6 Consulting Matters What’s happening at Consult Australia Champions … June Consulting... ·...
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6 Consulting Matters Taking their lead from the Founding Male Champions of Change established by Elizabeth Broderick (Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner), a group of Consult Australia's large member firm CEO's formed the Consult Australia Champions of Change in 2012, to take collective action in an attempt to substantially shift the dial with regards to the participation and promotion of women in our industry. Recognising that in the war for talent, our sector needed to up its game in attracting and retaining women, the group formed to share best practice, learn from experts and lead by example. Diversity, like safety, is a leadership issue. It is therefore critical that the leaders in the business community (mostly male) own this issue Champions of Change Signatories to the Charter of the Consult Australia Champions of Change Lara Poloni, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Chief Executive Phillip Duthie, GHD Pty Ltd General Manager - Australia James Wright, Beca Pty Ltd Managing Director – Australia Greg Steele, Hyder Consulting Pty Ltd Managing Director - Australasia Adam Kilsby, Golder Associates Managing Director and Principal Will Wright, Douglas Partners Pty Ltd Principal Michael Shirley, Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty Ltd Group Vice President, Infrastructure and Environment Stuart Fowler, Norman Disney & Young Chief Executive Officer Peter Bailey, Arup Chair and Chief Executive Officer - Australasia Region Matthew Harris, NSW Managing Director Rider Levett Bucknall Hari Poologasundram, SMEC Australia Pty Ltd Chief Operating Officer, Australia and New Zealand Melvyn Maylin, Opus International Pty Ltd Managing Director Australia John Pitt, pitt&sherry Managing Director Bob McGowan, URS Australia Pty Ltd Managing Director Australia Andrew Mather, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff (WSP) Managing Director: Property Environment & Resources Mark Bruzzone, MWH Managing Director, Government & Infrastructure, Australia Our role as leaders, both individually and collectively, is to intervene and disrupt the norm, and make a material change to the unacceptably low levels of women in leadership in Australia’s consulting industry. Since the inception of the Champions of Change over two years ago, we have learned much about the issues facing women in our industry. Whilst our individual companies may have made some progress, as an industry our progress toward gender equity is still unacceptably slow. Being a Champion of Change requires time, investment and above all commitment. To bring about the change we desire we need to work together, step up and lead with visible action. We agree to take the following actions to achieve the change we all desire: Agree a shared purpose, clear priorities and publicly commit to using our individual and collective leadership and resources to advance gender equity and women in leadership Work together to create peer pressure – to build our network of consulting CEO champions Through the Champions of Change network, share experiences, best practice, data and strategies for advancing gender equity and women in leadership Work together to identify and implement visible high impact actions that move the dial with respect to women in leadership in our industry Lead with action and advocacy, working within our organisations and collectively to: • Sponsor and/or mentor women into leadership positions • Partner with schools and universities to raise the level of women in our industry • Encourage a greater focus on STEM subjects in schools Reflect on our own leadership, holding ourselves accountable for the results we achieve Charter of the Consult Australia Champions of Change What’s happening at Consult Australia as a driver of business success. Importantly, it is about changing workplaces to make them more inclusive, rather than remediation training for women. The Champions are now in their third year, and under the Chairmanship of Greg Steele, Managing Director of Hyder, have recently strengthened and renewed their Charter, aiming to drive change through strategic action and personal accountability. They will shortly be developing a benchmark report to measure their individual company progress in a range of areas of activity. Consult Australia is proud to be part of this important initiative and support a range of best practice activities in this area.
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6 Consulting Matters
Taking their lead from the Founding Male Champions of Change established by Elizabeth Broderick (Australia's Sex Discrimination Commissioner), a group of Consult Australia's large member firm CEO's formed the Consult Australia Champions of Change in 2012, to take collective action in an attempt to substantially shift the dial with regards to the participation and promotion of women in our industry. Recognising that in the war for talent, our sector needed to up its game in attracting and retaining women, the group formed to share best practice, learn from experts and lead by example.
Diversity, like safety, is a leadership issue. It is therefore critical that the leaders in the business community (mostly male) own this issue
Champions of Change
Signatories to the Charter of the Consult Australia Champions of Change
Lara Poloni, AECOM Australia Pty Ltd Chief Executive
Phillip Duthie, GHD Pty LtdGeneral Manager - Australia
James Wright, Beca Pty LtdManaging Director – Australia
Greg Steele, Hyder Consulting Pty LtdManaging Director - Australasia
Adam Kilsby, Golder Associates Managing Director and Principal
Will Wright, Douglas Partners Pty LtdPrincipal
Michael Shirley, Jacobs Group (Australia) Pty LtdGroup Vice President, Infrastructure and Environment
Stuart Fowler, Norman Disney & Young Chief Executive Officer
Peter Bailey, Arup Chair and Chief Executive Officer - Australasia Region
Matthew Harris, NSW Managing DirectorRider Levett Bucknall
Hari Poologasundram, SMEC Australia Pty Ltd Chief Operating Officer, Australia and New Zealand
Melvyn Maylin, Opus International Pty LtdManaging Director Australia
John Pitt, pitt&sherry Managing Director
Bob McGowan, URS Australia Pty Ltd Managing Director Australia
Andrew Mather, WSP | Parsons Brinckerhoff (WSP)Managing Director: Property Environment & Resources
Mark Bruzzone, MWH Managing Director, Government & Infrastructure, Australia
Our role as leaders, both individually and collectively, is to intervene and disrupt the norm, and make a material change to the unacceptably low levels of women in leadership in Australia’s consulting industry.
Since the inception of the Champions of Change over two years ago, we have learned much about the issues facing women in our industry. Whilst our individual companies may have made some progress, as an industry our progress toward gender equity is still unacceptably slow.
Being a Champion of Change requires time, investment and above all commitment. To bring about the change we desire we need to work together, step up and lead with visible action.
We agree to take the following actions to achieve the change we all desire:
Agree a shared purpose, clear priorities and publicly commit to using our individual and collective leadership and resources to advance gender equity and women in leadership
Work together to create peer pressure – to build our network of consulting CEO champions
Through the Champions of Change network, share experiences, best practice, data and strategies for advancing gender equity and women in leadership
Work together to identify and implement visible high impact actions that move the dial with respect to women in leadership in our industry
Lead with action and advocacy, working within our organisations and collectively to:
• Sponsor and/or mentor women into leadership positions
• Partner with schools and universities to raise the level of women in our industry
• Encourage a greater focus on STEM subjects in schools
Reflect on our own leadership, holding ourselves accountable for the results we achieve
Charter of the Consult Australia
Champions of Change
What’s happening at Consult Australia
as a driver of business success. Importantly, it is about changing workplaces to make them more inclusive, rather than remediation training for women.
The Champions are now in their third year, and under the Chairmanship of Greg Steele, Managing Director of Hyder, have recently strengthened and renewed their Charter, aiming to drive change through strategic action and personal accountability. They will shortly be developing a benchmark report to measure their individual company progress in a range of areas of activity. Consult Australia is proud to be part of this important initiative and support a range of best practice activities in this area.
