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What a treat! The “Five Best” of The McKinsey Quarterly’s articles published in 2011

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For more than half a century, The McKinsey Quarterly has shaped and informed the top management agenda. According to the Quarterly‘s readers, these are the five best articles published in 2011.

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The McKinsey Quarterly’s Top Ten: Second Quarter 2011

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In case you missed them, see which articles have been most popular with The McKinsey Quarterly‘s readers in the second quarter of this year. Here are the first five. To learn which articles ranked #6-10 and read any/all of the ten articles, please click here. * * * 1. STRATEGY Sparking creativity in teams: [.].

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Strategy Execution Newsletter - September 2011 - The Strategic Planning Edition

Six Disciplines

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. Contact us - so we can start the dialog to do it differently this year - and actually make it work all year round for your organization. What will you do - differently?

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Five Reasons WHY Leaders Need Emotional Intelligence Training

The Center For Leadership Studies

This is true for all leaders no matter their level in the organization or years of experience. 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. McKinsey & Company. Jossey-Bass; 2011:17.

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Strategy Execution Newsletter - September 2011 - The Strategic Planning Edition

Six Disciplines

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. Contact us - so we can start the dialog to do it differently this year - and actually make it work all year round for your organization. What will you do - differently?

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Recovering from information overload

First Friday Book Synopsis

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Derek Dean and Caroline Webb for The McKinsey Quarterly (January 2011). Source: Organization Practice [.]

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Have You Trained Your Replacement?

Persuasive Powerhouse

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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