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From one of the world's best-known corporations comes this in-depth, inside story of how Accenture revitalized its fabled corporate training organization in the midst of worldwide economic downturn and major marketplace change. The company did so by focusing on the "return on learning": how Accenture's investments in learning and knowledge management could be planned and managed to deliver measurable business advantage.Like most corporations at the turn of the millennium, Accenture was dealing with business, economic, and operational changes that were profoundly affecting its internationally renowned internal training program, which shapes and supports the work of its more than 126,000 employees in 48 countries. Within a few short years, Accenture reinvented its training and development capabilities through effective planning and governance, strong leadership, groundbreaking ROI methods, operational rigor, and the application of advanced technologies, as well as what the company's learning team dubbed "phenomenal learning." The result: better learning programs with measurably greater business impact at less cost.
The Accenture veterans who tell this story take readers deep inside Accenture's operations and decision making, so other professionals and companies can benefit from these experiences in using training to achieve high performance.
Donald Vanthournoutis chief learning officer at Accenture. Kurt Olson, John Ceisel, Andrew White, Tad Waddington, Thomas Barfield, Samir Desai, and Craig Mindrum are all with Accenture.
Synopsis
From one of the world's best-known corporations and foremost corporate consultancies-the in-depth, inside story of how Accenture totally overhauled its own fabled corporate training organization in the midst of worldwide economic downturn, by focusing on how the company's investment in training results in a solid, measurable business advantage.
Like most other corporations at the turn of the millennium, Accenture was looking for ways to reduce costs-even contemplating deep slashes in its internationally renowned internal training program, which shaped and supported the work of its more than 100,000 employees in 47 countries. Instead, Accenture looked deeper and realized that its training operation-representing an annual investment of $400 million-was better understood as a key strategic feature essential to its success, delivering solidly measurable improvement to its bottom and a major competitive advantage.
The Accenture veterans who tell this story take readers behind the scenes to show how the company was able to reconceive its whole approach to training. The book goes deep inside Accenture's operation to reveal their basic workings, so other professionals and companies can benefit from their experience in making training a fundamental way to improve their business.
Donald Vanthournoutis chief learning officer and associate partner at Accenture. Kurt Olson, Bradley Kolar, Samir Desai, Craig Windrum PhD, and Tad Waddington PhD, are all with Accenture.
Synopsis
From one of the world's best-known corporations comes this in-depth, inside story of how Accenture revitalized its fabled corporate training organization in the midst of worldwide economic downturn and major marketplace change. The company did so by focusing on the "return on learning": how Accenture's investments in learning and knowledge management could be planned and managed to deliver measurable business advantage. The Accenture veterans who tell this story take readers deep inside Accentureand#8217;s operations and decision making, so other professionals and companies can benefit from these experiences in using training to achieve high performance.
About the Author
Donald Vanthournout is chief learning officer and associate partner at Accenture.