The biggest barrier for women is the thought that they can't have it all.
— Cathy Engelbert
I joined a very male-dominated profession back in 1986. I wanted to work with big multinational Fortune 500 companies, but you don't come into the firm and automatically get those. So, quite frankly, a key to my success was that I found male mentors and male sponsors. I think some women are afraid to say that.
I'm deeply honored to lead Deloitte. I look forward to collaborating with all our people to continue to lead our profession in quality and innovation. Together, we make an impact that matters every day for our clients, the capital markets, communities, and society.
Consider one possible future that could occur soon, where autonomous trucks travel highways with a human 'monitor' in the cab who can assist with particularly challenging driving like navigating city centres and ensure goods are delivered safely.
Our goal is to set the gold standard when it comes to compliance.
A large part of my career achievements are due to having the courage to ask for what I needed, whether in a professional or personal context.
By adding support for eldercare, spousal care, and children beyond the birth stage, Deloitte's family leave program provides our people with the time they need to focus on their families in important times of need.
We share the USTA's vision to promote and expand the game of tennis. I have been playing the game since I was 6 years old with my dad and five brothers, so I know firsthand how it teaches life lessons: integrity, dedication, and competitiveness.
Women shouldn't aspire to a box or a title. They should look toward being leaders.
Decisions made centrally, thousands of miles from the markets clients are operating in, will likely not be as attuned to local market realities.
I wouldn't be a CEO today if I didn't do different things to build capabilities and build experiences because to come a leader, you need varied experiences.
To take women's equality from novelty to norm, we need to change narratives at a societal and individual level.
I've been fortunate in life to benefit from family, educators, work colleagues, and a set of mentors and sponsors, all of whom did not hesitate to offer and support me with every opportunity to achieve what I set out to do.
You cannot be insightful if you're deluged with information.
The advice I give, no matter male or female, is not being afraid to step outside your comfort zone and think more long-term about your career than maybe the next year.
Seek out counsel and be a mentor to people, because then they learn how to be mentors.
We can all think we're discriminated against, and I'm sure many of us are. But I see a ton of optimism in corporate America around the advancement and retention of women.
We have to not be afraid to say no.
Being the first female CEO of one of the Big Four, I certainly intend to pay it forward.
My path has been, I think, a path a lot of women can foresee themselves taking.
In general, there will likely be an expanding market around mobility management services that could offer incremental job growth.
The digital economy is impacting us in a big way.
It is important that women have the opportunity to balance different priorities at different stages in their career.
Impact Day is just one part of the hundreds of thousands of volunteer, pro bono, and professional training hours Deloitte offers to nonprofit organizations nationwide throughout the year. It's a day to celebrate all we do to make an impact that matters in the communities where we live and work.
Golf instills incredible values, including collaboration, competitiveness, and integrity.
Don't let 'having it all' be defined by someone else.
Technological advances are changing what clients need, the services we provide, and how we interact with them.
That is the culture at Deloitte: To make sure we are all maximizing the capabilities that we have.
In an age of exponential change, we need the power of diverse thinking, and we cannot afford to leave any talent untapped.
To be sure, technology will change what we do. Tasks that are highly manual, routine, and predictable will be automated. But jobs are made up of many tasks. So the nature of existing jobs will change, and new careers will be created.
I prioritize people over tasks.
Ultimately, this is about having fun at work. You want to enjoy your job. You're going to have higher-performing employees.
I'm probably a little bit of an outlier for women because I don't believe that you have to self-promote to get where you're going.
My becoming the CEO is a testament to our long commitment to diversity inclusion. And I intend to really focus and really pay that forward for our future diverse leaders at Deloitte.
I didn't aspire to be the CEO of Deloitte, but I aspired to be a leader in Deloitte.
What's important about my election into the CEO role at Deloitte is to provide a role model for the next generation of diverse leaders at Deloitte.
Putting our heads in the sand won't stop the inexorable advancement of technology.
There will be new businesses that will digitally enable the planning and consumption of passenger and goods movement to be more efficient, enjoyable, productive, safer, cleaner, and cheaper. That could mean everything from maintaining vehicle fleets to remote monitoring.
Mentors and sponsors, particularly in the early stages of my career, were invaluable to me because they encouraged me to raise my hand and take opportunities to build my capabilities.
Deloitte Catalyst is enabling Deloitte and our clients to more easily tap the power of innovation.
Each year on Impact Day, I love seeing our people fill classrooms, parks, and training centers to make a difference in communities across the country.
Even if you've never picked up a club, or if you've been playing for a long time, there's always something new to learn from playing golf. That's the beauty of the game. You never stop learning.
Deloitte University is really about leadership development. Our people love it!
There is a premium on innovation and commercializing new ideas.
As you think about the workforce of the future, women and minorities are such an important part of that future.
In the global marketplace, women remain the most untapped natural resource.
We're all drowning in data. We all need moments of recovery. For me, that includes not going right to my phone when I wake up in the morning.
I was a Division I college athlete, and I grew up with five brothers and two sisters. I've always been a competitor.
Sponsorship is sometimes about people behind the scenes who are sitting in rooms determining your assignments and your next career step, and you don't even know who they are.
My confidence came from always needing to compete.
