Accelerating Talent with Betty McCormack

Warriors at Work

We are fortunate to be joined by Betty McCormack, Managing Director in HR for Accenture, to discuss the reinvention of HR. HR’s position from a strategic standpoint is crucial right now in the re-imagining of the workplace and the businesses that we are trying to create. She will share with us some of her incredible insights, strategy and experiences being at the top of her game as an executive. She will also show how her personal life, and personal trauma, has shaped her but has done nothing to slow her down. Join us for a practical, insightful and heartwarming conversation that is also honest and inspirational.
Betty McCormack is Managing Director in HR for Accenture, based in New York. She leads the work of identifying, assessing, developing, and supporting leaders in top positions at Accenture. She is also Global and US sponsor for the HR Talent Accelerator Program (TAP). Betty has 27+ years' experience at Accenture in roles spanning Lead - HR Ventures & Acquisitions Strategy, Chief Talent Officer - Strategy & Consulting, HR Captain for the Next Gen Growth Model, senior executive/leadership matters, North America HR Service Delivery, as well as regional, national and global HR Business Partner roles across all Accenture businesses.
Betty is member of the Accenture HR Executive Committee, Accenture Global Leadership Council, and on the Board of Directors for the Accenture Charitable Trust. Member of the HR Policy Association’s Future Workplace Policy Council. Fortune Most Powerful Women Next Gen 2018. World 50 Next Leader. Betty is a mother of 3 children and enjoys walks on the beach near her home, spinning and the arts.
(3:05) Is Betty where she imagined she would be when she was graduating college?
(6:14) She takes us through the genesis of the HR Talent Accelerator Program “TAP”.
(13:09) Were there any doubts about this program getting off the ground and what were some of the biggest surprises of the program over the past decade?
(15:05) What does Betty feel has been a significant shift of HR during her career?
(17:48) What are some of the important attributes that define an HR leader?
(22:10) Betty shares her personal experience about the difficulties & experiences that shaped her.
(27:10) Betty acknowledges leaders who have had an impact on her life & career.
(29:44) Betty talks about asking herself “Why not me?” as she moved through her career.
(32:33) Where does her sense of courage and self-confidence come from? How did her upbringing influence her own attributes?
(35:54) How does Betty stay attuned and relevant in the ever changing field of HR?
(36:51) Who does Betty follow/find inspiration from and why?
(38:03) What does she share with her family of her career and experiences?
(41:12) Looking a year into the future, what is Betty doing and how is she having an impact?
Connect with Betty McCormack
https://www.linkedin.com/in/betty-mccormack-9421787
https://www.facebook.com/share/DBxpnRTJwvGeSs8A/?mibextid=LQQJ4d
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