We are committed to supporting and empowering all of our people in achieving their full potential. At Deloitte, we know how important it is that all our people can be their true, authentic selves at work and we are united against any form of social injustice.
We created a series of films which tell individual stories from members of under-represented groups. While each character is fictional and played by an actor (who themselves has lived experience), their stories are an amalgam of real lived experience of people across workplaces. The films were created to help us all understand that we are all a sum of our parts and experiences—and that our words and actions have an impact on others. We want people to take a moment to walk in someone else’s shoes and to think.
We created a series of films which tell individual stories from members of under-represented groups. While the characters are fictional and are played by actors with similar lived experiences, the films represent the authentic stories of many people and were created to help us all understand that we are all a sum of our parts and experiences—and that our words and actions have an impact on others. We want people to take a moment to walk in someone else’s shoes and to think.
“I felt like I was always having to play a part. To be someone else - just to fit in.” Listen to Delphine’s story and take a moment to walk in her shoes.
“I don’t always get it right - Sometimes I think of something else I should have said or done. But mainly I think I’m doing OK. I’m doing something. I’m being an ally – are you?” Listen to Kaya and Leo’s story and take a moment to walk in their shoes.
“Every day I keep working as hard as I can to prove that I deserve to be here. But the jokes and assumptions still happen.” Listen to Simon’s story and take a moment to walk in his shoes.
“They like to fill out their quotas, you tick a lot of boxes.’ He tried to make it sound funny.” Listen to Katrina’s story and take a moment to walk in her shoes.
“I get a lot of ‘I never would have guessed.’ I mean, is that supposed to be a compliment?” Listen to Alejandro’s story and take a moment to walk in his shoes.
“…a lot of the time, I think I must be invisible. And when people do see me, all they see is the chair.” Take a moment to see Thiago.
“If you’re uncomfortable accepting me as a woman, you can’t deny that I’m a person.” Listen to Jackie’s story and take a moment to walk in her shoes and think.
“I feel the stares but they quickly look away. The woman on the bus who clasps her handbag a little bit tighter. The man who gets tense when I sit down beside him.” Listen to Peter’s story and take a moment to walk in his shoes.
We created a film, ‘Stand up, speak up’ to remind us that it’s up to all of us to be allies—even when it’s not easy. It challenges us all to use our voices and speak up. To be visible and vocal allies.
We believe that an inclusive culture, underpinned at all times by respect, provides the foundation for a diverse and vibrant organization—we understand that providing this workplace environment for all our people is a long-term commitment. We also understand that diversity requires deliberate action when it comes to the way we work. Whether through embracing the power of allyship, or by making our processes more inclusive, we are taking clear and consistent action to achieve the aspirational diversity goals that we have set for ourselves.
Our Global Executive and Board have committed to a number of global diversity goals. Progress against these goals is measured through a formal assessment to hold leaders accountable for their focus and effort in delivering our global inclusion strategy. Using these measures, progress on diversity goals is discussed at Executive meetings on a regular basis.