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Diversity, I think, has become a real business imperative at the very top with CEOs who are facing massive disruption.
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If you don't stay very close to clients and employees you're going to make the wrong decisions.
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My job as a leader is not to put more stress into a system that is already stressed.
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Employees are looking at us to both externally and internally represent the values that are important.
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We must understand what is on clients' minds and what their needs are, and we must also be close to our teams who are serving our clients. At day's end, it is all about delivering value to our clients as defined by them.
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Companies that are successful, it starts with the CEO and starts with the CEO's priorities.
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What's important is that you build your company to be able to capture the opportunity as it comes.
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We see our clients saying we want a diverse team and also to attract people particularly the millennials they really care about working in a diverse workplace.
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When you come in as a new leader it's really important that people do get to know you and that you are constantly communicating.
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We're living in a world where clients constantly are saying to me, 'The most important thing you can do is to tell me what I need to hear, not what I want to hear.'
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Companies, communities and governments have to be innovators, and they cannot do it alone.
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A comment is no longer a comment. You have to be really careful about what you say and the questions you ask.
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You can be in Shanghai on a Thursday, London on Friday, and in bed at home by Friday night.
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One of the big aha moments is how many large companies still don't use collaboration tools and aren't using digital technologies internally. They're engaging with their customers, but they haven't invested in the infrastructure that allows their employees to telecommute.
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I worked starting when I was 14. I was the reservationist at the Elizabeth Howard dinner theater. They had never hired someone in high school, let alone a 14-year-old.
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Make no mistake, blockchain will be a game changer, but it is not the answer to every business opportunity or problem.
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When you come in as a new leader, it's really important that people do get to know you and that you are constantly communicating. That's really hard in a big organization.
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I grew up with a single pair of shoes until I grew into the next size. My parents believed in the American dream and the power of education but didn't have the money to send me to college. I realized early on that I needed to go against the flow and be better than everyone else to support my family.
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Innovation hubs are going to be in cities focused on the industries and clients of that city. So in Houston, it's focused on our industrial companies, particularly the energy sector, robotics, and automation.
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What you want is to have women at the same pace as men doing tech immersion. It's not that every woman has to do it, but to close the gap, you need to have them do it at the same pace as men.
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Digital fluency... is literally your ability to do things like banking online, to connect with people, to use a device and the Internet in a very easy way.
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Our focus has been on having Accenture be a place where you can be successful as an employee at work and also at home.
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The U.S. may be behind on family-friendly benefits, but I see it's changing, because we're all facing a talent war.
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If you choose to work at a larger company over a smaller company, you are more likely to be higher paid.
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The impact of digital and technology without a shared success mindset can be very detrimental to communities around the world.
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I don't care what level you are, there is the need to offer straight talk when you're working with clients. You have to have the courage to deliver tough messages.
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People often talk about the self-driving car and what will that do. In 32 states, the number one job is to be the driver. But remember, it's not just the driver. Let's think about the truck stops along the way. When you suddenly have a lot of other people who are dependent on those careers.
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Blockchain should be used to address opportunities and problems that lack easier answers.
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I have this little plaque that my husband hung on our wall at home. It says, 'If your dreams don't scare you, they're not big enough.'
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Cloud is so important because it enables digital transformation. It underpins disruptive new technologies in social, mobile, and analytics - and it is enabling industry leaders to compete in digital. Innovation is happening in the cloud - and cloud gives companies the speed and flexibility to be much more agile.
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It is very hard to transform your culture and your workforce to be a relevant company in the digital world if all of your processes are stuck in the traditional world.
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We're not going to change overnight that we have a majority of all white male leaders.
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We called our research 'Getting to Equal - How Digital is Helping to Close the Gender Gap at Work.' And at its heart we found that when men and women have the same level of digital fluency, women are better at using their digital skills to gain more education and find work.
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You can't expect leaders and people to be intentional, take the steps that are needed, and be a part of making progress if you're not willing to be transparent about where we are and where we want to go.
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I want to leave Accenture better than I found it. I am focused on investing our people, our community and effective diversity and inclusion initiatives.
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My dad painted cars for a living, and my mom graduated from college when I was a college freshman myself.
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