Accenture Acquires Leadership Firm YSC Consulting to Enhance C-Suite and Board Transformations
LONDON; Aug. 9, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired YSC Consulting, a CEO advisory and leadership consultancy that helps organizations align leadership strategies with their business goals to achieve transformational change. The acquisition strengthens Accenture’s capabilities to advise the CEO, C-Suite, and Board with solutions to boost performance and build leadership teams for the future. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
August 09, 2022
HFS Ranks Accenture the No. 1 Provider for Employee Experience Services
NEW YORK; June 27, 2022 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has been recognized as the top service provider for employee experience in the latest report from industry analyst firm HFS Research.
June 27, 2022
Accenture Technology Vision 2022: “Metaverse Continuum” Redefining How the World Works, Operates and Interacts
NEW YORK; March 16, 2022 – A new report from Accenture (NYSE: ACN) reveals that the “Metaverse Continuum,” a spectrum of digitally enhanced worlds, realities and business models, is redefining how the world works, operates and interacts. According to the Accenture Technology Vision 2022, “Meet Me in the Metaverse: The Continuum of Technology and Experience Reshaping Business,” businesses are racing toward a future that is very different from the one they were designed to operate in — as technologies, such as extended reality, blockchain, digital twins and edge computing, are converging to reshape human experiences.
March 16, 2022
Accenture Makes Strategic Investment in Beamery to Transform Talent Recruitment and Management
London; June 17, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has made a strategic investment, through Accenture Ventures, in Beamery, a London-based startup that uses artificial intelligence (AI) technology to help the world’s largest companies attract, engage and retain talent at a global scale.
June 17, 2021
Accenture Acquires Leadership and Talent Consultancy Cirrus to Support C-Suite Transformations
LONDON; Mar. 1, 2021 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired Cirrus, a UK headquartered leadership and talent consultancy. Cirrus joins Accenture’s Talent & Organization / Human Potential team and strengthens its development and coaching capabilities for leaders seeking business transformation. Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
March 01, 2021
National Association of Corporate Directors Nominates Accenture’s Robert Kress and Eva Sage-Gavin as 2020 Directorship 100™ Governance Professionals
NEW YORK; Aug. 27, 2020 – Accenture today announced that the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), the authority on boardroom practices representing more than 21,000 board members, has named Robert Kress and Eva Sage-Gavin as awardees of 2020 Directorship 100™ Governance Professionals. Now in its 14th year, the NACD Directorship 100 recognizes leading directors and governance professionals who are honored as the most influential directors in the boardroom and leaders in the corporate governance community.
August 27, 2020
People + Work Connect Brings Together Leading Companies to Keep People Employed During COVID-19 Crisis
NEW YORK; April 14, 2020 – As unemployment surpasses record highs due to COVID-19, a group of leading companies from multiple industries has formed People + Work Connect, an employer-to-employer initiative that brings together companies laying off or furloughing people with those companies in urgent need of workers. There is no cost for employers to join and participate.
April 14, 2020
Accenture Joins Forces with Al Maskari Holding to Help Emiratis Develop the New Skills Needed for the Workforce of the Future
ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates; May 19, 2019 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN), a global professional services company, is collaborating with investment company Al Maskari Holding on a program to equip UAE nationals with the skills needed to future-proof their careers and to strengthen the local talent base.
May 19, 2019
Eva Sage-Gavin Tapped to Lead Accenture’s Talent & Organization Practice
NEW YORK; Jan. 9, 2018 – Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has hired Eva Sage-Gavin as a senior managing director to lead the company’s Talent & Organization practice, effective immediately.
January 09, 2018
2017 University Graduates Cling to Human Elements Despite Digital Fluency, According to Accenture
NEW YORK; Oct. 3, 2017 – A new study by Accenture (NYSE: ACN) shows that three in four new university graduates believe their education prepared them for today’s digital workforce. Despite their digital native prowess, only 19 percent of these new graduates prefer web communications tools, while nearly four in ten (39 percent) favor face-to-face interactions with colleagues.
October 03, 2017