Understand your workplace with our EquityIQ audit

Need equity in governance and leadership roles?

Stuck for how to understand your workplace dynamics?

Looking to attract and retain diverse employees?

EquityIQ is a trusted audit and certification tool that helps you reach workplace equity. Find out more by booking a free, no-obligation discovery meeting with one of our experts. 

CEO Leanne Linacre explains
why we developed EquityIQ
and how it works.



Workplace inclusion made easy in 6 simple steps:

You know you want to balance your workplace, but you don’t know where to start?

  1. Book a demo

  2. Invest in an audit and certification

  3. Input company data and complete employee survey

  4. Receive comprehensive report with recommendations

  5. Implement recommendations

  6. Improve workplace equity and culture

Equity benefits everyone

And an EquityIQ audit and certification helps you
get there.

Gain a clearer, more holistic view of your workplace with our
three pronged approach:

A deep dive into key workplace policies and processes:

  • Recruitment

  • Cultivating People & Careers

  • Pay & Benefits

  • Organisational wellbeing

  • Culture & Attitude

  • Gender balance as a Strategic Goal

Analysis of headline data to see how the organisation compares to global averages.

Employee sentiment data to help identify discrepancies between employee perceptions on policy implementation and what policies are looking to achieve

That’s what EquityIQ is for: we use data and research to give you the insights and support to understand your workplace.

There’s no judgement, no criticism, no taking anything away from others: we help you create new ways of working so everyone can thrive at work. And when your people thrive, your organisation thrives too.

Who is EquityIQ for?

  • Organisations who need help creating an inclusive culture

  • Organisations that want to lead the way in governance & compliance

  • Organisations that want to use data to make decisions

So if you’re ready to make a change and reap the rewards of understanding your business, you can get certified with EquityIQ.

Why get certified?

Whether they’re shopping or searching for jobs, people want companies to share their values. And 31% of people see inequality as their biggest concern.

Lead5050 EquityIQ certification shows you care about the same things as your customers, candidates and employees — it makes you stand out in a values-driven job market, and reassures your people they’ll be safe, valued and successful at your organisation.

And that leads to:

  • Happier, more productive employees

  • Better decision making

  • Improved staff retention

  • Reduced recruitment costs

Equity is good for your employees, good for your reputation, and good for your bottom line.

  • “Two thirds of employees want their employer to share their values.”

    — World Economic Forum report

  • “Behaviors of leaders (be they senior executives or managers) can drive up to 70 percentage points of difference between the proportion of employees who feel highly included and the proportion of those who do not.”

    — Deloitte’s research

  • “Without an inclusive environment, even an organization with a diverse employee population will probably struggle to improve its long-term performance.”

    — McKinsey

  • “55% see alignment on values as more important than a pay rise.”

    — World Economic Forum report

  • “Only 67 percent of employees state that people of different backgrounds have an equal chance of being promoted and 69 percent for an equal chance of being hired.”

    — McKinsey

  • “60% of Gen Z and Millennials say values are a deal-breaker.”

    — World Economic Forum report

HOW WE HELP YOU UNDERSTAND YOUR WORKPLACE DYNAMICS

The EquityIQ certification process

How we score certified employers

By taking the Lead5050 audit, you’ve already gone above and beyond: you’ve shown curiosity, commitment, and a drive for change that goes further than reporting pay gap stats once a year.

And that deserves recognition. So if you’re on your way to equity, we’ll award you a star rating to acknowledge the brilliant work you’ve done so far — from ‘excellent’ to ‘exceptional’.

What Lead5050 Certification covers

Our analysis identifies gaps in your workplace inclusion strategy and assesses what is contributing towards your gender pay gap, focusing on these six areas: