Inclusion & Diversity

‍Benefits of an entrepreneurial system
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Our dedication to entrepreneurship means that while we teach a shared financial philosophy, you will build your business in a way that feels authentic to you, based on your cultural perspective and serving the clients and community that you want to reach.
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As a financial representative with The Guardian Network®:

You are at the forefront of helping communities gain Financial Balance® and build generational wealth.
Your efforts can change the world by being a part of the solution to close wealth gaps that exist in our communities.
Your drive, passion and commitment will determine your success.
Your career path is defined by you, your success and where you want to go.

‍Inclusion and diversity commitment in our firms

Supporting our field leadership teams

Gender Intelligence training to help our field leaders understand how to actively hire more female FRs and help them thrive.
Generational training to gain an understanding of generational differences and build cultures of support across every generation.
Building Inclusive Cultures training to help leadership have important conversations and understand how unconscious bias may affect firm culture.

Supporting our financial representatives

Our FRs have access to a library of materials to help them engage prospects and clients including holiday greeting cards, social media content and more.

Celebrating cultural and religious events with clients and prospects helps our FRs build strong, lasting relationships.
We offer our FRs the support to attend training and development opportunities throughout the year, both Guardian-specific and industry-wide such as:
Guardian’s Women’s Leadership Summit
Sponsorship of InvestmentNews Women Advisor Summit
Sponsorship of Conference of African American Financial Professionals

Our shared values come from the top down

At Guardian, our commitment to inclusion and diversity has been a part of who we are since we were founded over 160 years ago. More than an ideal, inclusion and diversity is a vital part of how we do business and is ingrained in our culture and our values.

People count.
We do the right thing.
We hold ourselves to very high standards.

‍At Guardian, every individual — from our Executive Leadership Team and employees, to our field and brokers — lives these values and they drive every decision, project, and initiative.

Inclusion and diversity though, is about more than having a diverse workforce; it is about ensuring that all those who choose to join the Guardian family, feel supported, respected, comfortable and confident that they can show up authentically at work.

We are proud of our history and the progress we have made to create an inclusive work environment for all. Inclusion and diversity though, is a journey, and not a point in time. We recognize that the world in which we live is constantly evolving and understand that our future path will need to evolve with it.

We understand that increasing diversity among our employees and firms isn’t just the right thing to do, it is paramount to affecting positive change in our society. That broader and more diverse minds and perspectives make a business, and the world, better.

Learn more about our history and commitment to Inclusion and Diversity.