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FROM THE JUDGES:

Great to see McKinsey using its expertise to tackle complex issues of real value to the community.  Four days is a great level of volunteering contribution.  Great to see the social sector receive the support it needs to obtain insights to build operational capacity.”

RESULTS + IMPACT:

• Social sector leadership capability building:
  • Built suite of free day-long leadership programs for social sector managers, Executives and Directors
  • At scale, reaching >1000 leaders annually
  • Rated 6.3/7 for value of time spent by participants
• Organisational health diagnostic for ~40 social sector organisations
  • 4,500 respondents, representing ~20,000 staff
  • Workshopped results with ~40 Executive teams
  • Augmented with ~50 sector CEO & funder roundtables & interviews
  • Report on sector-level results to be published in late November
• ‘Volunteering Time Off’ program
  • All staff, four paid days off to volunteer per annum
  • Opportunities and supporting materials shared through internal ‘Marketplace’
  • 25% of staff participated on McKinsey time – does not include additional volunteering in spare time

OVERVIEW + HIGHLIGHTS:

• McKinsey & Company is a global strategy consulting firm, with ~600 employees across Australia and New Zealand.
• Through the ‘Big Shared Cause’ program, McKinsey selects one to two complex challenges to focus its pro bono effort around for a three-to-five-year period, leveraging the Firm’s core competencies in strategy, analytics, leadership development and cross-sector mobilisation.
• Since 2019, it has focused on social sector leadership capability building given this is a critical enabler to leaders having impact in the community, but is often chronically under-resourced.  Over 18 months, the team developed a series of free day-long leadership programs for Managers, Executives and Directors.  Facilitated by its 50-member strong McKinsey Volunteer Faculty, the program is now running at scale, training more than 1000 social sector leaders annually.
• In partnership with the Australian Scholarships Foundation, McKinsey has also run an organisational health diagnostic for ~40 not-for-profit organisations, surveying over 4,500 people (representing ~20,000 staff). A report on the findings is due to be released in late November.