Shifts in organisational culture can be seen in the key decision-makers that have been engaged with and partnerships established. By highlighting the importance of gender diversity in boardrooms and company settings - either through evidence-based research or wider leadership initiatives - MWA continues to make these issues visible and to promote gender-friendly shifts in organisational cultures. Through its multipronged approach to address ‘pipeline’ challenges to womens advancement, the women in leadership programme offers some lessons for other countries on effective strategies for tackling social norms and other barriers to women’s career progression.