Name: Insights: Accenture CEO - Diversity and Inclusion Start From Within
Uploaded: 2020-01-21
Duration: 1 min 49 s
Description: Accenture North America CEO Julie Sweet outlines steps to build an inclusive work environment. (January 2019)

[MUSIC PLAYING] Julie, you're in charge of workplace development at Accenture, and you've set a goal of making sure that Accenture's workplace is equally represented by men and women by the year 2025, 50/50. How close are you to getting there? Well, we're really excited to report that we have 459,000 people globally, and we're at 42% women. That's terrific. So we are on track. We are really excited about that. And what about racial diversity. You said you're beginning to work into that area. What are your goals there? Well, our goals in racial diversity are really about being inclusive. And so while we are very successful at recruiting, we feel that it's important, if you want to have people be successful, that the workplace is inclusive. And so a couple of years ago, we began having courageous conversations around race, for example, after the US had a terrible incident-- a terrible week of incidents. And we felt that we couldn't actually be an inclusive and diverse company unless we were willing to have those conversations. Well, you're absolutely right, because it's more than just the numbers, isn't it? It's about inclusion. It's about feeling like you belong. And it is empathy. What are you learning from what you're doing at Accenture right now on this topic? Well, what we are learning is that, as important as the numbers are around diversity, and for many companies that's the first step, if you don't focus on what's happening everyday, what it feels like to come to work, then you won't achieve your goals. And we put out some research last year around culture. And what it became clear is that there are real critical drivers of culture that, yes, are programs as well as leadership, but also, how does it feel to come to work every day? 

Insights: Accenture CEO - Diversity and Inclusion Start From Within

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Steps to build an inclusive work environment.

Diversity and Inclusion Start From Within

Accenture North America CEO Julie Sweet outlines steps to build an inclusive work environment. (January 2019)

Julie, you're in charge of workplace development at Accenture, and you set a goal of making sure that Accenture's workplace is equally represented by men and women of the year. 2025 50 50. How close are you to getting there? Well, really excited to report that we have 459,000 people globally and we're at 42% women, So we are a lot of track. We're really excited about that. And what about racial diversity that you're beginning to work into that area? What are your goals there? Well, our golden racial diversity are really about being inclusive. And so, while we're very successful at recruiting, we feel that it's important if you wanna have people be successful, that the workplace is inclusive. And so, ah, couple of years ago, we began having courageous conversations around race, For example, after work after the U. S. I had a terrible incident, a terrible week of incidents, and we felt that we couldn't actually be an inclusive and diverse company unless we were willing to have those conversations were absolutely right, because it's more than just the numbers, isn't it? Is about inclusion is about feeling like you belong and it is empathy. What are you learning from what you're doing at extension right now on this topic? What we are learning is that important as the numbers are around diversity and from many companies, that's the first. If you don't focus on what's happening every day, what it feels like to come to work, then you won't achieve your goals. And we put out some research last year around culture, and what it became clear is that there are really critical drivers of culture that yes or programs as well of leadership, but also how does it feel to come to work every day?