KPMG is a global network of professional firms providing Audit, Tax and Advisory services. We have 140,000 outstanding professionals working together to deliver value in 146 countries worldwide.
Ernst & Young's business strategy is founded on engagement with our people, clients and communities to help them achieve their potential.
As a company that embraces corporate responsibility, we think carefully about how to invest in society today to make sure there will be a business context where both we and society can thrive tomorrow and long into the future.
Increasingly, business, government and NGOs are pulling together to promote business, social and environmental progress. With 135,000 people in 140 countries, one of the best ways EY can contribute to this effort is through skill-based volunteering that's coordinated globally while taking account of local conditions and culture.
We channel our efforts into three key areas that are aligned with our business strategy and critical to improving and expanding market economies.
- Entrepreneurship – supporting and celebrating start-up companies as they create opportunity.
- Education – developing skills and broadening access to make sure the next generation has the skills it needs to make a positive impact.
- Environmental sustainability – minimizing our impact on the environment.
We call these the "3E's".
Corporate responsibility is an imperative for safeguarding the sustainability of our business. As a business, we can only grow if the economy and society are strong. So we must continually find ways to intersect what we do well with what society needs. In this way, we will help the people we employ, the companies that we serve, and the communities in which we operate to achieve their potential fully – in both the short and long term.
We approach every project as a unique undertaking, from the initial team assignment through the formulation of recommendations. But we do generally follow a tried and tested methodology. Our work is typically organized into distinct phases, with broad issues broken down into discrete analyses and measurable tasks.
Our dedication to client confidentiality makes it difficult for us to take you behind the scenes of the average engagement. But we have pulled together a couple of sample engagements, which we hope provide a glimpse into how we work and who we are.
Booz & Company's annual study of chief executive arrivals and departures, now with 10 years' worth of data covering 3,719 succession events at the world's largest companies, shows that the traits of new CEO appointments are converging across regions and industries.
In addition to analyzing turnover data, this year the study's authors also conducted more than a dozen interviews with CEOs in the United States, Europe, South America, and Japan, and their remarks reaffirm the study's conclusions: The tenure of a CEO is becoming shorter and more intense, the margin for error or underperformance is narrow, and the role of CEO increasingly excludes the job of also being chairman.
Bain & Company is a global business consulting firm with offices in all major cities. We help management make the big decisions: on strategy, operations, mergers & acquisitions, technology and organization.
Bain was founded in 1973 on the principle that consultants must measure their success in terms of their clients' financial results. Companies that outperform the market like to work with us; we are as passionate about their results as they are.
A.T. Kearney is a global management consulting firm that uses strategic insight, tailored solutions and a collaborative working style to help clients achieve sustainable results. Since 1926, we have been trusted advisors on CEO-agenda issues to the world's leading corporations across all major industries. A.T. Kearney's offices are located in major business centers in 37 countries.
Applying proven behavioral economic principles, Gallup supports your organization to transform the way it works -- and boost performance.
Our consultants lead organizations to achieve greater levels of success by showing them how to better connect with their employees and customers. We measurably decrease costs and turnover rates and increase productivity and profitability by engaging dedicated, productive employees -- and customers who can't imagine a world without them.
Protiviti is a global business consulting and internal audit firm composed of experts specializing in risk, advisory and transaction services. The firm helps solve problems in finance and transactions, oprtaions, technology, litigation,governance, risk, and complince. Protiviti's highly trained, results- oriented professionals provide a critical business issues for clients in the Americas, Asia-Pacific,europe and the Middle East.
FranklinCovey (NYSE: FC) is the global consulting and training leader in the areas of strategy execution, customer loyalty, leadership and individual effectiveness. Clients include 90 percent of the Fortune 100, more than 75 percent of the Fortune 500, thousands of small- and mid-sized businesses, as well as numerous government entities and educational institutions. FranklinCovey has 46 direct and licensee offices providing professional services in 147 countries.