“What companies need to understand is that you can have gender targets and succession planning, but you also need to have a strategy behind them. Cultivate is a strategy to support targets and succession planning."

“What companies need to understand is that you can have gender targets and succession planning, but you also need to have a strategy behind them. Cultivate is a strategy to support targets and succession planning."

“My career was built by a sponsor. I never had to ask for a promotion because my sponsor brought me along with him as his own career advanced. He pushed me to achieve more than I ever thought I could."

“I have seen a lot of initiatives that purport to help women, but don’t. Cultivate is a program that genuinely boosts women’s careers and makes a difference to businesses."

“One of the big things that SMEC has is a wealth of female talent within the organisation, but we have a real challenge with how we actually connect that female talent with opportunities in business. The cultivate program was a great chance to get more visibility around the talent inside the business and try to personally contribute to creating opportunities for them”.

"I have been fortunate to benefit from the support of sponsors throughout my career, which is why AECOM’s Advocate program is important to me. Connecting high-performing female leaders with members of our leadership team is creating enduring relationships, changing conversations, and opening up exciting new career pathways"

As program manager, I found Cultivate to be a easy program to implement. I received great support from the team and had no issues in the planning and rollout. Everything worked as it should and any minor issues were handled promptly by the team.