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NOVEMBER 29, 2011

A few weeks ago, Fortune Magazine released it’s 2011 list of the 25 Top Companies for Leaders. These 25 companies were voted the companies with the best leadership development programs. While the first few companies aren’t surprising (IBM, General Mills, P&G) the list takes a surprising turn.

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Company McKinsey Magazine Leadership Development 94

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 12, 2012

Here is an excerpt from still another outstanding article written by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Charles Roxburgh, featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (September 2011), published by McKinsey & Company.

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McKinsey Article Resources Information 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 24, 2012

Here is an excerpt from still another outstanding article written by Lowell Bryan, John Horn, and Sven Smit, featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (September 2011), published by McKinsey & Company.

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McKinsey Article Resources Information 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 14, 2011

Here is an article co-authored by Vikram Malhotra and James Manyika for The McKinsey Quarterly website (March 2011), published by McKinsey & Company.

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McKinsey Productivity Products Article 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 12, 2012

Here is an excerpt from still another outstanding article written by Richard Dobbs, James Manyika, and Charles Roxburgh, featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly (September 2011), published by McKinsey & Company.

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McKinsey Article Resources Information 70

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 11, 2011

Coyne, featured by The McKinsey Quarterly website (March 2011). The magazine is published by McKinsey & Company. Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Kevin P. Coyne and Shawn T.

Brainstorming 80

Brainstorming McKinsey Magazine Article 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 5, 2011

Here is a terrific article written by John Horn for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, and featured online (March 2011).

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McKinsey Article Power Resources 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 1, 2011

Once again, McKinsey & Company’s Quarterly has made available an exceptionally valuable program to the general public: Experts discuss McKinsey’s research on “jobless recoveries” and ways to solve the longer-term US employment crisis (August 2011).

Committee 85

Committee McKinsey Crisis Development 85

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

McKinsey recently noted, “Numerous studies show that in a business-as-usual environment, compassionate leaders perform better and foster more loyalty and engagement by their teams. It fosters a company’s capacity to heal, to learn, to adapt and to excel.” McKinsey & Company. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17. 3 Goleman D.

Emotional Intelligence 98

Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

When McKinsey & Co. asked senior executives at 60 big companies recently why they are trying to advance women, "they laughed at us," says Dominic Barton, McKinsey's global managing director. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto."

McKinsey 112

McKinsey Leadership Career Diversity 112

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Even top-performing companies undertake a time-consuming strategic planning process that unfortunately leaves many executives frustrated with the results. In a recent McKinsey quarterly survey of nearly 800 top executives: Only 45 percent of the respondents said they were satisfied with their strategic-planning process.

Strategic Planning 98

Strategic Planning Newsletter Planning Execution 98

Six Disciplines

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

Even top-performing companies undertake a time-consuming strategic planning process that unfortunately leaves many executives frustrated with the results. In a recent McKinsey quarterly survey of nearly 800 top executives: Only 45 percent of the respondents said they were satisfied with their strategic-planning process.

Strategic Planning 78

Strategic Planning Newsletter Planning Execution 78

Great Leadership By Dan

OCTOBER 9, 2012

For our program, we’re building it based on the 2011 whitepaper “ Taking Gender into Account: Theory and Design for Woman’s Leadership Development Programs”. Yet there is a real pay-off for companies that choose to close this gap. and “How will this program help woman succeed?”. Decide who the audience should be and be selective.

Leadership Development 249

Leadership Development Development Committee Leadership 249

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 19, 2011

Thanks to McKinsey & Company and its Quarterly, those of us who admire Dan Ariley and his work have access to an especially enlightening interview (February 2011).

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McKinsey Execution Company 80

Persuasive Powerhouse

JANUARY 19, 2011

January 19th, 2011 | Author: Mary Jo Asmus Today’s guest post is from Mike Figliuolo at The thoughtLEADERS Blog. Whether they are looking within their own team, the broader organization, or outside the company, a good leader always has a notion of who will be sitting in their chair next. They might get laid off. Great post!

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Training Blog Greenleaf Maslow 257

CO2

MARCH 30, 2016

Anand’s first book, India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking (2011), about returning to the India his parents left is a worthwhile read, too. The Star Tribune reviewer called it “[a] beautifully written, intelligent look at the cultural history and changes of India.

McKinsey 78

McKinsey Letter Politics Education 78

CO2

MARCH 30, 2016

Anand’s first book, India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking (2011), about returning to the India his parents left is a worthwhile read, too. The Star Tribune reviewer called it “[a] beautifully written, intelligent look at the cultural history and changes of India.

McKinsey 78

McKinsey Letter Politics Education 78

First Friday Book Synopsis

MARCH 9, 2011

Here is an excerpt from an article written by Walter Kiechel for the Harvard Business Review blog. To read the complete article, check out other articles and resources, and/or sign up for a free subscription to Harvard Business Review’s Daily Alerts, please click here. * * * Like Satan in the book of Job, [.].

Consultative 80

Consultative Strategy Review Article 80

CO2

MARCH 30, 2016

Anand’s first book, India Calling: An Intimate Portrait of a Nation’s Remaking (2011), about returning to the India his parents left is a worthwhile read, too. The Star Tribune reviewer called it “[a] beautifully written, intelligent look at the cultural history and changes of India.

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McKinsey Letter Politics Education 60

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Performance measurement typically drives much of the way a large company works. Supplementing profits with ROIC and revenue growth is a step in the right direction to ensure that the profits a business earns are actually creating value, not simply over-consuming capital that another company could better deploy.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Coaching Tip

JUNE 3, 2011

Consider the executive who briefed his top management team on the company's plans for the coming year, referencing products launches, pricing pressures, and analyst concerns. © 2011 Michael Useem, author of The Leader's Checklist. By Michael Useem, Author of The Leader's Checklist.

Leadership 129

Leadership McKinsey Sample Download 129

Change Starts Here

JUNE 3, 2014

In that article, he does say, “I have watched more than 100 companies…make fundamental changes in how business is conducted. Google “70% change failure rate,” and you’ll see 1.96 million results. The trouble — and the great news — is that there is no solid evidence that it’s true.

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Kotter Champy Hammer Short-term 143

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2011

The days when you could make a living responding to companies' discovery of strategy, as in "Gosh, we gotta get ourselves one of those," are gone with the 1970s (or maybe the 1990s in the "developing world"). Strategy has triumphed, the installed base is huge, no self-respecting company would be without one. Monitor & Co.,

Consultative 15

Consultative Strategy McKinsey Porter 15

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 1, 2012

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, and Bill Huyett John Wiley & Sons (2011) How executives can make much better decisions – “even as markets, economies, and industries change around them” All organizations need a solid foundation on which their executives can base their most important decisions about strategy, (..)

Review 85

Review Finance Books Industry 85

First Friday Book Synopsis

JANUARY 3, 2012

A Better Way to Evaluate Leadership Poitential Jeffrey Cohn and Jay Moran Jossey-Bass (2011) How and why to cope with a leadership evaluation and development crisis to produce more effective leaders As Noel Tichy and Warren Bennis suggest in Judgment: How Winning Leaders Make Great Calls, leaders [.]. Why Are We Bad at Picking Good Leaders?

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Crisis Review Books Development 85

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center. Sponsored by SAS.

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Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2016

In this new world, companies need to know which consumers have the purchasing firepower, where they are, what they want to buy, and what drives their spending. Companies will need a more detailed portrait of target customer groups than ever, including their age, income, ethnicity, and shopping preferences. spending on home improvement.

Marketing 8

Marketing McKinsey Globalization Transportation 8

Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

StrategyDriven effective executives, efficient employees Home About The StrategyDriven Organization Our Company Our Contributors Karen K. Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners. Juliano Howard T. Dickens Jr.

Self-aware 72

Self-aware Media Open-book Learning-by-Doing 72

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 27, 2012

So commences McKinsey Quarterly's report on the firm's latest survey on global economic conditions (which was in the field during the week leading up to the Greek elections). Indeed they are at their lowest since March 2011, according to the report. I WANT TO TAKE YOU HAIER. Fully Emerged Multinationals (University of Michigan).

GDP 13

GDP McKinsey Wilde Survey 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 23, 2011

According to a 2007 McKinsey & Co. Meanwhile, the number of people agreeing with the statement "I build my wardrobe around different occasions and needs" rose from 36% in 2010 to 45% in 2011. Some companies, like Zara, are present only in the 30 biggest cities. The Chinese are also becoming more aware of fashion.

Apparel 13

Apparel Franchising Retail Fashion 13

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 15, 2014

It’s become commonplace for observers to tout the transformative potential of digital technologies and bemoan the allegedly slow pace at which companies support these initiatives. Both cite a McKinsey survey which, ironically, found that “Organizations’ efforts to go digital. are picking up steam.” The amount spent, annually, by U.S.

Media 11

Media ROI McKinsey Survey 11

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

In 2011, we published an article in HBR examining the surprisingly rapid growth of African economies and consumer markets. New research conducted by the McKinsey Global Institute makes it clear that Africa faces real economic headwinds including declining investment and savings, and rising government indebtedness.

Globalization 8

Globalization Long-term GDP Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

This admittedly controversial step comes after nearly a decade of attempts to induce companies to voluntarily boost the number of women in boardrooms and the higher ranks of businesses. France introduced quotas in January 2011, and in one year, the number of women on boards took a grand jeté of 10 percentage points to 22%. since 2010.

Diversity 15

Diversity McKinsey Incentives Proposal 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

A decade on, in January 2011, The Economist has revised its dark vision, calling Africa's countries " The Lion Kings.". And this is the interesting opportunity that is emerging: By 2020, 128 million households (600 million people) will have reached the consumer class, according to McKinsey's estimates. One such is General Electric.

McKinsey 12

McKinsey Health Care Class Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

MAY 8, 2012

According to the latest McKinsey survey, 35% of respondents in China believe that companies that market products across a range of categories are more trustworthy than those that focus on just one or two segments. That's almost twice the number of Americans (18%) or British (13%) who feel the same way.

Brand 12

Brand McKinsey Marketing Trends 12

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

For many companies, a shrinking middle class means a shrinking top line, as their traditional consumer base migrates to the lower end of the market. Smucker Company. That's right — the outfit best known for selling peanut butter and those iconic jars of jam that haven't changed much since the company was founded in 1897.

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Brand Strategic Fit Retail McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

After Barbara Minto joined McKinsey as the firm's first ever female consultant, she found that many management consultants had trouble communicating information effectively. She developed the Minto Pyramid Principle to help colleagues structure their writing, and after gaining support within McKinsey, took the framework to other firms.

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Minto How To McKinsey Software 14