 Accenture WMBig Idea Award 2010
Accenture is a global management consulting, technology services and outsourcing company, with more than 181,000 people serving clients in more than 120 countries. Combining unparalleled experience, comprehensive capabilities across all industries and business functions, and extensive research on the world’s most successful companies, Accenture collaborates with clients to help them become high performance businesses and governments. Its home page is www.accenture.com
In Ireland
Accenture is the largest management consulting, technology and outsourcing services company in Ireland, employing over 1,200 people in the Republic and Northern Ireland. Accenture operates its European Shared Service Centre out of Dublin, which has been in existence since 1999. Our Global Brand of Directors have changed Accenture’s place of incorporation to Ireland, making Accenture PLC Ireland’s largest company. Accenture Ireland’s home page is www.accenture.ie
Accenture works with some of Ireland’s largest public and private sector organisations and have been successfully doing so for the past 30 years. We count many of Ireland’s leading companies including Bank of Ireland, AIB, Microsoft, Dell, Revenue Commissioners, Department of Agriculture, ESB and many more, as long standing clients. We have partnered with Government in the development and roll-out of some of the largest-scale eGovernment initiatives ever undertaken in the State including Revenue On Line (ROS) and the Single Payments System for farmers. Accenture has developed strategic local alliances with leading technology providers such as HP, Microsoft and SAP. We hire the best talent, invest significantly in building their skills and capabilities and implement an ongoing programme of work experience both in Ireland and in the Accenture global network to ensure our clients get people with deep skills, experience and expertise. We have been voted for numerous years in both the top 10 companies to work for in Ireland and the top 100 companies to work for in Europe. We believe this is due to our unique corporate culture that encourages diversity, social responsibility and the participation of women in the workforce, through our Accent on Women (AoW) initiative. Our workforce reaches out to the community via our Skills to Succeed programme, working in collaboration with community experts to tackle the many social challenges facing Ireland today.
Our Accent on Women programme is a community and support network for women in Accenture that focuses on the retention and advancement of high-performing women. Its key objectives are the advancement of high-performers, increasing the percentage of women at all levels in our organisation, reduce the attrition ‘gender gap’ and building on relationships with clients through external events such as International Women’s Day and ‘Women Mean Business’ Awards. Currently 42% of management posts here in Accenture are held by women.
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Mentoring Programme from Accenture
The Accenture WMBig Idea Award in conjunction with Women Mean Business magazine recognises new business ideas by women entrepreneurs. The prize is a mentoring programme by Accenture working with the winner on areas such as personal leadership, organisational skills, commercial skills and operational skills. In addition, Accenture help shape the winner’s business plan and future strategy through a series of workshops and meetings with a key expert from Accenture’s management consulting practice.
The package includes expert advice from Accenture personnel during these workshops, which will cover such areas as:
Personal
Leadership (to create understanding of personality
traits, strengths, weaknesses; areas for growth and
areas for exploitation);
Organisational (to
consider the business, to help decide what people and
behaviours are needed to turn your idea into a business);
Commercial (to consider
how to market and sell and to create cash flows to sustain
the viability of your company);
Operational (to
understand how to implement and operationalise the
business — the practical implementation).
In addition, Accenture will host a one day session to help with your plan – to shape the business based on your idea. And it doesn’t stop there! Accenture is delighted to commit to two further one hour meetings for the Award winner with a senior executive from their organisation with a view to discussing progress and strategy. This package is of considerable worth to a new business and offers an opportunity for you to realise your dream |
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