Accenture: Use AI or Risk Leadership Roles, Promotions

• Accenture mandates regular use of internal AI tools for senior staff to qualify for leadership promotions.
• Associate directors and senior managers informed that "regular adoption" of AI is crucial for career progression.
• Policy aims to position Accenture as an "AI-enabled" organization for clients and employees.
• Excludes staff in 12 European countries and those working on US government contracts due to regulatory constraints.
• Builds on previous stance where employees unable to reskill in AI faced layoffs; 550,000 staff already reskilled.