Corporate Membership

Advancing Women provides corporate membership and exclusive access to women employees within the same organisation.

Members can build networks, share information, experiences and knowledge with their colleagues, learn from their senior executives, find mentors and create more social connections.

Organisations can purchase an annual subscription based on a sliding fee scale and the number of women employees.
Subscription options:

TIER ONE Includes:

Set up of site

Providing all members with user access and passwords
Customising the site to include the profile of your executive team, your corporate logo, and members’ home page
Including any corporate specific information

Launch event

Design, scoping and coordinating event with corporate staff
Briefing executive sponsors of event
Facilitating the event and presenting the website to attendees
Promotional material
(Venue hire and catering is not included)

Access to all on-line resources

Monthly reporting

Statistics and usage
Confidential advice – issues and departmental data to assist manage potential issues.
Observations and feedback

Tier One is only recommended for organisations with less than 100 members as events are essential to keep women engaged and connected. Events can be organised by members themselves and panel members can be engaged independently of The May Group.

TIER TWO

Includes all services provided in tier one and quarterly networking events for members, which could include

Speakers and presentations from our panel
Facilitated discussion with members
2 hour seminar
Social networking event
(Venue hire and catering is not included)

TIER THREE

Includes all services provided in tier one and monthly networking events for members.

Speakers and presentations from our panel
Facilitated discussion with members
2 hour seminar
Social networking event
(Venue hire and catering is not included)

FEE STRUCTURE

Organisations purchase a minimum six month subscription, paid monthly or in advance, based on their service tier and number of women employees.

All members have access to

5 on-line e-modules (which will grow to 20)
Expert coaching and advice
Confidential support
Facilitated events
Networks and mentors

Our conservative estimate of the annual value of the equivalent education, coaching and support provided to each member is $7,500 per person.

Subscription to Advancing Women is a fraction of this cost and represents outstanding value.

How will your organisation benefit from investing in a subscription to Advancing Women?

Access and equity – all women across the organisation have access to Advancing Women’s resources. This includes

extensive training
expert coaching and advice
confidential support
facilitated events
social and sporting networks
potential mentors.

Demonstration of executive commitment to developing and advancing women

Awards and recognition for being an employer of choice for women

Enhanced profile and reputation from external promotions and press releases

Monthly reports and data will enable your HR team to quickly identify and address potential harassment issues – potentially saving you substantial costs associated with litigation and stress leave

More connected and engaged workforce to increase productivity, strengthen morale, improve creativity and decision making

Significantly reduced education and training costs

Easy access to gender and diversity experts to ensure targeted, practical and relevant interventions that don’t just look good on your annual report, but actually make a difference

Greater number of women applying for promotion and, in time, increased representation of women at senior levels.

How will your organisation benefit from increasing the representation of women in executive positions?

Enhanced competitiveness

Ability to attract, retain and advance the best and brightest

Reduced turnover, recruitment and training costs

A diversity of perspectives and better decision making

Greater productivity, creativity and innovation

Increased client satisfaction

Greater staff commitment, morale and motivation

Enhanced reputation and corporate profile

Recognition as an employer of choice for women.

What about the men in our organisation?

Our mission is to empower women to achieve their potential and increase their representation in positions of leadership and power.

Currently the proportion of women in executive positions across Australia’s top 200 companies is 8.6% and this has declined in recent years. In addition, women are still only earning 87% of their male colleague’s salaries.

Part of the reason for the disparity is that organisations work better for men than they do for women.

Men typically instinctively know how to navigate hierarchies and because they’re the majority in senior positions within most organisations, they have greater access to networks, mentors and opportunities to advance their careers.

Advancing Women is a powerful resource to level the playing field and assist women navigate organisations as well as their male colleagues so that everyone can benefit from an engaged and participative workforce, better decision making and outcomes.

While membership is currently only open to women, corporate subscriptions provide opportunities for men to attend events and access some of our training modules.

Additionally, The May Group provides supplementary services that target the whole workforce and are geared towards developing a values aligned, inclusive workplace culture.