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Talent Development at Accenture

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In this Q&A, Chief Learning Officer Rahul Varma provides an inside look at the talent development function at Accenture. How does Accenture define talent development? It's the end-to-end experience each employee needs to grow their career and reach their full potential. Talent development encompasses...

In this Q&A, Chief Learning Officer Rahul Varma provides an inside look at the talent development function at Accenture. How does Accenture define talent development? It's the end-to-end experience each employee needs to grow their career and reach their full potential. Talent development encompasses...

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Tue Mar 15 2016

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Rahul Varma is chief learning officer at Accenture, where he is responsible for global learning and talent development. He oversees an annual training budget of more than $840 million and leads teams around the world that deliver award-winning work to drive strategic learning, onboarding and integration, career development, career transitions, and performance management for the company's more than 370,000 employees.

Rahul Varma is chief learning officer at Accenture, where he is responsible for global learning and talent development. He oversees an annual training budget of more than $840 million and leads teams around the world that deliver award-winning work to drive strategic learning, onboarding and integration, career development, career transitions, and performance management for the company's more than 370,000 employees.

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How does Accenture define talent development?

How does Accenture define talent development?

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It's the end-to-end experience each employee needs to grow their career and reach their full potential. Talent development encompasses onboarding, career direction, career transitions, ongoing performance coaching, and learning.

It's the end-to-end experience each employee needs to grow their career and reach their full potential. Talent development encompasses onboarding, career direction, career transitions, ongoing performance coaching, and learning.

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How has the definition of talent development evolved in recent years?

How has the definition of talent development evolved in recent years?

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Accenture has moved from being HR process-centric to being employee experience-centric, resulting in better integration across the different aspects of talent development and more engaged employees.

Accenture has moved from being HR process-centric to being employee experience-centric, resulting in better integration across the different aspects of talent development and more engaged employees.

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What are the three most important components of talent development at Accenture?

What are the three most important components of talent development at Accenture?

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    world-class onboarding

    world-class onboarding

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    time away to learn and learning all the time

    time away to learn and learning all the time

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    performance achievement

    performance achievement

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Where does learning and talent development fit into the org chart? What is the relationship to HR?

Where does learning and talent development fit into the org chart? What is the relationship to HR?

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Learning and talent development falls under the auspices of the chief HR officer.

Learning and talent development falls under the auspices of the chief HR officer.

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