Leadership Award
Barbara Adachi
National Managing Director, Human Capital
Deloitte Consulting
Barbara Adachi, National Managing Director for Deloitte's Human Capital Consulting Practice, came to consulting by accident. She began her career as a secretary at a health insurance company. "Lucky for me, I had an incredible mentor that showed me the ropes," she says. "I learned the business from the bottom up and became the first woman salesperson in the company."