DIVERSITY, EQUITY + INCLUSION
Creating a diverse, equitable and inclusive culture is not a trend – it’s simply the right thing to do.
Here at Les Mills, our people are paramount. It is only by nurturing our people and culture that we will achieve our goal of a fitter planet. For this reason we have three key values.
UNITED represents togetherness, support and respect for our people. BE BRAVE is about creating a culture where all our teammates can be their authentic selves, speak their minds, and not be afraid to fail. CHANGE THE WORLD is about using our platform to educate and influence. We will call out discrimination of any kind in our people, our partners and our community.
LES MILLS PARTNERS WITH
OUR COMMITMENTS
Our goal is to create a fitter planet full of healthy people, which includes our teammates and partners. We are ambitiously striving to redefine what inclusion and safety means – starting a movement and inspiring a new standard across the globe.
OUR PILLARS
RAINBOW
MENTAL HEALTH
WELLBEING
TE AO Māori
GENDER PARITY
We know that, as a movement and a business, we must do so much more to be a driver of change. We welcome all voices on this journey, so if you have any thoughts or suggestions, please get in touch by emailing: dei@lesmills.com
EDUCATION RESOURCES
These are some of the resources our team have found insightful.
LISTEN
A selection of recommended podcasts.
Features movement voices, stories, and strategies for racial justice.
A podcast from the New York Times.
From the Leadership Conference on Civil and Human Rights
A lively multiracial, interracial conversation.
DeRay Mckesson explores news, culture, social justice, and politics with Sam Sinyangwe, Kaya Henderson and De’Ara Balenger.
A podcast hosted by Kimberlé Crenshaw, an American civil rights advocate.
Where did the notion of “whiteness” come from? What does it mean? What is whiteness for?
FOLLOW
READ
America's Racial Contract is Killing Us
‘Biased: Uncovering The Hidden Prejudices That Shape Our Lives’ – Jennifer Eberhardt
'White Fragility: Why It’s So Hard For White People To Talk About Racism’ – Robin DiAngelo
‘When They Call You A Terrorist: A Black Lives Matter Memoir’ – Patrice Khan-Cullors
‘Why I'm No Longer Talking to White People About Race’ – Reni Eddo-Lodge
‘Down Girl: The Logic of Misogyny’ – Kate Manne
‘The Body Is Not an Apology: The Power of Radical Self-Love’ – Sonya Renee Taylor
‘Fearing the Black Body: The Racial Origins of Fat Phobia’ – Sabrina Strings
‘‘The Missing Colours Of The Rainbow: Black Queer Resistance’ – Elena Kiesling
‘A Queer and Pleasant Danger’ – Kate Bornstein
So you want to talk about race
‘We Should All Be Feminists’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Bad Feminist’ – Roxanne Gay
‘Boys Will Be Boys’ – Clementine Ford
‘Fight Like A Girl’ – Clementine Ford
'My Life On The Road’ – Gloria Steinem
‘Brit(ish): On Race, Identity & Belonging’ – Afua Hirsch
‘Women, Race and Class’ – Angela Davis
‘Gender Failure’ – Ivan E. Coyote & Rae Spoon
‘Dear Ijeawele, A feminist Manifesto in Fifteen Suggestions’ – Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
‘Intersex: A Memoir’ – Aaron Apps
WATCH
Black Feminism and the Movement for Black Lives
'Disclosure’ directed by Lavern Cox
Just Mercy
‘The Same Difference’ directed by Nneka Onourah
How studying privilege can strengthen compassion
'Intersexion’ directed by Grant Lahood
The Hate you Give
Dear White People
13th
American Son
When They See Us
‘We Should All Be Feminists’ directed by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie