TALENT
Our people help us deliver on the promise of technology and human ingenuity
Talent is one of our most important areas of competitive differentiation.
We access, create and unlock people's potential and help them achieve their professional and personal aspirations.
$1.1 billion
invested in continuous learning and professional development
~40 million
training hours
World’s Best Workplaces™
#10 on the World’s Best Workplaces™ by Great Place to Work® and Fortune
Continuous learning is our superpower
$1.1 billion
We invested $1.1 billion in learning and professional development, delivering ~40 million training hours
370,000+
As of August 31, 2023, our people held more than 370,000 credentials in cloud or industry platform
Building everyone’s TQ
Our Technology Quotient (TQ) program—an ongoing technology skills curriculum and learning program—helps our people learn about the emerging technology needs of our digital world. TQ topics include cloud, AI, extended reality, and quantum computing
~637,000
of our people participated in TQ; as of August 31, 2023; ~528,000 demonstrated knowledge in at least 10 of the 12 current TQ topics
Strengthening leadership skills
In fiscal 2023, we created a multi-level learning journey designed to cultivate leadership skills, mindsets and behaviors across Accenture.
Our new People Leadership Credential includes self-paced learning, live practice, learn-by-doing exercises, coaching, mentoring and self-reflection opportunities.
Our Leadership Essentials
The Accenture Leadership Essentials set the standard for what we expect from all our people and enable us to successfully create 360° value:
- Always do the right thing, in every decision and action
- Lead with excellence, confidence and humility, as demonstrated by being a learner, building great teams and being naturally collaborative
- Exemplify client-centricity and a commitment to client value creation
- Act as a true partner, to each other, our clients, our ecosystem and our communities—committed to shared success
- Care deeply for all our people to help them achieve their professional and personal aspirations professionally and personally
- Live our unwavering commitment to inclusion, diversity and equality, as demonstrated by personal impact and overall results
- Have the courage to change and the ability to bring our people along the journey
- Actively innovate—seeking new answers, applying a tech, AI and data first mindset, looking internally across Accenture and outside—to partners, competitors, startups, clients, academia and analysts—to learn, respectfully challenge our assumptions, and apply the innovation, and cultivate and reward our people for doing the same
Better skilling through data
Skills data helps us create talent. When we help our people with the development of their unique skills, we can provide a more personalized employee experience.
We tailor learning recommendations to offer opportunities that align with an individual’s interests and our clients’ needs.
Skills development for the age of AI
$3 billion
investment in our Data & AI practice over the next three years
80,000+
We plan to double our AI talent to 80,000+ people
~600,000
of our people already trained in data and AI fundamentals