Deloitte & Touche Takes an Integrated Approach to the Advancement of Women

In 1996,10 out of 24 people newly admitted to the Canadian partnership of Deloitte & Touche were women. In the last three years, retention of women at the senior manager level of the firm has improved by 10%. Women now occupy some key leadership positions never previously held by women. In professions as traditionally male‐dominated as chartered accountancy and management consulting, these are important successes — and ones that we can attribute to significant initiatives within the firm aimed at re‐shaping our corporate culture. How did this come about?