The Necessary Journey

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Using Gender Diversity as a Template for All Diversity at Moss Adams

COMPANY: Moss Adams

STAGE: Tactical to integrated

BEST PRACTICES: Gender diversity programs, diversity pipeline initiatives, metrics, leadership accountability

KEY QUOTE: “We had data. We shared it. We’re willing to put that out and hold ourselves accountable, but [the events of 2020] made me and all of us a lot more aware that the way we recruit, the way we develop team members, the way we grow leaders probably had elements of racism, buried in policies, procedures, processes. We want to be an inclusive organization. And if we’re going to go there, we have to tackle this.”—Chris Schmidt, retired CEO, Moss Adams

When Chris Schmidt made partner at the accounting firm Moss ...