New head of Adelaide for Ernst & Young

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Friday, 23 December 2011 — Ernst & Young today announced Chris Sharpley as the new Office Managing Partner for Adelaide, effective 1 February 2012.

Chris’s appointment follows Mark Butcher’s decision to retire from the firm to take up a number of non-executive positions and focus on other business interests. Mark will remain with the firm until April 2012 and work closely with Chris as he transitions to his new role.

Commenting on Chris’ appointment, Oceania CEO and Managing Partner Rob McLeod said he was pleased to have Chris accept the role of Adelaide Office Managing Partner.

A long term South Australian resident, Chris returned last year from two years in the United Kingdom where he was head of the Ernst & Young’s Tax practice in the Midlands and South West. Most recently Chris was leading Adelaide’s Tax practice with more than 30 years providing tax services across Australia and overseas.

“Chris is ideally qualified to build on the strong foundation Mark has established leading Ernst & Young in Adelaide over the past five years. Armed with valuable recent international experience during the global financial crisis and now returning to his home city, we anticipate Chris will do an outstanding job of leading our practice in Adelaide.

“I also want to acknowledge Mark’s significant contribution to firm as well as the Adelaide office and transactions practice since joining the firm in 2006. Through his dedication, professionalism and energy he has helped build the practice in key areas such as government, corporate finance and advisory, as well as remaining the market leader in audit services.

“We thank him for his contribution and wish him well in his new career,” Mr McLeod said.

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Key Findings

Industry spotlight
Ranked in order, the least wasteful industries based on how much time their workers say is wasted on a typical day were:

  • Professional, scientific and technical services (17%) and health care and social assistance (17%)
  • Financial and insurance services (19%)
  • Trade- retail and wholesale (19%), public sector (19%), manufacturing (19%), and
  • Construction and mining (20%).

Based on workers rating their organisation’s efficiency, the ranking changes to:

  • Financial and insurance services (68%)
  • Professional, scientific and technical services (66%)
  • Health care and social assistance (64%)
  • Construction and mining (63%)
  • Trade (retail & wholesale) (60%)
  • Public sector (56%), and
  • Manufacturing (55%).

State Spotlight
Ranked in order, the most productive states based on the least amount of time wasted on an average day were:

  • Western Australia (16% of day wasted)
  • South Australia (17%), ACT (17%) and Tasmania (17%)
  • New South Wales (18%)
  • Victoria (19%) and Queensland (19%), and
  • NT (29%).

Based on workers’ views about the efficiency of their organisation, the order changes to:

  • Western Australia (66%) and South Australia (66%)
  • Queensland (62%)
  • New South Wales (61%), and Victoria (61%)
  • NT (59%) and ACT (59%)
  • Tasmania (47%).

Productivity motivators

  • 68% of respondents are proud to work for their employer
  • 69% believe their work is valued
  • 78% have a clear vision of what is expected of them in their role.

Productivity barriers

  • 36% do not agree that their organisation’s processes and systems support role execution
  • 41% do not agree that their organisation has the right level of focus and attention on effectiveness and efficiency
  • 38% do not agree that their organisation operates effectively.

People

  • 32% say they are planning to leave their organisation in the next 12 months
  • Only 62% believe their skills are being strongly utilised by their employer
  • 35% are already pursuing external opportunities. Approximately half of all respondents do not agree that there is a clear direction for their career at their current organisation.

Innovation

  • 51% say further innovation would increase productivity
  • 44% do not agree their organisation gives innovation the right focus and attention
  • 41% agree that innovation is not adequately recognised and rewarded
  • 48% of people agree that there is a culture of continuous improvement in their organisation, 33% were neutral and 19% disagreed.

Technology

  • 62% of respondents agree technology is important to their role
  • 40% say technology has increased productivity levels
  • The professional, scientific and technical sectors fare best on the technology front, with 55% of employees acknowledging technology has increased productivity levels over the past 12 months.
  • 65% say additional, new or improved technology would make their organisation more productive over the longer term
  • 39% don’t have access to the right technology and 42% don’t have the right training to apply technology effectively
  • The construction and resources; and retail and wholesale trade sectors rank the highest in terms of technology wastage with at least 10% per week.