After three years of original research, industry analysis and rigorous testing, Accenture has developed a compelling set of practical insights for companies that aspire to uncommon business success.
What does high performance mean, and how can organizations increase their chances of becoming high-performance businesses?
These have been the driving questions behind an ongoing Accenture program of original research that is now entering its fourth year. This effort has been important, not only in terms of our ability to help our clients achieve success but also in the context of the larger marketplace of ideas: A recent Harvard Business Review survey recognized Accenture's High Performance Business research program as one of the 10 most notable initiatives in the field during the past quarter century.1 Among the results produced by our research to date is a rich collection of published work, including more than 30 articles on high performance that have appeared in Outlook since October
