Our commitment to diversity is unrivalled. We are always looking for continual improvement in how we help organisations maintain a fairer diversity composition of their boards.

Our current focus is working with businesses to improve their gender and ethnically diverse leadership representation.

From 2021 we also began gathering market data and building relationships with LGBTQ+ and Disabled partners. As of 2022, we partnered with AIHR to ensure all Watson Reynolds employees are ED&I qualified across all modules.

We have built a network of the most in-demand underrepresented leaders so we can react quickly to meet our client’s needs. We also ensure you’re one step ahead of your executive leadership succession planning goals.

FOR ANY GIVEN EXECUTIVE SEARCH ASSIGNMENT, WE ENSURE THE FOLLOWING STEPS ARE TAKEN:

  • Shortlists

    Include at least a 50% representation of Women were possible

  • Executive succession planning

    Assist CEO’s & CHRO’s in developing diversity targets & Strategy

  • Defining role briefs

    Ensure briefs are as open & inclusive as possible to allow for more diverse target candidate pools

  • Signaling commitment.

    Share their diversity track record data on their website and other marketing literature

  • Broadening the candidate pool

    Constantly broadening our network of women and ethnically diverse candidates

  • Qualifications

    All our consultants are AIHR ED&I qualified

  • Document

    Documenting and reporting percentages of diversity candidates at each stage of the process.

  • Career Advice

    Offer free career gardens to gender and ethnically diverse leadership candidates

  • Career agents

    Act as agents for gender ethnically diverse Digital leaders
  • Communication

    Use of inclusive language in all written and verbal commutation

23%

% of partner hires are ethnically diverse

Against 16% industry average for the UK

44%

Women partner Hires

28% average for the UK.

100%

Client Satisfaction

% of C-Level and HR & leaders whose expectations were surpassed.

THE WATSON REYNOLDS DIFFERENCE

We are a dynamic Executive Search firm with an outstanding track record placing key leaders within Legal & Professional Services markets.

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