The One Query That Accenture’s CEO Says She Asks All Her Workers

• Accenture CEO Julie Candy mentioned she appears to be like for candidates who like to be taught new issues.
• Candy mentioned in a podcast interview that she would ask folks what they’ve discovered just lately.
• The previous lawyer mentioned it did not matter even when folks simply mentioned they discovered bake a cake.

Accenture CEO Julie Candy mentioned there’s one key query she poses to individuals who need to work for her.

“There’s one query that we ask everybody, no matter you are a advisor otherwise you’re working in expertise or no matter you do,” Candy mentioned in an interview with Norges Financial institution Funding Administration CEO Nicolai Tangen on his “In Good Firm” podcast, which aired Wednesday.

“We are saying, ‘What have you ever discovered within the final six months?'” she added.

Asking this query, Candy advised Tangen, is a sensible approach for her to find out if candidates are excited about studying new issues.

“If somebody cannot reply that query, and by the best way, we do not care if it is ‘I discovered to bake a cake,’ if they cannot reply that query, then we all know that they don’t seem to be a learner,” Candy mentioned.

This would not be the primary time Candy has talked about her expectations for brand spanking new hires at Accenture. The consulting agency mentioned on its web site that it employs round 799,000 staff and operates in additional than 200 cities.

The previous lawyer mentioned in a 2019 interview with The New York Instances that she appears to be like for candidates who display two predominant traits.

“The primary is curiosity. The brand new regular is steady studying, and we search for individuals who display plenty of completely different pursuits and actually display curiosity,” Candy advised The Instances.

“The second piece is management. I do not care what degree you’re, there may be the necessity to provide straight speak whenever you’re working with purchasers. You need to have the braveness to ship robust messages,” she added.

Representatives for Candy at Accenture didn’t reply to a request for remark from Enterprise Insider.

Candy is not the one C-suite govt who locations a premium on studying.

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon mentioned that college students ought to commit their time to studying and studying, and fewer time on social-media platforms like TikTok and Fb.

Dimon was talking on the Georgetown Psaros Middle for Monetary Markets and Coverage’s annual Monetary Markets High quality Convention in September when he was requested if he had any recommendation for the scholars in attendance.

“My recommendation to college students: Study, be taught, be taught, be taught, be taught, be taught, be taught. If you happen to’re Democrat, learn the Republican opinion, the great ones. If you happen to’re Republican, learn the Democrat ones,” Dimon mentioned.

“Learn historical past books. You’ll be able to’t make it up. Nelson Mandela, Abe Lincoln, Sam Walton. You solely be taught by studying and speaking to different folks. There is no different approach,” he continued.