Liberty Stones, Head of Planning

This year a free copy of Rebel Ideas by Matthew Syed was made available to everyone working at Fisher German. For those who haven’t yet read it, the book argues that individual intelligence is no longer enough and that the only way to tackle complex problems is to harness the power of ‘cognitive diversity’.

We know our clients want and benefit from the collective brain power of our people. They are telling us that they don’t just want a service from one member of our team, they want ideas from our 600+ people; it’s that which will help them succeed and be the best they can be.

We want to harness our diversity of thought at Fisher German and believe this is achieved by ensuring that Fisher German is place where people feel they belong; where everyone is included, treated fairly and have an equal chance to succeed.

The DRIVE group was created this year to focus on diversity, fairness, equality and inclusion within the business. Under DRIVE this year the Leadership Team and Divisional Managing Partners have had bespoke training on diversity and inclusion in the workplace; the Partners and Associate Partners have experienced a workshop which challenged individual thinking on everyday workplace scenarios; the group has driven changes to questions in our Time Out survey to ensure we are harnessing as much relevant information as possible from the business and better understand where our people see our strengths and weaknesses. In parallel to this, the group has been progressing a D&I Statement. Using the findings of the Time Out survey the group, in 22/23, will progress objectives and actions, based around a central commitment statement (below) which has been shaped by the group.

With the power of teamwork Fisher German provides a wide range of property services to a diverse client base, through which we strive to make a real difference to the world we live in.

We recognise the value and competitive advantage that diverse teams bring to our business and to clients, through knowledge, decision-making and creativity. To unlock this, everyone must feel they belong.

At Fisher German, this starts with an open culture built on trust, honesty, and a fearless resolution to challenge negative behaviours. We embolden colleagues to be themselves, treat each other with respect and positively embrace our differences.”

DRIVE is in its infancy; we have started our journey and are committed to pushing ourselves further.