These respected and proven leaders in the fields of Leadership Development and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion are part of the EvansOne external partnerships.
25+ years of recruitment experience
Who We Are
Why EvansOne?
For over 25 years, I have been leading global organizations, building teams, and finding, developing, and coaching some of the best talent in the toughest, most competitive industries. I’ve worked for start-ups, non-profits, and big tech companies, honing my craft, and improving organizational approaches and processes.
Being on both sides of HR has its advantages.
I’ve participated in several career development programs, and I’ve also created them. I’ve been the target of recruiters, and I’ve been a recruiter. I have been actively leading on diversity and inclusion and have seen the practice transition from a progressive idea to an expected action. Increasing, strengthening, and helping organizations to see and understand the value and benefits of a fully inclusive work environment has always been at the core of who I am—and what I do.
There’s been no shortage of new language and resources to help companies find the right people, develop effective managers, and create a workplace where differences are rewarded. But the fundamental approaches haven’t really changed. The industry still has conventional approaches to address modern challenges, and not surprisingly, that doesn’t always work.
That’s why I founded EvansOne.
By taking a strategic and thoughtful step away from some of the well-intentioned best-practices, the team has created alternatives that simplify the process and use data for good. We believe that culture is made by people and that people are the key to an organization’s growth and success. Our goal each and every day is to keep things human. EvansOne is committed to helping clients change the way they think about their leadership teams, our number one priority is to recruit, diversify and retain the best candidate for the role and for the organizational culture.
Sakina Evans, Founder & President
An intensely focused practice.
The core of EvansOne is Talent Acquisition but we also delve deeply in two critical areas by way of external partnerships: Leadership Development – Coaching & Assessment, and DE&I. All our services are grounded in a belief that if we work together—we work together from start to finish until we achieve your goals. Your goals are our goals, and we work to integrate the experts to help customize services to ensure your success—experts like Dr. Kathryn Stanley and Dr. Martin Davidson, both respected and proven leaders in the fields of Leadership Development and Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. EvansOne is dedicated to your needs and will continue to curate partnerships that make sense—and that help you execute your vision.
Bottom line, we are focused on your business and dedicated to helping you develop organizational strategies that support your growth and success. We look forward to highlighting our services, learning more about your business needs and excited to illustrate the difference we can make for you and your team.
External Partnerships
Dr. Martin N. Davidson
Diversity, Equity & Inclusion
Leveraging Differences
Professor, University of Virginia
Martin N. Davidson is the Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He currently serves as senior associate dean and global chief diversity officer for the School.
Dr. Kathryn Stanley, PhD
Leadership & Organizational Development
CEO and Founder of Holonix
Kathryn Stanley is an internationally recognized organizational development psychologist who helps leaders transform themselves, their teams, and their companies to create internal cultures that support innovation in the face of increasing complexity and ongoing market turbulence.
Partners » Dr. Martin N. Davidson
Martin N. Davidson is the Johnson & Higgins Professor of Business Administration at the University of Virginia’s Darden School of Business. He currently serves as senior associate dean and global chief diversity officer for the School. His thought leadership has changed how many executives approach inclusion and diversity in their organizations. He teaches, conducts research and consults with global leaders to help them use diversity strategically to drive high performance. His research on the impact of culture and ethnicity on career development and on conflict management appears in top academic and practitioner publications including Administrative Science Quarterly, Harvard Business Review, Research on Negotiation in Organizations, Journal of Personality, Review of Educational Research, and the International Journal of Conflict Management. He has also conducted research on four continents identifying the critical competencies for managing effectively across national boundaries. Executive summaries of Davidson’s academic journal articles and book chapter contributions may be viewed on his website. His book, The End of Diversity as We Know It: Why Diversity Efforts Fail and How Leveraging Difference Can Succeed, introduces a research-driven roadmap to help leaders more effectively create and capitalize on diversity in organizations.
In addition to teaching leadership in Darden’s MBA and Executive Education programs, Davidson has consulted with leaders of a host of Fortune 500 firms, government agencies and social profit organizations, including The World Health Organization, AT&T, Bank of America, JP Morgan Chase, Comcast, Massachusetts General Hospital, and the U.S. Navy SEALs. He was elected the national chair of the Gender and Diversity in Organizations Division of the Academy of Management. Davidson has been featured in numerous media outlets including The New York Times, Bloomberg BusinessWeek, The Wall Street Journal, The Washington Post, National Public Radio, and CNN. He has been a member of the Darden faculty since 1998. Previously, he was a member of the faculty of the Tuck School of Business at Dartmouth College. He earned his A.B. from Harvard University and his Ph.D. from Stanford University.
Partners » Dr. Kathryn Stanley
Dr. Kathryn Stanley is an internationally recognized organizational development psychologist who helps leaders transform themselves, their teams, and their companies to create internal cultures that support innovation in the face of increasing complexity and ongoing market turbulence. She coaches C-suite leaders in Harvard Business School’s Advanced Management and Owners and Presidents programs. She is CEO of Holonix. She is a Professor of organizational and leadership psychology and created the Authentic Presence Inventory (self and 360) tool. Inspired by her work facilitating corporate strategy and organizational redesign sessions she researched how people get seen and heard to form the empirical model for the Authentic Presence Inventory TM (self and 360) tool and co-authored the popular management fable, Which Bird Gets Heard? How to Have Impact Even In a Flock.