We Create Workplaces Where Everyone Can Thrive

We create innovative, customized solutions that address the challenges that AI, bias, constant change, insularity, and the need for psychological safety pose to your culture, leadership, Board, and employees.

Our approach integrates and enhances your business, brand, and culture by embedding trust, clarity, purpose, and value. As a result, our clients outperform their peers in revenue and margin growth, productivity, engagement, and retention.

TOP AREAS OF IMPROVEMENT FOR CLIENTS:

✓ Retention

✓ Promotions

✓ Engagement

✓ Psychological Safety

✓ Recruiting

✓ Business Outcomes

We’ve partnered with organizations across the following industries, from private firms to Fortune 100 global businesses:

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FOCUSED ON PURPOSE AND IMPACT

OUR Core Values

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INNOVATIVE

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HIGHEST INTEGRITY WITH A COMMITMENT TO EXCEL

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GRITTY AND RESOURCEFUL

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TEAM AND PARTNERSHIP BUILDERS

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Michelle (Bogan) Feferman

Founder + CEO

Michelle is the Founder and CEO of Equity At Work™, known for creating innovative, customized workplace solutions that address today's challenges around AI, bias, psychological safety, insularity, and constant change. She is the author of the award-winning book Do DEI Right, and co-hosts the top-ranked podcast Your DEI Minute™. Michelle is also on the Investment Committee of RevTech Venture Capital and has been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Bloomberg, and more. Michelle previously spent 25 years working at Accenture, Kurt Salmon, Macy’s Inc., and The Walt Disney Company.

We are founded on passion, integrity and excellence.

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The Equity At Work™ Proven Approach

We customize our solutions to each organization’s culture, business model, and environment, meeting clients where they are.

We employ a listen-first approach, determining how we can enhance cultures and businesses.

We focus on impact through behavior and values, not just policy and process, grounded in proven change management models.

We are partnership-driven, focused on building in-house knowledge and skills so our clients can sustain the work long-term.

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After being rejected the first time I was up for promotion because my maternity leave interrupted my required three-year consistent sales and delivery performance, I was promoted the second time around, and as soon as I was over that hurdle, I was determined to change our process. I had seen so many talented women get stuck or leave the firm over the ten years I had been there, and our firm, employees, and clients were suffering as a result. But I was in an organization that felt it had figured out the “magic formula” for getting the “right” people to the partner level. How could I really change that?

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New Data Show Women Significantly Left Out In AI Hiring
New Data Show Women Significantly Left Out In AI Hiring

Data show that the vast majority of people leading and directing AI work, engineering AI products, and doing AI technical design and testing are male. In fact, a higher percentage of women are in C-suite roles than in any of these roles. This creates a massive risk for bias because there is a huge gap in female perspectives in all of these activities.

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  • “Equity At Work provided expertise and guidance on DEIB. It was a great partnership overall!”

    Alex W., Director, North America Supply Chain
    NIKE

  • "Hearing Michelle Feferman speak was a truly 'eye-opening' masterclass in the realities of modern advocacy. In a period where these initiatives are often met with skepticism or fatigue, Michelle provided a grounded, sophisticated perspective on how to navigate these headwinds without losing momentum."

    Carly C., Professor

    UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA

  • “Great partnership and subject matter expertise.”

    Divya P., VP, Human Resources
    HOST HOTELS & RESORTS

  • “They listen and find the best way to communicate to and reach our team.”

    Julie B., Director
    KAINOS CAPITAL

  • “The Equity At Work team was knowledgeable about the topic, responsive, willing to fulfill requests, very personable, and easy to work with.”

    Victoria T., Diversity & Inclusion Leader
    KIMLEY-HORN

  • “Michelle and Jamey worked very collaboratively with the team. They have an understanding of opportunities and how to engage with our team.”

    Jim P., AGM of Operations
    NIKE

  • “Michelle was very clear on the work - deliverables, timing, approach. She did a nice job of connecting with associates across the org to take a level deeper in understanding our culture, associates and circumstances.”

    Julie M., VP of Talent
    SAFELITE AUTO GLASS

  • “Michelle was amazing to work with. She was able to communicate the intricacies of developing a more diverse organization. She provided us with tangible feedback and practicable information that we can use on a daily basis to support our minority employees.”

    Renee B., Specialist
    AMN HEALTHCARE

  • “Jamey's consulting sessions have been incredible - his expertise and recommendations to impromptu issues have a significant impact on best practices moving forward.”

    Beth P., VP Human Resources
    PEOPLE INCORPORATED

  • “Equity at Work had great communication and partnership throughout the engagement. Jamey was a great facilitator and really challenged the team to be open during the training sessions.”

    Gretchen B., AGM of Operations
    NIKE

  • “Equity At Work communicated well, were very well organized, and were nimble to the changing demands of the law and stakeholders.”

    Morgan C., Director, Office of Culturally and Linguistically Diverse Education
    COLORADO DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION

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