Accenture (NYSE: ACN) has acquired YSC Consulting, a CEO
advisory and leadership consultancy that helps organizations align
leadership strategies with their business goals to achieve
transformational change. The acquisition strengthens Accenture’s
capabilities to advise the CEO, C-Suite, and Board with solutions
to boost performance and build leadership teams for the future.
Terms of the transaction were not disclosed.
Serving corporate and private equity clients for more than 30
years, YSC Consulting has a proven track record in helping
organizations to define their leadership strategies and assess and
develop their C-suite and senior executive teams. Headquartered in
the U.K., and with teams also based in North America, Singapore,
Australia, Mexico, China, and South Africa, YSC Consulting’s team
of more than 200 employees joins Accenture’s Talent &
Organization / Human Potential team.
Combining deep expertise in leadership development with
data-driven insights, YSC Consulting helps organizations achieve
transformational impact with bespoke solutions in C-Suite
assessment, team dynamics and effectiveness, diversity, equity and
inclusion strategy, CEO succession planning and board
effectiveness.
YSC Consulting has been a partner to 45% of the FTSE 100 and
serves more than 40% of the largest private equity firms globally
with services tailored to private equity funds and their portfolio
companies — a move which expands Accenture’s deep industry
expertise for private equity clients.
“Leaders must meet new expectations to win the hearts and minds
of employees and customers in a rapidly changing world,” said
Christie Smith, global lead of Talent & Organization / Human
Potential at Accenture. “Successful business leaders thrive through
the application of meaningful purpose and the use of technology to
lead with accuracy, speed, empathy, and transparency. It’s at the
cross-section of these values where Accenture and YSC Consulting
truly align. We look forward to coming together and helping clients
maximize their impact and carve a successful future steered by
modern leadership.”
YSC Consulting Chief Executive, Eric Pliner, said, “For more
than three decades, YSC Consulting has supported and inspired CEOs
and their teams around the world to shape the future through the
intentional design of thoughtful approaches to leadership. At a
moment when the world needs brilliant leadership more than ever, we
are thrilled to join Accenture and bring the best of our expertise
in individual leadership, team dynamics, diversity, equity and
inclusion strategy, and technology-enabled talent analytics in a
respected and rapidly growing platform.”
Accenture’s global CEO-led Workforce Transformation Lead,
John-Paul Pape, said, “In order for leaders to confront today’s
market challenges, they must develop themselves and their people to
be able to execute courageous strategies. YSC Consulting has
garnered respect from Boards, Chief Executives, and their teams by
re-energizing their organizations with new leadership and talent
strategies – all fueled by the power of data and insights. Together
we will empower business leaders to re-invent the way they lead and
shape a successful future for their organizations, customers,
employees, communities, and the world.”
YSC Consulting complements Accenture’s most recent Talent &
Organization / Human Potential acquisitions — Cirrus, fable+,
Future State and Root Inc. in 2021 and Kates Kesler in 2020 — which
aim to create new ways to deliver value and help clients build
strategies for the future of work.
Accenture acquired YSC Consulting from U.K. private equity firm
Graphite Capital.
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