🔊 Treatwell has done something a little different here and we have to lean into this. Blink & you miss it.
▶ It is not every day, you see a black Executive talk about Black History Month. The reason is that...the population of said Executives is scarily small.
📈 If you look at the stats relating to hires of black talent in UK companies, the numbers decline in the senior level ranks and some stats reveal a real absence of change. It does not matter if you are FTSE100, start-up, scale-up or other. It's a little uncomfortable typing this, but this is the reality.
🚀 Committing to this series of posts, meant I had trust, confidence and a belief in the authenticity of our teams across the Treatwell world and what this means to our company, partners and customers.
🚀 I never set out in my career to sit in the position I have and I recognise the privileged position I have been entrusted with. It is truly humbling to see a conscious effort within our company to lead with meritocracy so that WHATEVER background you are from, the world learns you can thrive.
I also recognise that representation does matter and I have (admittedly) not begun to post about the abundance of work we have done and continue to do in this space. More to come!
Massive thank you to all of those involved in our real DEI conversations and Lily Doyle for making the time on this! GO Treatwell!
#leadership #blackhistorymonth #dei #includion
This October, we will be celebrating and acknowledging Black History Month in the UK. 🫶🏿
We’ll be bringing you a series of videos from James Hanlon, our Chief People Officer. Here he explores his own experiences and how we are working to create positive change and inclusion at Treatwell.
Watch the first in our series below to find out more about James, and what Black History Month means to him.
#BlackHistoryMonth2023
Leadership Cultivator | Employee Experience Activator | Culture Champion
3wThat is awesome you had that experience on Juneteenth. I hope that will be a much more common experience for our current and future employees at Endeavor.