27 Mar The Atlas Collective: Diversity & Inclusion in the Workplace

The Atlas Collective are passionate about the advantages businesses can leverage by implementing a diverse and inclusive workplace. The firm urges other businesses to ensure their workforces are protected by reviewing their current policies and striving for constant improvement to attract and retain a diverse team in their industry.

The need for diversity and inclusion in business today is essential, as a wide range of people from various backgrounds and cultures provide a balance of voices and different perspectives. There are many benefits to having a diverse and inclusive workforce, which is extremely important in this day and age. Companies need to showcase how they are set up to support and include people from all walks of life, gender, sexual orientation, and race, creating a greater sense of safety and belonging. More diverse and inclusive workplaces are growing; however, it is still a slow progress. This can be shown here – female representation on executive teams rose from 15 percent in 2014 to 20 percent in 2019. Ethnic minorities’ representation on UK and US executive teams stood at only 13 percent in 2019, up from just 7 percent in 2014.

Here at The Atlas Collective, we pride ourselves on creating a workplace that supports its workforce, allowing employees to feel comfortable being themselves at all times and catering to their individual needs. Showing our commitment to diversity, we have a specific prayer space within our office for the contractors who require this. We want to boost engagement, morale and productivity.

The office boasts individuals from across the globe to contribute to a sense of community and belonging and ensure regular reflection and celebration; thus, we celebrate all holidays and religious cultures. Our passion is to attract and retain a workforce that reflects the society we operate in. A diverse and inclusive team is also important for our clients and potential clients. We can market our business effectively to those from different backgrounds that reflect those already working.

Our company values allow us to ensure we offer opportunities openly and are proud to see a business benefiting from an even split of male, female and non-binary entrepreneurs from entry level through to our joint business owners Claristelle and Ludimil.  We welcome everyone irrespective of their gender identity.

As Managing Director, Claristelle Labrador states, ‘At The Atlas Collective, we want to showcase our company’s values, culture and goals based on hiring people who fit into our cultural beliefs and not based on someone’s background. We look for ambitious and hardworking people who are teachable. At the end of the day, it is all about learning and creating an environment for people to thrive in.’ This allows businesses to hire the best talent, ensuring that the best skills are employed and not based solely on the person’s appearance.

Having diversity within the team with different backgrounds, skills, knowledge, and experiences come with many advantages; it generates a more creative workspace with people bringing forward different and unique ideas and ultimately leading to higher revenues. For example, corporations identified as more diverse and inclusive are 35% more likely to outperform their competitors.

If The Atlas Collective sounds like a place you feel you would thrive in and want to be a part of, then send us your CV today.