The ripple effect of investing in women in practice

Following the release of last week’s gender pay gap report by WGEA, SeenCulture hosted an IWD event to discuss the ripple effect of investing in women. 

Our event was shaped by four incredible women who have invested their mentorship, money, effort and time into my potential. People who have forged both mine and SeenCulture’s growth and development.

The effect of mentorship from Karen Atfield

My long-time HR mentor, Karen Atfield, is the group head of people and culture at Hassell Architecture Firm. Her ongoing mentorship has been hugely instrumental in the development of my skills and expertise in the HR sector. Her recognition of my capabilities as an employee is what gave me the tools to grow into a HR leader, and ultimately start SeenCulture. Hassell is now a customer who hosted the event from its architecture design studio on Sydney Harbour. 

The effect of funding from Kirstin Hunter

SeenCulture’s first investor is Kirstin Hunter, the managing director (NSW) of Techstars in Sydney. Her unwavering belief in me as a founder, to be part of Australia’s inaugural Techstars accelerator program in Sydney was the most impactful opportunity for starting SeenCulture’s journey. She gave SeenCulture our first cheque to grow our team, and a platform to learn how to become a successful startup. Kirstin is now a SeenCulture board member, and a leading activist for closing the gender investment gap, and now, the gender equity gap. 

The effect of motivation from Lea Rausch

My right hand, and SeenCulture’s head of operations and customer success is Lea Rausch. Lea is the glue for our team. She motivates the Seen team to stick together, our users to stick to our product, and our customers to stick with us. Intrinsically motivated to her core, her central focus on serving and delighting our early adopter customers has been instrumental in engaging and retaining our customers, freeing me up to attract new customers. 

The effect of advisory from Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano

My HR tech advisor Aubrey Blanche-Sarellano is the VP of equitable operations at Culture Amp, Australia’s leading tech company on closing the gender pay gap. Aubs is an empath and math nerd passionate about products and practices that provide equitable opportunities for everyone. She’s the leading voice on diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) and a customer of SeenCulture, whose partnership has immensely lifted the integrity and credibility of SeenCulture and our role in remedying that “talent is evenly distributed, opportunity is not”.

Ensuring everyone feels seen

Their investment in me and SeenCulture is enabling us to fulfil our vision to create a new world where everyone feels seen, despite being underrepresented, neurodiverse, or simply introverted. 

We are passionate about closing the gender pay, promotion, funding, and equity gap. Equipping people leaders with the tools to shine a light on the untapped potential in their organisations, recognise everyone on a level playing field, and demonstrate how diversity is more than a moral obligation, but a competitive advantage. 

How to close the gender pay gap

1. Review everyone’s performance and pay on a level playing field
2. Bring awareness to the gap between self-perception and seen perception
3. Build a diverse leadership pipeline with strategic succession planning 
4. Mitigate bias from the decision-making process 
5. Aim for pay equity rather than equality

SeenCulture is a decision intelligence platform that mitigates bias to enable people leaders to make faster, smarter and fairer decisions for their performance and pay reviews, team design, and succession planning.

Call to action: Shine a light on untapped potential. Invest in women

Today, on International Women’s Day we’re launching the #seenspotlight campaign to shine a light on the women in your lives that have untapped potential and deserve to be seen and recognised for who they are on the inside, not just the outside. Who deserve a spotlight. 

Enter your details here and we will make sure they get seen. 

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If you have a coworker, friend, mentee, coach that you want to shine a light on, enter your details here.

If you want to invest in closing the gender funding gap or gender pay gap, contact nikki@seenculture.com.