6 LISTENING TO OUR DIRECTORS AND PRINCIPALS | BDO LLP
CULTURAL EVOLUTION
We discussed the implications on our culture of being a growing firm.
Some Directors have been at BDO for 20 years and have seen teams grow from four people to 200 people. Culture plays a big role in why they’ve stayed – and they appreciate that business and team growth naturally evolves that culture over time They want to ensure we guard against becoming ‘a faceless, corporate monolith’ as we grow The groups were keen that we give people confidence that we aren’t trying to become a Big Four, that we’re proud of who we are and that we don’t worry about who we aren’t They highlighted that the firm plays a role in this: knowing what we want to protect about our operating model and culture as we grow, and what we accept needs to change as we grow “ We need to recognise that there aren’t easy fixes to big commercial, cultural challenges.
For example, one Director highlighted: we pride ourselves on our entrepreneurial legacy and mindset, but the risk management and policies that come with being a bigger firm could counter that They discussed that they personally played a role in ensuring people don’t become a number on a timesheet of a larger firm. For example, by listening to the individuals and giving team members confidence to speak out They debated whether cultural evolution was such a big topic because of our recent growth, a year of remote working or looking ahead of agile working. They agreed it’s probably all of these
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