Talent and Organization

Sanofi Pasteur: Launching a State-of-the-Art R&D Facility in China

2012-04-27T05:00:00Z

Accenture is helping Sanofi Pasteur launch a state-of-the-art R&D facility in China by providing program management, communications and training services.

Turning the Tide: How Europe can Rebuild Skills and Generate Growth

2012-04-25T05:00:00Z

In partnership with the Federation of Enterprises in Belgium, Accenture conducted a major study on the skills and human capital challenges facing Europe.

Accenture: Portal

2012-04-24T05:00:00Z

A personal window on Accenture’s world.

Does Your Global Leadership Team Have What It Takes? Podcast

2012-04-16T05:00:00Z

UPM: Enabling a New Vision for Collaboration

2012-04-11T05:00:00Z

UPM partnered with Accenture and Avanade to create a unified collaboration platform, built on Microsoft technologies, that supports its journey to high performance.

Global Beverage Manufacturer: Talent and Performance Management Toolbox

2012-04-05T05:00:00Z

Read how Accenture helped this global beverage manufacturer create a Talent and Performance Management Toolbox to improve performance globally.

Collaborative Border Management

2012-03-29T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture's report on how customs and border agencies can achieve the security and safety by adopting an end-to-end approach to collaborative border management.

Does Your Global Leadership Team Have What it Takes?

2012-03-05T06:00:00Z

As business becomes more global and uncertainty continues to roil markets, the tensions inherent in managing a multinational are unlikely to diminish. Having a clear sense of purpose, the right people in the room and the ability to change ahead of the curve will be the hallmarks of successful, truly global leadership teams.

Making Cross-Enterprise Collaboration Work

2012-03-01T06:00:00Z

To drive a new era of growth, companies will increasingly be required to collaborate with enterprises outside their corporate boundaries. Doing so successfully requires coordinated attention to a range of human capital strategy issues covering talent, leadership, culture and organization.

Making Cross-Enterprise Collaboration Work: Podcast

2012-03-01T06:00:00Z

Nine Keys to Using Innovative Learning and Change Programs for a Successful ERP Implementation

2012-02-28T06:00:00Z

Maximizing the return on investments in large, enterprise resource planning (ERP) systems depends on distinctive programs in learning and change management.

Banking Technology Vision: Technology Waves That Are Reshaping the Banking Landscape

2012-02-24T06:00:00Z

Accenture has studied how technology and business trends are converging—and what that means for banks. Read this report to learn about the technology waves that are shaping the banking landscape.

Going Above and Beyond: How Banks Can Optimize Talent During M&A Integration

2012-02-21T06:00:00Z

Read why banks should not lose sight of talent management during an M&A.

Driving Successful Transformational Change through Journey Management

2012-02-13T06:00:00Z

Today’s executives must often manage a complex portfolio of change initiatives over an extended time period. Fortunately, the discipline of “journey management” can help.

Six Ways Social Media Technologies Can Accelerate Large-Scale Change

2012-01-23T06:00:00Z

Social media technologies are helping people communicate in new ways. Now they are also helping enterprises successfully navigate major business change programs.

Solving the Skills Crisis

2012-01-16T06:00:00Z

The broad availability of workers in the midst of the economic downturn can be misleading, and many executives are only beginning to appreciate the scope of the challenge they face when it comes to finding the right skills to compete in the years ahead. Companies must get out in front of the skills challenge, building an arsenal of altogether new solutions.

Rail 2020

2012-01-04T06:00:00Z

Project Snapshot: Global Alcoholic Beverages Company SAP Human Capital Management

2011-11-30T06:00:00Z

Accenture is helping a global alcoholic beverages company to deploy an SAP Human Capital Management system to improve performance and drive growth.

Developing Tomorrow’s Top Leaders in Law Enforcement

2011-11-21T06:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on developing tomorrow’s Top Leaders in Law Enforcement and how to develop effective supervisors and higher levels of workforce productivity.

Solving the Global Skills Crisis: Podcast

2011-11-17T06:00:00Z

Creating a High-Performance Learning Environment

2011-10-24T05:00:00Z

New research from Accenture highlights the high-performance learning traits that are distinctive to an organization's top performers.

Driving Successful Change at Nokia Siemens Networks

2011-09-12T05:00:00Z

Following the merger that created the company, Nokia Siemens Networks overcame a series of challenges with a comprehensive, business-driven transformational change program. As a result, the company has thrived without the performance degradations typically experienced in post-merger integration.

Increasing the Business Impact of Enterprise Learning Podcast

2011-08-30T05:00:00Z

Is Your Supply Chain Talent Ready for Growth?

2011-08-29T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s Geoff Deines' article analyzing what companies need to do to empower their supply chain workforces and to excel in the hypercompetitive global environment.

Executive Summary: The Social Media Management Handbook - Everything You Need to Know to Get Social Media Working in Your Business

2011-08-18T05:00:00Z

Read about the Accenture’s social media management handbook and learn four areas our business needs to focus to harness this technological and behavioral innovation.

Workforce Transformation: Key Trends Driving Changes to Workforce Requirements

2011-08-09T05:00:00Z

Accenture’s Katherine LaVelle explains how capital market firms are changing the way they recruit, manage and reward their employees to develop distinctive capabilities in today’s economic climate.

Staking a Claim: Four Talent Management Strategies for High Performance in the Mining Industry

2011-08-03T05:00:00Z

Read Accenture’s research on the four Talent Management Strategies for high performance in the Mining Industry.

Europe in Tomorrow’s World: The Views of Business Leaders

2011-07-05T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research with the European Business Summit and FEB discussing the new challenges and opportunities for European market.

Managing a Global Workforce

2011-06-30T05:00:00Z

Different Strokes: How to Manage a Global Workforce

2011-06-06T05:00:00Z

As companies stake their growth strategies on global expansion and the pursuit of new markets, their ability to forge a human capital strategy and HR capability that is both globally consistent and locally relevant will be critical to success.

The Change-Capable Organization Podcast

2011-05-25T05:00:00Z

Why Leadership and Culture Matter in Analytics

2011-05-20T05:00:00Z

Read more about how Accenture can help clients to implement an Analytics Culture and develop analytics leaders to help companies achieve high performance.

The Next-Generation Insurance Contact Center: Driving Efficient Growth

2011-05-18T05:00:00Z

Carriers that establish contact centers as a key part of a comprehensive distribution strategy can drive growth, provide differentiated customer experiences and, ultimately, achieve high performance.

A Team You Can Count On

2011-05-09T05:00:00Z

The best companies surpass competitors in part by attracting serious talent—people at the top of their professions. And they keep them on board by ensuring they are part of an enterprise staffed with extraordinary individuals all striving toward the same ambitious goals.

Active Learning Using Card Drop Simulation

2011-05-06T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture’s Card Drop Simulation learning activity that helps people learn the principles and benefits of process improvement, team-building and problem-solving.

Analytics Culture: The Secret to Success

2011-04-27T05:00:00Z

How is Your Talent in 2011? A Talent Health Check for Australian CEOs

2011-04-19T05:00:00Z

Read about Accenture research on why talent management is the top issue for Australian CEOs and learn eight questions they should be asking to shape a skills strategy.

Jumping the S-Curve: The Critical Role of Talent

2011-04-19T05:00:00Z

In this video, Accenture’s Paul Nunes and Tim Breene talk about their new book, Jumping the S-Curve, focusing on the critical role of talent.

The Talent to Grow

2011-04-11T05:00:00Z

New research suggests that few executives believe their recession-battered workforces are prepared to fully exploit the global recovery. To drive growth, companies need to embrace a human capital strategy that more closely links workforce planning to business objectives and looks at the broader implications for leadership and the organizational culture.

Solving the Skills Crisis in the Automotive Industry

2011-02-28T06:00:00Z

Following a period of severe cutbacks, one might think automakers have a supply of talent ready and waiting. It’s not that simple. New and more complex skill sets are essential.

Ten Imperatives for Enterprise Learning

2011-02-25T06:00:00Z

Everything You Need to Know to get Social Media Working for Your Business

2011-01-04T06:00:00Z

As customers wield more power and influence over businesses than ever before, it’s vital for business leaders to understand the social media phenomenon and prepare their organizations to thrive.

Human Capital Services Study in Aerospace and Defense

2011-01-01T06:00:00Z

The North American aerospace and defense (A&D) industry landscape has profoundly changed since the pre-recession days of 2007.

Ten Enterprise Learning Imperatives for a New Generation of Business Challenges

2010-12-01T06:00:00Z

Enterprise learning is now a strategic capability, given today’s challenges and pace of change. Executives should give priority to these ten learning imperatives.

A New Lens on Business Advantage: Human Capital Strategy and the Drive for High Performance

2010-11-19T06:00:00Z

An integrated human capital strategy is vital to helping companies drive business advantage and achieve high performance.

Culture Club: Surviving the Next Merger

2010-11-02T05:00:00Z

In this article on Bloomberg, Accenture’s Tom Herd and Yaarit Silverstone reinforce the importance of cultural assimilation for successful M&A initiatives.

Work Forces Stay Lean after Slump’s Cutbacks

2010-11-02T05:00:00Z

The Wall Street Journal, July 19, 2010

Human Capital Strategy as a Business Differentiator

2010-11-01T05:00:00Z

To succeed today, organizations should pursue a comprehensive human capital strategy integrating talent, leadership, culture and organization models with business goals.

Anglo American: Procurement Transformation

2010-10-28T05:00:00Z

Accenture helped mining giant Anglo American create an integrated procurement function as part of its “One Anglo” initiative.

The Change-Capable Organization

2010-10-21T05:00:00Z

Rather than reshape itself periodically with stand-alone change programs, a company and its culture must be constantly adaptable to new directions. Change management must be an internal—and eternal—capability, present within the organization at every moment.

Where Will the Jobs Come From?

2010-10-15T05:00:00Z

Contrary to more doom-laden views, there are ample opportunities for new growth and jobs in the mature economies of North America, Europe and Japan. But without significant cooperation between policy makers and business, a decade of stagnation could ensue instead.

Business Analytics Optimization and Analytical Talent Management Podcast

2010-08-01T05:00:00Z

In this podcast, Accenture Research Fellow Dr. Elizabeth Craig discusses analytics and analytical talent management at high-performance companies.

Performance Management: Transforming Workforce Performance in the New Business Reality

2010-07-29T05:00:00Z

In the post-recession business reality, performance management is becoming a key enabler of high performance.

The Accenture High-Performance Workforce Study 2010: Overview of Findings

2010-07-14T05:00:00Z

The Accenture High-Performance Workforce Study 2010 examines the trends relating to human capital management globally—with this set of results focusing on the United States in particular.

Mastering the Move from COO to CEO

2010-07-01T05:00:00Z

In the United States, the chief operating officer is often considered to be the CEO-in-training. Here’s what it takes to groom the COO for the top job.

Vive la Différence!

2010-06-29T05:00:00Z

Successful management is a team effort. And new research in Europe shows that the more diverse a company’s senior management—in terms of gender, nationality and other characteristics—the better the company is likely to perform.

HR Shared Services: The Foundation for Integrated Talent Management and High Performance

2010-06-17T05:00:00Z

HR shared services offers organizations much more than the chance to reduce costs—it can help create a foundation for talent management.

Shared Services Talent Management: Lessons from the Masters

2010-06-17T05:00:00Z

Talent management is one of the key enablers of high performance in shared services.

Adapting Leading Talent Management Practices to the Nonprofit Sector

2010-05-21T05:00:00Z

Challenges, ideas and opportunities as highlighted at the National Human Services Assembly Meeting in March 2010

Developing Future Business Leaders for High Performance Podcast

2010-05-01T05:00:00Z

In this Accenture podcast, hear how organizations are developing future business leaders to help position their businesses for high performance.

The Paradox of the Shrinking Retail Talent Pool

2010-03-05T06:00:00Z

Retailing success requires a highly engaged, skilled and productive workforce: the right people, with the right skills, doing the right things to contribute to the company's success. Accenture can help.

Winning the War for Talent in a Multi-Polar World

2010-02-10T06:00:00Z

A talented, skilled workforce is critical to high performance, but the advent of the multi-polar world is changing the rules of talent management.

Becoming Agile: How High-Performance Businesses Cultivate Organizational Agility Podcast

2010-02-01T06:00:00Z

Agility is a critical trait for high-performance businesses in today’s fast-changing economic climate.

Engineers India Ltd: Leadership Development Program

2010-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read about Accenture help to Engineers India Limited in developing and launching an innovative leadership development program to support its growth agenda.

Preparing for the Recovery: Five Ways to Get Your Organization Ready Now

2009-12-07T06:00:00Z

Surviving the economic downturn is only half the battle: high-performance businesses see it as a window of opportunity to make the changes that will help them gain long-term dominance in the coming recovery.

Using Analytics to Generate Insight into Your Workforce and Organization

2009-11-10T06:00:00Z

Analytics can improve workforce planning, align the organization with business strategy and derive better business value from workforce talent.

Creating an Agile Organization

2009-10-18T05:00:00Z

Creating an agile workforce requires steps to address current organizational inefficiencies that has created unevenness across a global organization.

Talent Management Strategies: Seizing Opportunities to Outperform Podcast

2009-09-01T05:00:00Z

Talent management strategies are a top priority in any economy, but especially so in times of economic challenge, which provide a good opportunity for organizations to think differently about talent.

Planting Green Seeds Today to Grow Tomorrow’s Talent

2009-08-12T05:00:00Z

Accenture’s James Arnott and Peter Lacy argue that, with environmental issues continuing to grow in importance, developing a green workforce must become a priority for achieving high performance.

Congratulations! You’re the New Chief Talent Officer

2009-08-05T05:00:00Z

Catherine S. Farley, managing director-Talent & Organization Performance, Accenture, argues that the chief talent officer has much broader responsibilities than yesterday’s head of HR.

Make HR Happy

2009-07-01T05:00:00Z

David Gartside and Jason W. Cutshall, both senior leaders in Accenture Talent & Organization Performance, discuss ways in which HR executives can meet the high expectations of their C-suite colleagues while coping with heavy workloads, budget and staff cuts.

The New Talent Equation

2009-06-08T05:00:00Z

The objective at the heart of successful talent management in difficult times: to think ahead and to think more strategically about creating a workforce with the capabilities to outperform.

Field Workforce Talent Management: Executive Issues in Public Service 2008-2009

2009-06-01T05:00:00Z

This report explores a key aspect of the talent management agenda for public service leaders: the field workforce that delivers services directly to citizens and plays a major role in shaping public perception of the effectiveness and value of agencies.

The Power Within: How Human Capital Management Helps Organizations Achieve High Performance

2009-05-18T05:00:00Z

To overcome challenges of globalization and economic volatility, Accenture believes that organizations must take steps to unleash the talent of their existing workforces.

Dealing with the "Capability Recession" at Lower Cost

2009-04-02T05:00:00Z

Effectively improving the social learning environment can meet three urgent needs for companies striving to stay on the path to high performance during these challenging economic times.

Managing Talent for High Performance in Challenging Times

2009-03-11T05:00:00Z

The environment is one of the most challenging that corporate leaders have seen in their careers.

Driving High Performance in the Retail Industry through Strategic Talent Management

2009-03-04T06:00:00Z

Overcoming the talent crisis and driving high performance in the long term in the retail industry requires raising talent management to a strategic level.

Managing Talent in Uncertain Times

2009-01-23T06:00:00Z

Cutting headcount unthinkingly during tough times can have long-term negative consequences.

Does Your Company Have an IT Generation Gap?

2009-01-22T06:00:00Z

New research from Accenture into how young people think about and work with information technology clearly shows how blurred the boundary between business and personal use of technology tools has already become.

The Point: The Right Combination - HR Transformation for the New Financial Services Landscape

2009-01-15T06:00:00Z

Building a High-Performing HR Function for the New Financial Services Landscape

Learning 2.0

2009-01-06T06:00:00Z

Driving High Performance with New Strategies, Tools and a Broader Mission

Comcast: Integrated HR Platform

2009-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps Comcast implement an integrated HR platform on its journey to high performance.

Comgás: Helping Transform Its Organization, Processes and Focus

2009-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Comgás reengineer its supply chain as part of a broader effort to make the company customer centric.

Talent Management at Peak Capacity

2008-12-08T06:00:00Z

The utility industry is a critical, integral part of economies around the world—and of the global economy as a whole.

Becoming a Talent-Powered Bank

2008-11-07T06:00:00Z

What is a talent-powered bank? It is one that sees workforce talent as the engine for sustained, competitive advantage—and excels at attracting, developing, engaging and retaining its best people.

Avaya: Enterprise Learning Outsourcing—Interactive Credential

2008-09-23T05:00:00Z

Avaya is a world leader in business communications software, systems and services.

Leading and Managing Change in a Multi-Polar World

2008-09-15T05:00:00Z

Today's global business environment requires bold new programs to drive high performance along three dimensions: change management, leadership, and culture.

Capital Markets in a Frontierless World—Unleashing High Performance Talent Power

2008-07-28T05:00:00Z

Capital markets firms have always been dependent on their people—and that dependence is set to grow even stronger as they cope with current challenges in a financial services environment that has no frontiers.

Where Will All the Talent Come From?

2008-01-15T06:00:00Z

The war for talent has gone global. New technologies are transforming the nature of work, the skills demanded, the manner in which work is sourced globally.

Harley-Davidson Inc.: Human Resource Assessment and Strategy

2008-01-01T06:00:00Z

To help Harley-Davidson attract and retain the best talent, Accenture performed a comprehensive human resources capability assessment for the company.

Citrix: Ramping Up Customer Education Increases Revenue

2007-07-31T05:00:00Z

Customer training has been rapidly gaining attention as an important source of new revenue for companies around the globe, as well as a way to improve customer satisfaction, increase product sales and strengthen a company’s brand image.

Revolutionizing HR Transformation for Business Impact

2007-05-03T05:00:00Z

We believe a new road map to HR transformation is necessary—what Accenture calls a "portfolio-based" approach to creating business value through HR.

Strengthening the Critical Core

2007-02-22T06:00:00Z

High-performance businesses realize the importance of their middle managers.

Workforce of One: Is It Right for My Organization?

2007-02-08T06:00:00Z

By Susan Cantrell and Susan Miele

Maximizing the Business Impact of Enterprise Learning

2007-02-01T06:00:00Z

One of the most important trends in enterprise learning is the ever-sharpening focus on linking corporate training programs to the business.

Walking The Talk -- Summary

2007-01-25T06:00:00Z

Recent Accenture research pinpointed finance as one of the three most critical workforces for organizations intent on high performance.

Driving Successful Outsourcing through the Transformation of the Retained Workforce

2007-01-10T06:00:00Z

What steps must organizations take to ensure their retained workforce is able to perform at the levels needed to maximize the ROI of the outsourcing arrangement?

Embedding Change Management into Your Service-Oriented Architecture Development Strategy

2007-01-10T06:00:00Z

A major shift in information systems and business solutions development is now under way: a move from application-centric to services-centric computing, also known as service-oriented architecture.

Australia—Queensland Government: Human Resource Management

2007-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Queensland Government teamed with Accenture to transfer its HR functions to a shared services model.

Citizens Financial Group: Human Resource Management

2007-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture's Global Delivery Network helped Citizens Financial Group save more than $500,000 annually and boost productivity by transforming its human resources operations.

Transforming the Insurance Workforce to Achieve High Performance

2006-10-19T05:00:00Z

As the insurance industry enters a soft market, insurers must transform their workforces to meet the challenges and achieve high performance.

Workforce of One: A New Approach to Human Capital Management

2006-10-03T05:00:00Z

Research Note

The Future of Enterprise Learning: Driving High Performance with New Strategies and Tools

2006-08-22T05:00:00Z

To achieve high performance, both private and public sector institutions must work to develop a more expansive learning function—one that contributes to measurable improvements in overall performance and which is, at the same time, managed as a business.

Are Your Harried Employees Enjoying Life or Headed to the Doctor's Office?

2006-07-06T05:00:00Z

How enterprise learning will change over the next decade.

Building a High-Performance Human Resources Organization in Australia

2006-04-13T05:00:00Z

In late 2005-early 2006, Accenture and Fairfax Business Research surveyed several leading Australian organizations about their human resources (HR) function.

Compass Group: HR Efficiency and Excellence

2006-01-01T06:00:00Z

Compass Group finds new direction via Accenture’s Pecaso and SAP HR.

Achieving High Performance in a Rapidly Aging World

2005-11-14T06:00:00Z

The largest segment of the working population will retire in the next five to 10 years and the potential remaining talent pool is smaller, less experienced and likely to be more expensive.

Sinclair Knight Merz: Workforce Performance

2005-01-05T06:00:00Z

In this employee performance management case study, Accenture partnered with Sinclair Knight Merz (SKM), one of the leading professional services companies in the Asia Pacific region, to assist the company in enhancing its human capital capabilities.

Harley-Davidson Motor Company: Strategic HR Function

2005-01-01T06:00:00Z

Endesa: Revitalized Workforce

2005-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture's workforce performance capabilities helped Endesa, the leading Spanish electric utility and the No. 1 private-sector multinational electricity utility in Latin America, complete a performance assessment and analysis of its human capital capabilities.

Hewlett-Packard: Change Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture helped Hewlett-Packard Norway merger with Compaq to integrate the operations of the two companies by blending HP and Compaq resources.

Large European Energy Company: Transformation of Learning Function

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Learn how Accenture helped a European energy company transform its learning function to maintain the highest standards of efficiency and safety.

Eskom: Human Capital Investments

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped Eskom gather necessary data about the human capital investments that would be most conducive to high performance.

BAE Systems: Human Resource Strategy

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Learn how Accenture helped BAE Systems in developing a human resource strategy by conducting a gap analysis and defining what competencies would be needed.

Toyota: Grooming Junior Executives

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Learn more about how Accenture helped Toyota develop a learning program to retain its most promising junior executives and develop its next generation of leaders.

BP: Enabling Cultural Change

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Suzanne DuBois, director-Financial Controlling and Accounting Information, BP, talks about the evolution of BP and Accenture's role in helping to enable significant cultural change.

Avaya: Enterprise Learning Outsourcing

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture Learning BPO Services helped Avaya achieve high performance through transformational outsourcing.

Talent Management and Learning in the Communications Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture offers deep skills, development and delivery methods and innovative techniques in learning and talent management.

Britannia Building Society: Human Resources Transformation

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read this HR transformation case study about how Accenture helped Britannia Building Society improve its human capital management processes.

BSES Delhi: Improved Organizational Capability

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Learn more about how Accenture helped BSES Delhi, an Indian power utility, improve performance by improving its people management capabilities.

BT: Optimizing Working Life (OWL) Portal

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

BT and Accenture designed the Optimizing Working Life (OWL) portal, bringing vital product, service and procedural information together.

BT: Social Learning Solution

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped BT, a world-leading provider of communications solutions and services, to implement an award-winning social learning solution using Microsoft SharePoint that supports its strategy to make customer service a prime marketplace differentiator.

U.S. Air Force: Modeling and Simulation Training Toolkit

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helped transform the U.S. Air Force Modeling and Simulation Training Toolkit system to be net-centric, accessed remotely and more easily distributed.

Global Communications, Media and Technology Manufacturer: Change Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Learn how Accenture designed and developed a Change Management Program to help a Global Communications, Media and Technology Manufacturer on the change journey.

Volkswagen: Payroll and Master Data Management Processes

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Helping Volkswagen continue its journey to high performance by introducing new payroll and master data auditing capabilities

Wal-Mart: Pulling Further Ahead with Accenture Training Program

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read how Accenture Supply Chain Academy helped Wal-Mart develop an online Retail Supply Chain Certification.

Comcast: Building a State-of-the-Art Human Capital Management Solution

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Hear Comcast's Senior VP of Compensation and Benefits, Bill Strahan, tell us how Accenture’s Human Capital Management Solution helps his organization achieve high performance.

Talent and Organization: Services Overview

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Organizations in both the private and public sectors face unprecedented challenges in today’s uncertain and volatile marketplace—fulfilling their strategic agendas while keeping costs under control. Yet significant opportunities are available to those that can put in place distinctive and integrated talent initiatives, organizational change programs and HR capabilities.

Talent Management Services for the Consumer Goods and Services Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Talent management is a key factor in achieving high performance for consumer goods and services companies.

Achieving High Performance through Talent Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s approach to talent management drives out cost while driving up performance in critical business performance areas.

Victoria State Government: Human Resources Business Process Outsourcing

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

In February 1996, Victoria State Government and Accenture signed what came to be known as one of the first significant multi-service comprehensive human resource outsourcing contracts in the world.

Managing Workforce Transition

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

In this Point of View, we consider the importance of managing and measuring the labor savings attained through a shared services program.

Accenture: Collaboration 2.0

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture’s Collaboration 2.0 initiative is equipping Accenture professionals with tomorrow’s collaborative capabilities today, including Office Communicator, telepresence videoconferencing and enterprise-wide social networking capabilities.

Talent that Fuels Growth

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

In this piece for Talent Management Magazine, Accenture’s Walter Gossage and Davin Lee look at how organizations can excel at change.

Global Organization: Align Culture and Business Strategy

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read about how Accenture helped a global organization in developing a comprehensive program to change its corporate culture in order to support a renewed business strategy.

Global Agricultural Equipment Manufacturer: Change Management

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read about Accenture help to a global manufacturer of agricultural equipment in developing a comprehensive change management program for an ongoing SAP implementation.

Technology Services for Human Capital Management: Service Overview

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps companies and governments become talent-powered organizations, equipped to achieve high performance.

The Agile Organization

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Talent Management magazine, July 2010

Accenture Human Capital Management Solutions: Strategy and Implementation Services

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Many leading companies leverage their enterprise systems to optimize their HR functions and generate talent power—however, choosing the right implementation partner is vital in the drive toward high performance.

DaVita: HR Transformation and EHR

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Accenture helps DaVita build an infrastructure for rapid growth and high performance.

Workforce Transformation Services for the Communications, Media and Technology Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

To stay competitive, telecommunications companies must transform their human capital to perform new kinds of work in new ways.

Accenture Talent Planning and Management Solution

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

The Accenture Talent Planning and Management Solution addresses market trends—including generational shifts, globalization and demographic changes—that are altering the workplace.

Human Resources, Payroll and Finance and Accounting Services

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

When the performance of individual employees or teams of employees is aligned with departmental and organizational objectives, the result is a more disciplined and cost-effective workforce.

Are You Change Capable?

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Read about Accenture’s Walter Gossage and Davin Lee views from the Talent Management Magazine on how organizations can excel at change and become change capable all the time.

HR and Learning Within the Aerospace and Defense Industry

1900-01-01T06:00:00Z

Our HR and Learning services help Aerospace and defense companies manage risks—and build the value of their human capital on an ongoing and sustainable basis.

Incentive Compensation Management for Health Payers

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Accenture’s comprehensive incentive compensation management approach aligns sales force behaviors with business strategies to achieve revenue growth and cost savings through high performance.

Automotive and Industrial Equipment Global Delivery in India

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The Accenture Automotive and Industrial Equipment Center of Excellence in India is a compilation of people, processes, tools and assets that creates industry and functional best practices.

Upgrading Systems Infrastructure with Minimal Business Interruption

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Faced with an aging systems infrastructure that threatened the company's ability to achieve high performance, one of the world's leading pharmaceutical companies decided it was time for an upgrade.

Large Global Manufacturing Company: Change Management Strategy

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Accenture worked with a large global manufacturing company to create a master change management strategy.

MeadWestvaco: Supply Chain Academy

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Read how Accenture Supply Chain Academy helped MeadWestvaco improve talent retention in a critical workforce area and meet goals for supply chain talent management.

Supply Chain Academy: Services Overview

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Read how the Accenture Supply Chain Academy can help companies drive better execution across the global supply chain.

Talent Management for the Aerospace and Defense Industry

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Winning the "war for talent" is a priority in all industries, but perhaps none so much as aerospace and defense.

The Accenture Organization Value Analysis for Analytics

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Learn about the Accenture Organization Value Analysis for Analytics that can help organizations improve and enhance the chances of success for any new analytics-related initiative.

Accenture: Transitioning Knowledge Repositories to Centralized System

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There’s no shortage of intellectual capital amongst the global workforce of Accenture’s more than 180,000 employees. The knowledge base of Accenture’s employees represents a massive resource and a critical asset.

Competing on Talent Analytics

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In this article, Thomas H. Davenport, Jeanne Harris and Jeremy Shapiro, Harvard Business Review, examine the increasing use that leading companies are making of analytics.

Accenture Academy: Services Overview

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Read about Accenture Academy and learn how we can help companies improve the performance of critical workforces in business functions.

Accenture Benchmarking Solutions for HR

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In today’s competitive and volatile global economy, HR executives are under continued pressure to reduce the operating costs of the HR function while improving the business value it delivers to the organization as a whole.

Large North American Electrical Utility: Procurement and Sourcing

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Using Accenture’s strategic sourcing methodology helped this North American electrical utility save $109 million over the life of the assets, and built sustainability into the supply chain.

North American Pharmaceutical Company: Decision-Making Effectiveness Program

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By teaming with Accenture, this North American pharmaceutical company has significantly enhanced its decision-making skills within its various levels.

Oil and Gas Company: Transform Exploration and Production Supply Chains

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With Accenture’s help, this major oil and gas company embarked on a massive project to improve the quality of its core processes.

Accenture Finance Academy

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Procter & Gamble: eLearning Program

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By maintaining and supporting Procter & Gamble’s learning management system, Accenture is working to ensure that Procter & Gamble people have access to the critical training necessary to help the company remain on the path to high performance.

Queensland Government: SAP Human Resources Solution

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Accenture worked with the Queensland Government to create a complete HR solution that will be among the biggest SAP government implementations in the Southern Hemisphere.

SABMiller: Supply Chain Academy

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Read how Accenture Supply Chain Academy helped SABMiller improve its supply chain performance, identify gaps in supply chain maturity and fill them with tailored content.

Accenture: Telepresence Videoconferencing

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Accenture's CIO team implemented Telepresence, a high-definition videoconferencing tool, to enhance collaboration across its extensive global organization.

Accenture Sustainability Academy

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Read how Accenture Sustainability Academy can improve corporate value through advanced sustainability strategies, intelligent technologies and sustainable operations.

SAP: Human Resources Shared Services

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By combining routine functions across group offices and moving them to a shared services organization, Accenture helped SAP’s human resources department to become a strategic business partner rather than a purely administrative function.

California Public Sector CIO Academy

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Accenture is a proud anchor sponsor of the California CIO Academy.

Singapore Public Service Division: Promotion, Ranking and Appraisal System

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In Singapore, the Public Service Division (PSD) provides the personnel management framework for the Civil Service.

Accenture HR Services

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We can help dramatically reduce costs and improve your HR capabilities at scale and at speed.

Thales: Knowledge Management and Workforce Transformation

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Accenture and Thales collaborated on a networked solution that lets 18,000 research and technology engineers in 30 countries create, share and use knowledge and best practices more easily.

BT: Social Learning Solution

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Accenture helps BT on its journey to high performance through the development of an award-winning social learning solution.

Banesto: Employee Engagement

Accenture helped Banesto, a leading Spanish bank, develop a new strategic human resources (HR) model that engages employees better, is tightly aligned with business strategy and thus supports the drive to achieve high performance.

Canon: Workforce Performance – Sales Function

In a globalized marketplace where consumer electronic goods are rapidly becoming commoditized, Canon needed to differentiate itself, and the value it provides, in the eyes of consumers and retailers.

Human Capital and Organization Effectiveness: Services Overview

Read about the human capital and organization effectiveness services offered by Accenture.

Talent Management for the Retail Industry

Accenture can help your company achieve high performance by streamlining talent management processes throughout the employee life cycle to enhance overall performance.

Learning and Collaboration: Services Overview

Read about the learning and collaboration services offered by Accenture

Accenture: Developing Accenture Leaders to Manage a Culture of High Performance

Accenture’s branded leadership development approach builds performance anatomy.

Dow Chemical: Accenture Supply Chain Academy

The Accenture Supply Chain Academy helped Dow Chemical Co. meet its growth and leadership goals by building critical competencies and skills that ensure supply chain operational excellence.

Accenture HR BPO: Payroll

Accenture understands that payroll is one of the most visible and important functions to employees.

Pensions

Running a corporate pension scheme today requires skill and flexibility.

Global Brewing Company: Post-Merger Change Management

Aspiring to high performance, a global brewing company taps Accenture for post-merger journey management.

Human Resources Management: Services Overview

Accenture's Human Resources Management services help clients to not only reduce HR costs, but also improve the delivery of an HR strategy and enhance employee satisfaction with HR management.

The Point: Opportunities in Retail Financial Advice Podcast

Accenture believes financial institutions must place good advice as the fundamental cornerstone of their businesses. In doing so, they can drive long-term success and achieve high performance.

GS1 Nederland: Retail Category Management Virtual Training Development

Accenture worked with international nonprofit association GS1 Nederland to develop an interactive, Web-based training game for category management.

Independence Blue Cross: Enterprise-Wide Cost Reduction Program

Read how Accenture is helping Independence Blue Cross by a strategic sourcing cost reduction program and help reduce administrative costs by 25 percent.

Accenture HR BPO: Recruitment

Many recruitment companies can help bring new hires in the door.

Accenture HR Services: Workforce Performance

Employees need ongoing feedback and coaching to be at their best. Yet, every year it becomes more and more difficult for enterprises to effectively manage performance.

Large Malaysian Conglomerate: Learning Transformation

Read how Accenture helped this large Malaysian conglomerate transform its learning function to create a more highly skilled workforce.

Human Resources and Talent Management: Services Overview

Read about the HR and talent management services offered by Accenture.

Building the Adaptive Organization: How Should Change Be Handled?

Listen to Accenture’s Video in which Breck Marshall and Change & Innovation Agency's Blake Shaw discuss how human services agencies can adapt during challenging times.

Workforce Performance: Service Overview

We deliver workforce performance strategies that go beyond mere cost reduction to have a greater positive impact on the company’s overall business and financial performance.

Accenture Credit Services: Trends in the Residential Mortgage Industry Video

Watch this Accenture video on how the residential mortgage industry can benefit from using third-party specialists in training, compliance and licensing.

Leadership and Talent Management: Human Performance Enhancement

Establishing and nurturing a performance-oriented culture within your enterprise can streamline your business. Our experts deliver their insights below.

Workforce Transformation Services

We deliver workforce performance strategies that go beyond mere cost reduction to have a greater positive impact on the company’s overall business and financial performance.

Leadership and Change in Challenging Times

Watch out Accenture’s videos in which Human services leaders discuss how organizations can embrace change and adapt and how to implement a change management system.

Accenture: Human Resources BPO

Accenture HR BPO Services helps parent company improve efficiencies, streamline workflows and reduce HR spend.

Accenture: Accenture People Pages

Accenture People: achieving high performance by connecting colleagues around the globe

Accenture Performance Workspace for Finance Shared Services

We help organizations achieve high performance through their finance workforce with the Accenture Performance Workspace for Finance Shared Services solution.

Agribusiness: Performance Anatomy

To satisfy the constantly shifting and increasing requirements of end consumers, agribusinesses must reach for expansion both regionally and within their portfolios.

Nokia Siemens Networks: Post-Merger Change Management

Read how Accenture helped Nokia Siemens Networks create and implement a far-reaching post-merger change management program.

Pfizer: Supply Chain Academy

Read how implementing the Accenture Supply Chain Academy is helping Pfizer achieve high performance.

Pfizer: A tax strategy for high performance

Accenture helped Pfizer create a strategy to improve performance of its tax division and enable high performance.

Accenture HR Services: Rewards

Keeping employees motivated and making them feel appreciated isn't easy.

Change Management: Services Overview

Accenture: SAP HR Implementation

Accenture has always recognized that our people are our most important strategic asset and that our success is based entirely on our ability to deliver services to clients around the world.

Scottish and Newcastle plc: SAP Human Capital Management Solution

After a number of acquisitions, Scottish & Newcastle plc (S&N) found itself with a complex organizational structure and set of HR processes.

Telenor: Next-generation Systems Operations Workforce

Accenture collaborated with Telenor Networks to transform the company's systems operation from a function-based to a process-based organization.

Towers Watson: Day One Finance and HR Merger Integration

Read how Accenture helped Towers Watson complete the complex post-merger integration of finance and HR processes.