Her Story
About Gavriella
Gavriella Everett, SHRM-SCP, is the Director of Associate Experience at Gartner, where she leads the development and expansion of employee experience strategies that enhance the workplace journey for a global workforce. In her role, she oversees the Associate Experience Center of Excellence, designing and implementing programs that impact key moments throughout the employee lifecycle. Her work includes developing data-driven strategies, building transformational roadmaps, securing executive alignment, and delivering scalable solutions that support more than 20,000 associates across over 40 countries. With extensive experience in Human Resources transformation, employee experience design, and global project management, Gavriella has built and scaled employee experience capabilities across organizations. Before Gartner, she held leadership roles at WeWork, where she created employee-focused solutions, improved HR service delivery, and led initiatives involving HR technology, employee support systems, and operational enhancements. Earlier in her career at Deloitte, she supported global HR transformation projects, including Workday implementations, organizational design initiatives, and stakeholder management efforts for enterprise clients. Gavriella earned a Bachelor of Science in Business and Technology with concentrations in Information Systems and Marketing from Stevens Institute of Technology and holds the SHRM-SCP certification from Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM). Known for her collaborative and strategic leadership approach, she believes in the power of curiosity, trust, honesty, and strong partnerships to drive meaningful outcomes. Through her work, she continues to shape modern employee experiences by combining human-centered design, business strategy, and operational excellence.
Her Interview
Ten minutes with Gavriella
01What do you attribute your success to?
I attribute my success to collaboration, constant curiosity, and building strong partnerships. One of my previous CHROs shared with me 'The Speed of Trust' by Stephen M. R. Covey, and it completely altered my approach to developing partnerships by highlighting the significance that trust governs every relationship you have and how a breach of trust can break the strongest partnerships. Finally, I always ask myself what else I can do to adapt my working style to achieve shared goals.
02What’s the best career advice you’ve ever received?
The best career advice I’ve received is to stay intellectually curious and continuously explore new opportunities. I believe in expanding my perspective, building connections, and having conversations with others to learn, grow, and discover new possibilities. Asking 'why' has opened so many doors.
03What advice would you give to young women entering your industry?
My advice to young women entering the industry is to approach their careers with an open mind and be intentional as they craft their goals. I always tell others about my '5-year lives' where I'm creating a vision for what I want the next five years to look like, both personally and professionally. I set the direction and work toward it while remaining flexible enough to embrace new opportunities and changes along the way. Thinking in these 5-year increments has helped me set intentional reflection points to continuously reassess whether I'm still on a path that energizes and excites me.
04What are the biggest challenges or opportunities in your field right now?
The biggest challenge and opportunity in my field is equipping employees with the skills that matter most in an evolving workplace. As technology and AI are implemented at scale across companies to complete routine tasks, we need to empower and our people with uniquely human skills such as communication, critical thinking, creativity, and collaboration, etc. The focus will continue to be on how we purposefully imbue the human experience into an ever-changing digital landscape built on more agent interactions.
05What values are most important to you in your work and personal life?
The values most important to me are collaboration, trust, and a 'no-ego' mindset. I believe collaboration is a two-way commitment—being willing to contribute, listen, and work alongside others who share the same mindset. I try to always be a partner others want to work with. I value transparency and building relationships grounded in trust. The projects that have always given me the most energy were those that had team work as the central focus with an all 'hands on deck' mindset.
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