Unleashing Powerful Cultures
Charlotte Sweeney Associates is a Diversity, Equity and Inclusion consultancy, dedicated to getting things done. Less talk, more action. From data analysis and DE&I strategy to coaching teams and business leaders, our purpose is to enable practical and sustainable solutions that improve the effectiveness of employees.
How we can support you
Our services are broadly split into two different areas (i) Consultancy and Advisory and (ii) Inclusive Capability Development.
Consultancy and Advisory: We provide expert guidance on diversity, equity, and inclusion through strategy and maturity model development, comprehensive consultancy, and audits to help organisations build sustainable and impactful practices.
Inclusive Capability Development: Our training and development offerings enhance organisational DE&I capabilities, ranging from workshops, coaching, and leadership development programmes to e-learning solutions and strategies for effective learning transference.
What is unique about us is that we cover all the touchpoints of your organisation, be that for your colleagues, clients, consumers and wider communities.
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Strategic Direction & Governance
- Align your DE&I strategy to your organisation’s wider strategic direction and values and embed DE&I into everything your organisation does.
- Ensure your organisational governance and structure enables DE&I to thrive, including partnering with you to design and create your DE&I strategy, action plan and measures.
- Equip board members to fully understand their role in driving DE&I change through the organisation, including analysing risks and gaining appropriate assurances.
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Communications
- Align all DE&I related communications with the wider organisational communications strategy and values. Designed to raise awareness of DE&I and the intrinsic link to organisational success.
- Build the skills internally to create effective internal and external communications with DE&I embedded throughout, knowing how to use inclusive language and tools throughout.
- Equip leaders and communications specialists to prepare, share and manage their DE&I position during unexpected events, societal or company issues and emergencies.
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Workforce & Workplace Culture
- Create and implement policies, processes and practices that enable you to recruit, retain and promote the best talent, removing any barriers and bias.
- Deliver a suite of faciliated learning, workshops and coaching to raise awareness and enable your workforce to transfer their learning into tangible actions that create inclusive workplaces (face-to-face, virtual and e-learning options are available)
- Assess the impact of your current actions using evidence led audit tools, established standards and tailored maturity models to meet the wider aspirations of your organisation.
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Consumers & Suppliers
- Create and implement processes and practices that embed DE&I thinking into product design, development, testing and analysis.
- Design and implement inclusive marketing principles for use in all client/consumer interactions.
- Build your inclusive procurement and sourcing strategy, embedding robust, sustainable and ethical processes and tools in your supply chain.
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ESG & Stakeholders
- Align your DE&I strategy with your wider ESG strategy to create a consistent value creation proposition.
- Guide and enable your organisation to fulfil wider ESG benchmarks as aspirations, e.g., B Corp, UN Sustainability Goals.
- Create your impact report, sharing the value gained from a focus on DE&I for your multiple stakeholders.
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Governance & Structure
- Align your DE&I strategy to your organisation’s wider strategic direction and values and embed DE&I into everything your organisation does.
- Ensure your organisational governance and structure enables DE&I to thrive, including partnering with you to design and create your DE&I strategy, action plan and measures.
- Equip board members to fully understand their role in driving DE&I change through the organisation, including analysing risks and gaining appropriate assurances.
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Communications
- Align all DE&I related communications with the wider organisational communications strategy and values. Designed to raise awareness of DE&I and the intrinsic link to organisational success.
- Build the skills internally to create effective internal and external communications with DE&I embedded throughout, knowing how to use inclusive language and tools throughout.
- Equip leaders and communications specialists to prepare, share and manage their DE&I position during unexpected events, societal or company issues and emergencies.
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Workforce & Workplace Culture
- Create and implement policies, processes and practices that enable you to recruit, retain and promote the best talent, removing any barriers and bias.
- Deliver a suite of faciliated learning, workshops and coaching to raise awareness and enable your workforce to transfer their learning into tangible actions that create inclusive workplaces (face-to-face, virtual and e-learning options are available)
- Assess the impact of your current actions using evidence led audit tools, established standards and tailored maturity models to meet the wider aspirations of your organisation.
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Consumers & Suppliers
- Create and implement processes and practices that embed DE&I thinking into product design, development, testing and analysis.
- Design and implement inclusive marketing principles for use in all client/consumer interactions.
- Build your inclusive procurement and sourcing strategy, embedding robust, sustainable and ethical processes and tools in your supply chain.
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ESG & Stakeholders
- Align your DE&I strategy with your wider ESG strategy to create a consistent value creation proposition.
- Guide and enable your organisation to fulfil wider ESG benchmarks as aspirations, e.g., B Corp, UN Sustainability Goals.
- Create your impact report, sharing the value gained from a focus on DE&I for your multiple stakeholders.
We use change management and continuous improvement principles based on our extensive experience of leading sustainable DE&I change within organisations to best support you. All of our solutions are tailored specifically to your requirements.
Clients include
