Thread by @KevinCChang

I am excited to arrive in #Melbourne to take part in the first-ever Asian-Australian Leadership Summit, which aims to highlight and address the under-representation of Asian-Australians in political, business, government and civil society leadership. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations The Leading for Change report highlights the lack of #CulturalDiversity in senior leadership. While Anglo-Australians represent 58% of population, they hold 76% of senior leadership positions. Those from non-European background are under-represented by 16%. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst There is a compelling business case for #CulturalDiversity: It attracts the right talent, improves decision-making & performance. @McKinsey: Companies with most ethnically diverse executive teams (1st quartile) are 33% more likely to outperform their peers. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre Asian-Australians also consistently outperform others in educational achievement. The business case is clear-cut, so why do organisations act against their own interests? Why omit the best available talent and reject meritocracy?
#AsianAusLeadership
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@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre The term ‘#BambooCeiling’, popularised by @JaneHyun ’s book about Asian-Americans, refers to the processes and barriers faced by many Asians in the professional arena, such as #stereotypes and #racism that serve to exclude them from executive positions. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo Such bias, prejudice, discrimination and exclusion are usually based on subjective factors such as "lack of leadership potential" and "lack of communication skills" that cannot be objectively justified by performance or qualifications. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo While Asian-Australians constitute 12% of population, they hold only 1.6% of senior leadership in these sectors: CEO of #ASX200 companies, federal government ministers, heads of federal and state government departments, vice-chancellors of universities. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo According to @OrgAALA, Asian-Australians account for only 3% of law firm partners, fewer than 2% of barristers and 1% of the judiciary. I am a lawyer and I went to law schools where some of the brightest legal minds were Asian.
#AsianAusLeadership #auslaw
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@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo Part of the issue lies in the way we as a society perceive #leadership, and the embedded presumptions about what it constitutes. Prevailing models of leadership in Australia have in-built assumptions that privilege some groups and exclude others. #AsianAusLeadership #Auspol

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo @ScottMorrisonMP @JoshFrydenberg @M_McCormackMP @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP @RichardDiNatale @jennyleong @MehreenFaruqi I value working in highly diverse environments, and have served most of my career in the United Nations across many countries. For all its flaws, the UN has in-built diversity as an international organisation, with specific requirements under the UN Charter. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo @ScottMorrisonMP @JoshFrydenberg @M_McCormackMP @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP @RichardDiNatale @jennyleong @MehreenFaruqi I have also worked in the Australian Government on several occasions, where I received some of my best professional training. But it is sorely lacking in diversity. I can hardly recall anyone above my management chain who is not from European heritage. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo @ScottMorrisonMP @JoshFrydenberg @M_McCormackMP @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP @RichardDiNatale @jennyleong @MehreenFaruqi I can also hardly recall having any non-white teachers. It's a large sample across 12 years of schooling, six university degrees spanning science, law and the humanities, in Sydney, Melbourne & Canberra. A lot of teachers. #AsianAusLeadership @Jess_Tu2
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@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo @ScottMorrisonMP @JoshFrydenberg @M_McCormackMP @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP @RichardDiNatale @jennyleong @MehreenFaruqi @Jess_Tu2 If Aussies can’t experience diverse leadership in their education, career, in media and politics, what are the chances that, when they select a leader, they will have in mind somebody who doesn’t resemble any person they themselves have experienced? #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo @ScottMorrisonMP @JoshFrydenberg @M_McCormackMP @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP @RichardDiNatale @jennyleong @MehreenFaruqi @Jess_Tu2 Asians constitute 59% of the world’s population, so they are not a homogeneous bunch. Asian-Australian men and women will have different experiences of acceptance, prejudice, discrimination and exclusion, as would those who hail from different parts of Asia. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo @ScottMorrisonMP @JoshFrydenberg @M_McCormackMP @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP @RichardDiNatale @jennyleong @MehreenFaruqi @Jess_Tu2 These are some of the facts, thoughts & experiences I will bring to the Asian-Australian Leadership Summit. I’m humbled to be a part of this conversation – a quintessentially Australian one about having a ‘fair go’. It’s a wonderful reason to be back home. #AsianAusLeadership

@Asialink_au @PwC_AU @OrgAALA @Austrade @BankofMelb @Committee4Melb @dfat @AusUnlimited @asiacapable @AsArticulations @timsout @sydney_business @Committee4Syd @AsiaSocietyAus @AsiaSociety @ChinTanRDC @jasonyatsenli @AsiaSocietyEDU @theasianfmnst @McKinsey @McKQuarterly @DivCouncilAus @thewarrencentre @JaneHyun @psynapse @PennyBurtt @gatehouselegal @JezNews @Lisa_Singh @valeriekhoo @ScottMorrisonMP @JoshFrydenberg @M_McCormackMP @AlboMP @RichardMarlesMP @RichardDiNatale @jennyleong @MehreenFaruqi @Jess_Tu2 @threadreaderapp unroll