&I specialists to help build psychological safety and facilitate deeper discussions around inequities, barriers, and opportunities that can lead to positive change.
TaraManager
Race and culture
We’re on track to meet our target of 25% black, Asian and minority ethnic employees by 2025 – and 10% of senior management. Whether it’s our podcast on the black community’s contribution to British society, or taking part in business-wide Eid, Diwali and Rosh Hashanah events: we want to learn more about each other, as we broaden our horizons.
Neurodiversity and Disability
Within the Neurodiversity and Disability team, we raise awareness of the range of conditions that create differences and opportunities in the way people’s brains work and/or the specific type of support they may need at work. Enhancing the employee experience via this lens is key, from recruitment to onboarding, how we resource our team on to client engagements as well as how learning and development is offered. Increasing the knowledge and awareness of the Gate One team also benefits how we work with clients.
”At Gate One we believe in recognising the strengths that each of our employees can bring to the table and are continuously looking to work together to create a more welcoming and supportive work culture.
TomSenior Consultant
Our DE&I targets
We’re committed to meeting the targets of the Havas ‘All-In Charter’, created for all the agencies in our Group.
These include an ambition to extend the 50% of women in senior Havas UK management into all UK senior roles. We also aim to build long lists for live roles and placement schemes with at least 50% female and 14% ethnic candidates.
In turn, we’ve gone one step further than the UK Government’s equal pay legislation to include ethnic backgrounds as well as gender. Everyone also completes our All In diversity course, and we continue to develop programmes that remove the professional barriers faced by women and ethnic colleagues.
We’re committed to meeting the targets of the Havas ‘All-In Charter’, created for all the agencies in our Group.
25% black, asian and minority ethnic employees by 2025
At least 10% black, asian and minority ethnic employees in senior management by 2025
DE&I stories
We regularly take part in activities and share stories to support our DE&I ambitions.
Our recent activity
Join us
If you share our passion for diversity, equity and inclusion, why not join the team?
Meet some of our team
Tim is a senior business leader and consultant with over 25 years’ experience crafting and delivering major strategic programmes across many large UK and global businesses. As well as being Gate One’s managing partner, Tim is our partner sponsor for DE&I and is committed to offering an inclusive and transparent culture, where individual differences are respected and valued, to make meaningful impacts to our colleagues, clients and society.
Georgina is an experienced consultant with expertise in digital strategy and transformation leadership. She is also a key lead within the DE&I team, supporting strategy and planning, and leading the pride team. Her particular interest and focus is on celebrating and amplifying the voices of less understood queer communities such as intersex and trans.
Sonia leads our people and talent function and is passionate about supporting our diverse talent to thrive in their careers at Gate One. Sonia brings HR experience from public, private and charity sectors and even worked as a people change consultant herself for a few years. She describes her style of HR as pragmatic, empathetic and action-orientated. After having a family, Sonia set up her own HR consulting business supporting start-up businesses with their people strategy. In 2019 Sonia joined Gate One to support our inclusive growth agenda and has helped us weather the covid storm prioritizing our team’s health and wellbeing.
Athena leads and delivers complex business transformation projects for clients across various sectors, with a focus on culture change, organisation design and programme management. Athena is passionate about helping organisations adapt and thrive in volatile environments, by developing and implementing innovative strategies, engaging and empowering their people, with the aim to create positive impact and value. She also heads up our internal DE&I team, coordinating our employee resource groups to align to our collective DE&I goals. Her biggest passion is people and ensuring their experience is always considered and understood.
If you would like to speak to us about our DE&I strategy, please contact Sonia Cochet.
