BlueCat named a Best Workplace™ for Inclusion, Mental Wellness 2021
Additionally, Cheryl Kerrigan appointed Chief People Officer in recognition of the company’s exemplary corporate culture programs.
Key takeawaysThis key takeaway was generated through LLMs crawling the page and coming up with an overview of the content.BlueCat announced it was named a Best Workplace™ for Inclusion 2021 and a Best Workplace™ for Mental Wellness 2021 by Great Place to Work®, highlighting the company's focus on employee wellbeing, diversity, transparency, and inclusion during the COVID-19 remote-work period. The company also promoted Cheryl Kerrigan to Chief People Officer, citing her leadership in HR delivery and role as executive sponsor of BlueCat’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) council that drives company-wide DEI education and programs. These recognitions reflect employee survey results and reinforce BlueCat’s commitment to continuing investments in mental-health supportive initiatives, transparent culture, and DEI efforts across the organization.
What criteria did Great Place to Work® use to grant BlueCat the Best Workplace™ for Inclusion and Mental Wellness designations?
Great Place to Work® grants the Best Workplace™ for Inclusion designation to organizations where at least 90% of employees agree they are treated fairly regardless of personal characteristics such as gender, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation. The Best Workplace™ for Mental Wellness award requires that 75% of employees agree their workplace is psychologically and emotionally healthy. These designations are based primarily on employee survey responses from the global Great Place to Work® study, which represents voices from 11 million employees and serves as the primary determinant for selecting winners.
What role will Cheryl Kerrigan play after her promotion and how has she influenced BlueCat’s workplace culture?
Upon her promotion to Chief People Officer, Cheryl Kerrigan will continue leading HR strategy with a focus on mental wellness, inclusion, transparency, and employee engagement. The article credits her with a record of HR innovations and success at BlueCat and notes she currently serves as executive sponsor for the company’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) council. Under her leadership the DEI council—composed of employees across the company—uses education and facilitated, sometimes difficult conversations to build a more inclusive workplace and to provide supports that help employees thrive both professionally and personally.
How did BlueCat support employee health and mental wellness during the COVID-19 pandemic and remote work shift?
BlueCat prioritized employee health and mental wellness during the pandemic and the sudden shift to remote work, as reflected in overwhelmingly positive employee survey responses cited in the announcement. The company emphasized collaborative efforts across the organization to improve diversity, inclusion, and engagement through mental health–supportive initiatives and wellness activities. Moving forward, BlueCat plans to uphold transparency and wellbeing by continuing investments in company-wide DEI education, support programs, and initiatives intended to benefit every employee.
TORONTO, June 22, 2021 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — BlueCat, the Adaptive DNS Company™, today announced it has been named a Best Workplace™ for Inclusion 2021 and a Best Workplace™ for Mental Wellness 2021. On the heels of these accolades, BlueCat is also announcing the promotion of Cheryl Kerrigan to Chief People Officer.
Her appointment follows a long list of innovations and success in HR delivery at BlueCat. Under Kerrigan’s leadership, BlueCat has demonstrated an industry-leading commitment to mental wellness, organizational transparency, diversity, belonging, inclusion, and more. BlueCat employees also overwhelmingly reported that they felt BlueCat prioritized their health and mental wellness in a year defined by COVID-19 and a sudden shift to remote work. Currently, Kerrigan is the executive sponsor for BlueCat’s Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) council, which is made up of employees from around the company with the mission of using education to inspire a more inclusive workplace.
She says, of her approach to reinforcing BlueCat’s culture: “We’re collaborative in making things better across the organization, whether that pertains to diversity and inclusion efforts, mental health-supportive initiatives, or engagement and wellness activities. The more we conduct real and sometimes uncomfortable conversations across the board, the more we’re able to provide our team with the support needed to thrive both within and outside of their roles.”
Moving forward, BlueCat will continue to uphold its commitment to transparency and wellbeing across all facets of the organization and continue to invest in company-wide DEI education and programs that benefit each employee.
About BlueCat
BlueCat is the Adaptive DNS™ company. The company’s mission is to help the world’s largest organizations thrive on network complexity, from the edge to the core. To do this, BlueCat re-imagined DNS. The result – Adaptive DNS™ – is a dynamic, open, secure, scalable, and automated resource that supports the most challenging digital transformation initiatives, like adoption of hybrid cloud and rapid application development. Learn more at bluecatnetworks.com.
About Great Place to Work®
Great Place to Work® is the global authority on high-trust, high-performance workplace cultures. It is a global research and consulting firm with a mission to build a better society by helping companies transform their workplaces. Great Place to Work® provides the benchmarks, framework, and expertise needed to create, sustain, and recognize outstanding workplace cultures. In Canada, Great Place to Work® produces both industry and demographic specific Best Workplace™ lists. This is part of the world’s largest annual workplace study, which culminates in a series of national lists in over 50 countries, including the study’s flagship list of 100 Best Companies published annually in Fortune magazine.
The Best Workplace™ for Inclusion designation is granted to Great Place to Work Certified™ organizations wherein at least 90% of employees agree they are treated fairly regardless of personal characteristics (such as gender, ethnicity, age, and sexual orientation), and the Best Workplace™ for Mental Wellness award is granted to organizations wherein 75% of employees must agree their workplace is psychologically and emotionally healthy.
Globally, this survey represents the voices of 11 million employees, which are the primary determinant used in selecting winners. There’s only one way to get on this list – your employees have to put you on it.
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