Modern Servant Leader

SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

Named interim CEO, Schultz has been CEO and Board chairman off and on at the company for over 35 years and is chief architect of their culture. Starbucks’ decision to go outside the company for their new CEO indicates either an inability to effectively develop leaders to the highest level or a desire for something different.

CEO 130

CEO Leadership Styles McKinsey Short-term 130

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 3, 2012

For more than half a century, The McKinsey Quarterly has shaped and informed the top management agenda. We’re all marketers now Engaging customers today requires commitment from the entire company—and a redefined marketing organization.more Global cities of the future An interactive [.].

McKinsey 85

McKinsey Article Commitment Globalization 85

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

When companies hire fresh graduates, they’re more likely to attain their diversity goals. According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Reach your diversity goals. A diverse workforce is good for your business. Campus Recruiting.

Company 98

Company Diversity Career Quality 98

Great Leadership By Dan

DECEMBER 6, 2011

Last month Aon Hewitt, The RBL Group and Fortune announced their Global Top Companies for Leaders list. It's been two years since the last list, not to be confused with the competing " Best Companies for Leaders " list sponsored by Businessweek and Hay Group. companies, like Hindustan Unilever are catching up. PepsiCo, Inc.

Globalization 229

Globalization Company McKinsey Leadership Development 229

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

It can also significantly impact a company’s ability to attract and retain talented employees. However, many companies struggle with attracting and retaining such talent. A McKinsey survey found that 82% of companies don’t believe they recruit highly talented people, and only 7% think they can retain top talent once hired.

Operations 119

Operations Loyalty Efficiency Human Capital 119

First Friday Book Synopsis

SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

Once again and to its great credit, The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey and Company, has created online access the Top Ten articles for third quarter (2011) as selected by its readers. In case you missed them, you can now check them out and join the conversation. Here are brief descriptions [.].

McKinsey 75

McKinsey Article Company Planning 75

CO2

JANUARY 14, 2024

As markets evolve and new challenges emerge, the ability to adapt and innovate becomes crucial. A study by McKinsey & Company highlights that 86% of CEOs who prioritized innovation successfully led their companies through recent economic uncertainties.

Leadership 78

Leadership Executive Coaching McKinsey Leadership Styles 78

Leading Blog

JANUARY 9, 2019

Authors Acha Leke, Mutsa Chironga and Georges Desvaux of McKinsey and Company, take a different view in Africa’s Business Revolution. They say business leaders tend to “underestimate Africa’s size and potential as a market, and overestimate the challenges of doing business there.”. Africa is the next growth market.

How To 254

How To Long-term Short-term Business Model 254

The Practical Leader

DECEMBER 9, 2020

We assume that happy customers reduce ongoing service costs and lower sales/marketing costs through referrals, viral word of mouth, positive ratings, and raving social media fans. In addition, companies that deliver excellent customer journeys increase employee satisfaction and engagement by 30 percent.”

McKinsey 124

McKinsey Human Resources Insurance Cost 124

Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

When’s the last time your company created a talent strategy? The results from a new McKinsey Global Survey confirm the positive effects of talent management on business outcomes. Unemployment rates continue to drop, making it even more difficult for companies to staff their organizations. Three years ago? Five years ago?

Strategy 67

Strategy Company Talent Management McKinsey 67

HR Digest

JULY 28, 2021

What should companies do now? In a recent McKinsey Global Survey on the future of workforce needs, nearly nine in ten executives and managers say their organizations either face skills gap already or expect gaps to develop within the next five years. We are at a major inflection point that will largely determine the future of work.

McKinsey 134

McKinsey Aggregate Demand Industry Crisis 134

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

When companies hire fresh graduates, they’re more likely to attain their diversity goals. According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Reach your diversity goals. A diverse workforce is good for your business.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

When companies hire fresh graduates, they’re more likely to attain their diversity goals. According to McKinsey , companies succeeding at diversity are 35 percent more likely to enjoy profit margins above the median for their industry. Reach your diversity goals. A diverse workforce is good for your business. Campus Recruiting.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

HR Digest

JUNE 16, 2023

Impact of artificial intelligence on labor market in future. Anu Madgavkar, a partner at the McKinsey Global Institute, an economic research hub, agrees. Tech companies like OpenAI are already considering replacing software engineers with AI decreasing the job prospects for humans. Robot and human working together in office.

Software 98

Software Finance Advertising McKinsey 98

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A number of recent surveys from McKinsey research have identified three traits that are becoming leadership imperatives to respond to this growing demand for social accountability. One way some companies are seeking to be more transparent is by adopting B-corp status. Transparency.

Emotional Intelligence 209

Emotional Intelligence Supply Chain Short-term Leadership 209

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. While Chief Digital/Technology Officers or Chief Marketing Officers are often tagged with the innovator label, it is the CHRO who is the real innovator in 2020.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Research conducted by McKinsey and Company found the customer experience, the more likely they will be to return and directly refer you to others. Here is the bizarre thing – most companies already intuitively know this! Nearly three-quarters of a customer’s loyalty is determined by how that customer is treated.

Customer Loyalty 228

Customer Loyalty Forrester Loyalty McKinsey 228

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 19, 2013

Here is an exerpt from article rated by readers as one of the most popular ever in The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company and co-authored by Mehrdad Baghai, Sven Smit, and S. Sven Smit The Granularity of Growth The McKinsey Quarterly' Patrick Viguerie.

McKinsey 89

McKinsey Blog Company Marketing 89

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Indeed, the French president Charles de Gaulle famously visited the sprawling research parks of companies such as Hewlett-Packard and Applied Technologies back in the 1960s. Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated.

Marketing 40

Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 40

Great Leadership By Dan

NOVEMBER 27, 2018

But a problem that’s becoming ever more visible is that some organisations have made authenticity their marketing strategy, rather than a business one. This isn’t a marketing issue, this is a business-wide issue, involving every facet of the organisation. The future is where brands must focus.

Brand 189

Brand Supply Chain Ethics Reputation 189

First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 5, 2013

Here is a brief excerpt from Hervé de Barbeyrac and Ruben Verhoeven’s interview of Jean-Pierre Clamadieu, CEO of Solvay, for the McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. A Belgian company, Solvay is reshaping its portfolio to focus harder on fast-growing markets.

Globalization 75

Globalization CEO McKinsey Agility 75

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

markets, particularly nurses, is also of great concern. McKinsey surveyed inpatient registered nurses and found an intent to leave their workplace rising from 35 percent in 2022 to 40 percent in 2023, highlighting an ongoing trend in the labor force. The labor shortage that has hit the U.S.

Cost 85

Cost Pharmaceuticals Price Planning 85

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 27, 2013

If you’re a board member, do you incentivize your executives to make a long-term contribution for the company or to keep the shareholders happy this quarter? Leadership Product Management / Marketing Purpose customers expectatons future value vision' You will learn things you would have missed had you not tried.

Long-term 220

Long-term Short-term McKinsey CEO 220

First Friday Book Synopsis

OCTOBER 14, 2013

Here is an excerpt from an article co-authored by Richard Dobbs, Jaana Remes, Sven Smit, James Manyika, Jonathan Woetzel, and Yaw Agyenim-Boateng, featured online by McKinsey & Company. Emerging markets are changing where and how the world does business.

Globalization 75

Globalization McKinsey CEO Blog 75

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 19, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Lean Practitioner’s Handbook Mark Eaton HBR’s 10 Must Reads on Strategic Marketing HBR Editors and various contributors Weaving the Web: the Original Design and Ultimate Destiny of the World Wide Web Tim Berners-Lee Untapped […].

McKinsey 80

McKinsey Blog Kaplan Charisma 80

Chart Your Course

AUGUST 22, 2014

Only 52 percent of companies spend their time in a way that aligns with their strategic goals, according to a McKinsey survey of 1,500 executives from businesses of all sizes around the world. Some executives lost time by wasting too many hours online. Communication Articles'

Tools 133

Tools Productivity Products Company 133

Lead Change Blog

OCTOBER 4, 2017

Research conducted by McKinsey and Company found the customer experience, the more likely they will be to return and directly refer you to others. Here is the bizarre thing – most companies already intuitively know this! Nearly three-quarters of a customer’s loyalty is determined by how that customer is treated.

Customer Loyalty 150

Customer Loyalty Forrester Loyalty McKinsey 150

HR Digest

MAY 24, 2023

According to its proponents, there are certain human resource laws and regulations that support companies in reaching a competitive advantage regardless of the organizational setting or industry. Again, it’s hard to say because every company is unique and has its own individual needs. This is not just a benefit in a tight labor market.

Succession 64

Succession Software Guidelines Human Resources 64

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In The Ecosystem Economy , McKinsey’s Venkat Atluri and Miklos Dietz paint a picture of the future of education that will see the ways in which we learn transformed. As the labor market loosens, however, there is a growing call for recruitment to be based more on skills than on credentials.

Education 110

Education Learning-by-Doing Skills McKinsey 110

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 13, 2012

Here is a brief excerpt from another terrific article featured online by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company, in which Martin Dewhurst, Jonathan Harris, and Suzanne Heywood explain why, as the economic spotlight shifts to developing markets, global companies need new ways to manage their strategies, people, costs, and risks.

Globalization 80

Globalization McKinsey Cost Article 80

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

While it can feel like a localized issue, such market changes are just as possible in U.S. Rather than over-expending resources on attracting talent, employers should take a serious look at ways to retain employees already at the company. industries and it emphasizes the importance of the retention process in HR.

Process 59

Process Attrition Trends Training 59

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

Diversity is complicated, and that’s why most companies fail to meet their Diversity, Equity & Inclusion goals. But companies that address the circumstances that lead to inequality ultimately reinforce the shared experience of living in our society. And now, more than ever, everyone seems committed to dismantling discrimination.

Diversity 111

Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Employee discretionary effort and focus are being challenged for many reasons, including the labour market and working from home. What’s more, companies that fail to engage their employees are missing out on the powerful results that come from engagement. Engagement at work matters. It won’t always be like this, however.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

Workers who adapt and grow with the organization in a time of accelerated change will be able to launch products and services that meet market needs. When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing. When I was a technology marketing exec in 2009, I heard the words nurture marketing.

Skills 145

Skills Emotional Intelligence CFO Power 145

Great Leadership By Dan

JUNE 11, 2020

Guest post by Chuck Swoboda : As increasing competition, new technologies and evolving customer expectations continue to disrupt nearly every industry, business leaders are turning to innovation as a way to keep their companies relevant. This problem fundamentally begins with how most companies evaluate talent. The problem?

Innovation 227

Innovation Team How To Uncertainty 227

Eric Jacobson

NOVEMBER 3, 2022

On the flipside, CEOs whose companies rank in the top 20% of financial performance in their industries are generating 2.8 In fact, the extent to which the CEOs themselves are significant predictors of company performance is higher than at any point in history. That person, to his surprise, was the CEO of the company!

CEO 104

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 104

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

Companies who lead the way on EDI are 25%–36% more likely to outperform on profitability. McKinsey & Company reported that in 2020 the global market for EDI-related efforts was estimated at $7.5bn, yet at the current rate, it will take another 151 years to close the global economic gender gap.

Metrics 52

Metrics KPI Diversity Long-term 52