SUPPORTS ACCENTURE'S COMMITMENT TO CREATE CULTURE OF EQUALITY
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CASE STUDY EVERYWOMANNETWORK S U P P O R T S A C C E N T U R E ’S C O M M I T M E N T T O C R E AT E C U LT U R E O F E Q U A L I T Y
I feel passionate about inclusion
and diversity in the workplace,
and it’s important to me to
have a partner who shares that
passion, and whose purpose
and vision aligns with ours.
Alana Stewart
Global Inclusion and Diversity Manager
Accenture
Market Initiation
PARTNERSHIP Professional services September 2017
OVERVIEW
Services Region
everywomanNetwork Global
Our 537,000 people deliver on the However, it’s not simply box-
BACKGROUND promise of technology and human ticking exercise for Accenture, who
A VISION FOR ingenuity every day, serving clients in recognise that the most successful
INCLUSION more than 120 countries. We embrace businesses in these challenging
the power of change to create value and and ultra-competitive times will
shared success for our clients, people, be those who recruit and retain
shareholders, partners and communities. the brightest talent and the most
“We pride ourselves at Accenture as being inspirational leaders, regardless
very active in the inclusion and diversity of ethnicity, sexual orientation,
space,” said Alana Stewart, a Manager religion, disability – or gender.
in the company’s Global Inclusion and Alana added: “A key part of our
Diversity team. “It’s a key part of our journey is to provide the right
company’s purpose and priorities.” opportunities for women to grow
their leadership capabilities; to
Embedded within Accenture’s help them acquire the skills that
commitment to create a culture of will better position them for senior
equality in the workplace are specific positions. (Our membership of) the
goals for women. “We’ve made a public everywomanNetwork provides that
commitment to get to gender parity in a programme of self-managed
by 2025; and to have a greater number learning and development.”
of women in senior positions,” added
Alana. “We want to reach 30% Managing
Directors by 2025 – and also achieve a
better representation of women across all
levels of the business.”Diversity and inclusion Membership of
at core of Accenture’s everywomanNetwork
purpose and supports our
vision priorities commitment to I&D
Members access portfolio
Female employees
of live and interactive
empowered to take
web seminars, videos,
control of own
white papers and
development
thought-leadership
content
everywomanNetwork promotes conversations of
intersectionality and supports holistic cultural switchAccenture and everywoman have “Being a corporate member
SOLUTION fostered a strong relationship for of the everywomanNetwork
OWNING THE many years. As a key partner, the means that our people can
LEARNING firm has supported the everywoman access the everywoman learning
JOURNEY
in Technology Awards (and been platform at a time that suits
involved in judging), participated them, taking ownership of their
in live and online forums, and learning journey.” said Alana.
showcased best practice in “The ease of access means they
diversity and inclusion through can navigate their own self-led
our Ambassador programme. pathway that doesn’t feel as if
As a corporate member of the we, as an employer, are pushing or
everywomanNetwork, Accenture monitoring.”
has also provided great benefits to
its people. As a network, the benefits are two-
way and inclusive. Accenture have
In short, the network is a personal been closely involved in a series
development tool that empowers of everywoman webinars, covering
women to take control of their subjects as diverse as ‘self-limiting
own development within a beliefs’ and International Men’s
vibrant community of more than Day. “The webinars featured great
30,000 members in 104 countries. role models from Accenture,” said
Members can learn about (and everywoman’s Global Sales and
connect with) inspirational Business Director, Seema Bennett.
individuals within the network, “They’ve been really successful
while organisations can raise and have sparked conversations
their profile and showcase best among all our members.”
practice in gender diversity.
“The ease of access means they can navigate their
own self-led pathway that doesn’t feel as if we, as an
employer, are pushing or monitoring.”
Alana Stewart
Global Inclusion and Diversity Manager
Accenture“We feel passionately about EverywomanNetwork have proved
RESULTS inclusion and diversity in the to be a great inclusion and diversity
A VALUABLE workplace, and it’s important that resource for their people. Alana
RESOURCE we have a partner who shares that and her colleagues increasingly
passion, and whose purpose and abbreviate everywoman to EW
vision aligns with ours,” said Alana. because ‘it’s not just about
women’. She explained that
To date, Accenture have many of male employees at Accenture
our people who regularly engage benefit from the EW Network
with the everywomanNetwork, resources too; helping them
accessing a portfolio of live better understand the challenges
and interactive web seminars, women face in an organisation,
videos, white papers and but also by recognising parallels
thought-leadership content on with their own situations, such
the platform. Our library of as the ‘imposter syndrome’.”
‘workbooks’ is also popular. Written Beyond that, she says the
by experts, they cover a range of conversation is increasingly about
topics ― from promoting personal ’intersectionality’ as a whole;
brand and building executive about other (under-represented)
presence to motivating teams and groups in an organisation. “As we
delivering powerful presentations. evolve, so too will our partnership
“We want to spread the word with everywoman.”
about the everywomanNetwork to
ensure that all our people have
the opportunity to take advantage
of the huge array of resources
available” added Alana.Membership of everywomanNetwork supports
Accenture’s commitment to promote inclusion
and diversity in the workplace – and their
global vision for gender parity. The personal
development platform empowers women
to take control of their learning journeys,
and promotes discussion about
intersectionality as a whole.
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