1. Building a
Successful Culture
supporting female
career success

2. Challenges or obstacles

3. We all know ...
• The importance of keeping
women in workforce
• The value of women in
leadership
• The challenges & opportunities
of partnership structure
• Roadblocks to increasing
women in leadership

4. We CAN do more!
• Collaboration, inclusion
& engagement
• ASX guidelines hold
companies accountable

5. You may be
wondering...
• Why me?
• Moore Stephens is a
work in progress

6. Here‟s what we‟ll talk
about
• The latest facts and figures on women in
leadership
• What Moore Stephens is currently doing
• What we will do to move forward

7. Women are more
educated
• Undergrads around
51%
• Professionals 49%

8. Government policy
supports women to
work
• Child care funding
• Paid parental leave

9. ASX now requiring
reporting
• On numbers of
women in executive
positions
• On objectives and
strategies to increase
numbers

10. Still not enough women
participating
• 57% of graduates left
workforce
• May start own
business
• May come back to
work part-time
• Many off the career
track

11. Why is this an issue?
• Labour Pool – retain
talent
• Market
• Governance
• Bottom line
• “Makes Business
Sense”

12. How do we measure
up?

13. Here‟s the „bottom line‟
• Entry level Accountants 37%
• Supervisors 43%
• Managers 30%
• Associates 0%
• Partners 25% (10%)

14. Reviewed what we were
already doing
• Reviewed Processes
• EEO
• Recruitment &
Selection
• Flexibility
• Training opportunities
• Repositioned career
interruption

15. Reviewed what we were
already doing
• Mentoring Program
• Work from home option
• Value of all personality
types - not just „A‟ type
• Personal Development
Programs
• Executive role rotation

16. Assessed our EEO policies
• Typical EEO policies
• Flexibility to support family
commitments education, health or
retirement commitments
• Open Door Policy

17. Value of Women
Networking Program
• Women need business networks
• MSSW networking events
- Women Golf Days/ Golf
Training Clinic
- Sponsoring Women In Business
Events with Key note women
speakers
- Boardroom Lunches for
executive women
- Local business & industry
networks
- Business network for under 40‟s

18. Key learnings from
review •
Flexibility is implemented on an
ad-hoc or case by case basis
• Vision, Values, Culture and
behaviours not in alignment nor
with EEO
• Networking not understood or
valued
• Without alignment, missing
opportunities to engage and
guide employees and reduce
the possibility of discrimination

19. We took a read on
Culture & Behaviours

20. We strengthened our
Vision ... collaboratively
• A great place to work
• A Leader
• One Firm approach

21. Employees defined what
it meant to them
• A great place to work
• A leader
• One firm approach
• Collaboratively

22. Of importance to women,
the Moore Stephens
Vision includes
• identifying and mentoring future
leaders
• embracing work/life balance
• encouraging individual & diverse
contribution
• actively contributing to the
community

23. We recognised what
is important -VALUES
to support
our vision
• Community
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

24. Employees defined what
behaviours represent the
values.
• Community
• Accountability
• Respect
• Excellence

25. We measured
engagement
• Cultural Survey
• Identified keys to
move forward: gender
/ division / skill level

26. Summary and moving
forward
• Foundations and
structure
• Working with MS
Australia network

28. Bring our culture alive!
• Developing values &
behaviours at leadership
level
• Persistent change
management from the top
down
• Formalise flexibility &
transparency

29. Bring our culture alive!
- Implement Leadership
Development Program
- Enhance Visibility of
Commitment to gender
parity

30. Network development
• Ensure importance of
networking
understood
• Network training
• Develop strategy &
consistency
• Identify & address
obstacles

31. It‟s a work in progress!
• Equal Opportunity
requires “real”
commitment to change
• We are heading in the
right direction

32. Putting it all together ...
• Despite efforts,
change happens
gradually
• Not about giving up;
about identifying gaps
and barriers and
working smarter

33. • Whatever you can do, or dream
you can, begin it. Boldness has
genius, power and magic in it.”
• Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

34. It‟s time we all played
a bigger game
“Growth of Talent Pool”

35. • Together we
can change
the gender
balance within
professional
services firms

36. Any Questions?