Evolve And The Australian Taxation Office

Evolve is proud to partner with the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) to co-design and deliver its comprehensive national cultural awareness program.

We are especially proud, given the ATO’s strong leadership role across government in supporting Indigenous businesses. This leadership was recognised by Supply Nation with the ‘2016 Government Member of the Year’ award.

We are delivering the program to three target cohorts: general staff, managers and senior leaders. Through this partnership, Evolve has increased the cultural awareness of over 1000 ATO staff, and that number is increasing each week. On-going evaluations and feedback prove that the program is achieving its core objectives. The next step in the partnership is a train-the- trainer module and capacity building for the ATO to lead ongoing delivery. Through our online classrooms and webinars, Evolve will continue to support, coach and mentor the ATO when it carries forward the delivery of this critically important initiative.

“Working with Evolve has been a great partnership towards increasing our organisational cultural awareness at a national level. The tailored programs are highly interactive and experiential. I have observed our staff walking away with increased levels of confidence, understanding and inspiration and often with the positive exclamation ‘best training ever’. With this program and partnership, the ATO is creating the cultural safety and change needed to meet our goals of becoming an Indigenous employer of choice and to contribute to Closing the Gap on Indigenous disadvantage.”

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Adrian CheathamAssistant Director, Workplace Diversity Team Australian Taxation Office