Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

I had the opportunity to speak with Charles Conn and Robert McLean, two McKinsey alums who share a seven-step systematic approach to creative problem solving that will work in any field or industry. Winning organizations now rely on nimble, iterative problem solving, rather than the traditional planning processes. 7 Steps to Problem Solving.

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Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 82

First Friday Book Synopsis

AUGUST 25, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Business of Belief: How the World’s Best Marketers, Designers, Salespeople, Coaches, Fundraisers, Educators, Entrepreneurs and Other Leaders Get Us to Believe Tom Asaker Leadership Transformed: How Ordinary Managers Become Extraordinary Leaders Peter (..)

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Blog ROI Film McKinsey 75

Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Young women today are entering the workforce better prepared and more ambitious than ever, with more education and higher career aspirations than men. When McKinsey & Co. The McKinsey study shows women in general opt at far higher rates than men for staff jobs, sometimes labeled "the pink ghetto." This has bred cynicism.

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McKinsey Leadership Career Diversity 112

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

The research was arguably the first study that attempted to predict how technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics would impact the labour market. He also touches on the evident need to improve educational opportunities for people throughout their life so that they can develop the skills needed to move into new careers.

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Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 69

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 27, 2019

The analysis revealed a profound bifurcation in the job market, with the split dividing the low-skill and low-wage jobs from the high-skill and high-wage senior positions. “Lower-wage jobs are often advertised on large job sites, such as Monster.com,” the researchers explain. A shallow talent pool.

Diversity 55

Diversity Class Education Analysis 55

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author. Deepa Prahalad – Focused on design and emerging markets. Telisa Yancy – Chief Marketing Officer at American Family Insurance. Clark Callahan – Managing Director, Custom Programs Harvard Business School Executive Education. World authority on project management.

Executive Coaching 70

Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The job market simply doesn't function the way a market should. Research by the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that by 2020, the U.S. million people will not have the education employers require and will therefore be unemployable. Research by the McKinsey Global Institute predicts that by 2020, the U.S.

Marketing 12

Marketing Restructuring McKinsey Education 12

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2016

A radical demographic shift is transforming the nature of consumer markets. Marketing savvy just isn’t enough to track these consumers. McKinsey Glog research finds that China is expected to spend 12.5% of all consumption growth on education for those under 30 — higher than any other country apart from Sweden.

Marketing 8

Marketing McKinsey Globalization Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 12, 2012

I quit my comfortable job in NYC with McKinsey & Co. One of the trickiest challenges in India is to get the size of the market right. At first sight, the market will always look attractive. That translates into a seemingly vast market of 160 million people. Surprisingly, that isn't true of every children's product.

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Marketing Film GDP Media 13

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.”

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Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

McKinsey reported that working mothers were 1.5 McKinsey ’s survey also showed that working mothers were 6 percent more likely to be dealing with mental health concerns than their male counterparts. There are other factors to consider when it comes to working mothers as well, such as nativity and education.

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GDP McKinsey Participative Report 98

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. McKinsey followed up with a 2018 report that echoed the finding of the first: diversity is good for the bottom line. Include minorities in your company’s marketing campaigns.

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Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. It’s more likely that they set out to meet an unmet need in the market. Millennials and Generation Z, who together make up nearly half of the full-time workforce in the U.S.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

CO2

APRIL 1, 2022

A recent survey conducted by McKinsey found that 42% of millennial and Gen Z consumers cited purpose as the primary reason they switched brands. Of all generations, Gen Z is the most racially and ethnically diverse, most well-educated, and the first generation comprised entirely of digital natives.

Mission Statement 78

Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 20, 2018

In 2015, there were 7 million jobs that required some level of coding skills , and programming jobs are growing 12% faster than market average. Vocational Technical (VoTech) training programs for high school students are key to helping them specialize in in-demand technology-related fields, and be ready for the job market.

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Company Training Technology McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Management education has changed significantly over the last few decades. As a coach I have two different “markets”—my students at Stanford and my private clients, who are primarily senior leaders, and in both settings my degree sends a useful signal. So ask yourself: What market am I in now? Who’s interested in my services?

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Supply Chain Reputation Education Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 18, 2015

But the question deserves better than executive hand-offs to HR, McKinsey, or Myers-Briggs. McKinsey is the professional services model for turning former associates and partners into profitably high-profile clients. Where education has the three Rs, employee exes have these 4 Rs. Insight Center. Sponsored by Citrix GoToMeeting.

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McKinsey Banking Reference Human Capital 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 5, 2018

New research by the McKinsey Global institute suggests that roughly 15% of the global workforce could be displaced by 2030 in a midpoint scenario, but that the jobs likely created will make up for those lost. The catch is that adopting these technologies will disrupt the world of work. The Economy in 2018. It is no small challenge.

GDP 8

GDP Globalization Short-term McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 18, 2013

Top global consultancies Deloitte and McKinsey estimate the size of the African middle class at between 200 million and 300 million. Across Africa, incomes are rising fastest among those engaged in brokering trade in goods and services across fragmented markets. Between these extremes is a multitude of other estimates.

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Class Globalization Banking Education 10

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2011

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. Consequently, big multinationals have started looking at Africa in a new light. One such is General Electric.

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McKinsey Health Care Class Transportation 12

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 2, 2015

Chief among these, in my mind, is the threat to free market competition. As ever-increasing amounts of data are collected by businesses, new opportunities arise to build new markets and products based on this data. Data becomes the barrier-to-entry to the market and thus prevents new competitors from entering.

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Telecommunications Engineering McKinsey Library 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 12, 2011

Luxury goods marketers in China received some good news last month. The Chinese market for luxury products has been booming recently. By 2015, luxury goods sales will touch $27 billion — around 20% of global sales — making China the world's largest luxury market. The real thing.

Deming 13

Deming McKinsey Fashion Survey 13

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2012

The book expands on Christensen's McKinsey-award-winning HBR article , drawing life lessons from the models that form the basis of his business-oriented writing. But since then he has written seven mass-market books, some aimed at general audiences and some targeting specific industries such as health care and education.

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Christensen Succession Storytelling McKinsey 11

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 22, 2010

No wonder that a 2008 McKinsey survey found that only 20% of senior executives believe that their corporate philanthropy is effective in achieving social goals. To do this, Goldman used its competencies in understanding markets, convening needed expertise and business networks. Back pet charities, not those with a strong track record.

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Core Competence Market Segmentation Globalization Reputation 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 19, 2012

At the same time, we wanted to enable our co-producing partners to work with local educators, writers, and producers to craft the specific early childhood educational goals unique to their own countries. I called Shari Rosenfeld, Vice President in Sesame Workshop's Global Education department.

Globalization 8

Globalization Power Workshop Brand 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2017

Given these network effects – as many proclaim – markets get “winner takes all properties”: the largest network will win, crowding out the remaining competitors (like MySpace and Google+). It is a misconception to think that network effects inevitably and always lead to a winner-take-all market.

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McCallum Competitive Advantage Business Model Consultative 12

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 24, 2014

In the late 1990s, Steven Hankin of McKinsey provoked a lot of discussion when he coined the phrase “the war for talent.” Multinationals accustomed to attracting talent trained in the West now have to recruit locally where education levels can sometimes be inconsistent. Skill levels vary widely.

Long-term 8

Long-term Globalization McKinsey Education 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 9, 2012

Inspired by the loss of her thirteen year-old daughter, Candice Lightner founded Mothers Against Drunk Driving (MADD) in 1980 to combat drunk driving through education and legislation. It has since become ubiquitous across the consulting industry. 1) Create a Compelling Shaping View. Shaping is not just limited to large institutions.

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Minto How To McKinsey Software 14

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 14, 2015

At McKinsey, we are conducting our own research into the impact of automation on jobs and organizations and recently published a brief paper previewing some of our findings. Take, for example, the role of a marketing manager or executive in a consumer products company.

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Osborne Technology McKinsey Marketing 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 24, 2013

McKinsey may have been hired in 2013 by the Vatican, the Bank of England, and the owners of the Rangers and Knicks, but they’re also acting to stave off threats to their business model. Consulting on the Cusp of Disruption. We also found seven other reasons Africa’s economy might leapfrog the economies of more developed nations.

Management 19

Management Health Care Middle Management Agility 19

Harvard Business Review

JULY 15, 2013

The fastest-growing segments of America''s job market — by far — are temporary and part-time employment. Just ask anyone working in the health care, financial services, automobile, retail, media, publishing, education, advertising, real estate or defense industries. A recent McKinsey & Co.

Human Capital 8

Human Capital Real Estate Human Resources Disruptive Innovation 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

percent of senior managerial and directorial roles , according to McKinsey. Establish Benchmarks Make it a point to define industry and market benchmarks to compare your organization’s compensation practices. Be an active market player to plan out how to create an equitable compensation system. percent of the U.S.

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System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

A recent report from the McKinsey Global Institute identified a series of these disruptive technologies—from advanced materials to big data—that the firm projects will transform how we do business and live our lives. Ambition is crucial: Research from McKinsey finds that most low-performing research-intensive U.S.

Industry 8

Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Using her private sector savvy and entrepreneurial mind-set, she was able to more than double the number of California companies that support policies for improving children’s health and education. As one remarked, “After eight years, I had built the foundation and expertise in markets and finance.

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Politics Budgeting Policies 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 3, 2011

A 2010 McKinsey study finds that across all industry sectors, companies with the most women on their boards of directors significantly and consistently outperform those with no female representation: by 41 percent in terms of return on equity and by 56 percent in terms of operating results. Help is coming from forward-thinking corporations.

Competitive Advantage 15

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Resistance Crisis 15

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 18, 2015

According to McKinsey, youth unemployment in Africa’s largest economy, Nigeria, is around 50%. The sector needs modernization, and must deploy computer-aided-design tools to enhance quality and automate production for scale to win markets. As of 2010, only 3% of Africa’s population attended post-secondary education (PDF).

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Innovation Engineering Entrepreneur Banking 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 25, 2013

Then I met three people — a Dutch CEO, a Welch education expert and a German scientist — who saw things in a very different way. Second was education, so we've piloted with 1,000 secondary schools in the UK, training teachers how to teach [the] circular economy idea and the results have been extraordinary.

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Company Apparel Engineering Welch 9