Eric Jacobson

JULY 17, 2023

The new book, Power To The Middle , shows how managers are the crucial link between a company’s ground floor and top brass. However, new KcKinsey research reveals that this outdated perspective needs to change and that well-developed managers are the strategy that companies must prioritize to succeed today,” they add.

Middle Management 65

Middle Management Management McKinsey Talent Management 65

Lead Change Blog

MAY 16, 2018

A McKinsey Global Institute report on future of the workforce shows that between 75 million and 375 million people globally will have to change their occupation and acquire new skills by the year 2030. These changes are not just causing disruption to businesses, but are also becoming a big problem for the managers to face.

Management 261

Management Agility How To McKinsey 261

N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 8, 2023

It also helps organizations excel during the executive transition, adjust to their new executive leadership, and support their new executive. Data compiled by McKinsey shows that nearly half of all leadership transitions fail, and just two years after executive transitions, up to 46% of them “are regarded as failures or disappointments.”

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Execution Succession How To Process 382

Leading Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

It’s very easy to have what CEO Seah Chin Siong of the Singapore Institute of Management calls “goal erosion,” defining it as “Doing what is easy, going through the motions, but not doing the hard things the ultimate mission requires.” She was formerly with McKinsey, working with MNCs and local companies in the US, China, and India.

Influence 347

Influence Positioning Self-aware CEO 347

Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2019

Key Leadership Transitions Great Leaders Champion by @KateNasser. Boost Your Leadership with the Power of Perspective by @WScottCochrane If you can fix it with money, that is not a big problem. Leadership and Transference by @edbatista. How to Use Mental Imagery to Achieve Your Goals by @JesseLynStoner. via @ChiefExecGrp.

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McKinsey Storytelling Conference Learning-by-Doing 225

Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

Utilize management interviews, employee surveys, and even customer feedback , but don’t stop there. Align strategic goals with cultural direction – will the new culture be more risk-taking or conservative, hierarchical or flat? Your goal isn’t a mushy mix, but a refined taste of excellence.

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Team Workshop Team Building Mission Statement 162

Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

P ERHAPS it goes without saying, but a healthy organization will achieve more than an organization that is too sick to support your goals. Health is how effectively an organization works together in pursuit of a common goal. How do we manage the journey? Here are the five frameworks for health : Aspire : Health goals.

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Hamel Objective McKinsey Learning-by-Doing 276

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

While you might hear these statements from any manager, they all have one thing in common: the lack of specificity. Organizations need good managers and exceptional leaders (at all levels of your business). Define the right metrics to measure individual goals and collective goals of the team. How strong is the team?

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Metrics Management Katz How To 190

HR Digest

JUNE 16, 2023

HR has thrived during this difficult time and helped in transforming organizations where the function is well led, has strong senior stakeholder support, has prioritized leadership development , and has already commenced a digital transformation journey. times more likely to report organizational outperformance, McKinsey research has shown.

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McKinsey Agility Learning-by-Doing Organization 98

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

The risk of not getting leadership and culture ‘right’ are significant. Your goal must be to ensure your team members are regularly performing work that they are good at and care about. It’s about understanding how important leadership and engagement are. Yet, too often managers see them as negotiable.

Motivation 130

Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

Coaching Tip

MAY 7, 2012

Business and government leaders have been talking for decades about advancing more women to top leadership and professional roles. 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.

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McKinsey Leadership Career Diversity 112

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

Cohesive messaging enhances reliability, managing client expectations, while empathy injects a personal touch, resonating emotionally. McKinsey & Company’s report underscores that robust client communication strategies breed customer retention and positive referrals. Tailor your choice accordingly.

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Training Active Listening Bond McKinsey 123

CO2

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Joanna Barsh Director at McKinsey & Co. introduces us to the Center Leadership Model on The Mix TV. JOANNA BARSH joined McKinsey & Company in 1981 and is a senior partner. Along with her consulting work, she leads the McKinsey Centered Leadership Project, whose goal is to help develop women leaders.

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McKinsey Leadership Workshop Long-term 84

The Practical Leader

JUNE 16, 2021

– Warren Bennis, An Invented Life: Reflections on Leadership and Change. Leadership is almost all emotional intelligence, especially in distinguishing between what managers do and what leaders do… – Daniel Goleman, Working with Emotional Intelligence. Emotions are contagious. – Winston Churchill.

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Positioning Emotional Intelligence Goleman Competitive Advantage 109

Coaching Tip

APRIL 14, 2012

A leader must have deep capabilities in the "solutions business," charting a course around and through the obstacles ahead to reach the desired goals. That means that leadership is a means to an end --the mission it serves is the end. Leadership requires followership. The answer lies in the Absolutes of Leadership.

Leadership 164

Leadership Drucker McKinsey Leadership Styles 164

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 20, 2015

. Great leaders get the best out of their teams by providing 12 core leadership “services” The best leaders provide these services in an efficient and effective way. . In our new book , Victor Prince and I describe the 12 “leadership services” that leaders must provide to their teams: Directing. Delivering.

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Team Leadership McKinsey Efficiency 100

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

To be recognized on the 2020 Top CHRO List, the words leadership, team, succession, purpose, culture, governance, and diversity are not just buzzwords – they represent who a CHRO is, what they believe, and where they work every day. Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Strategy involves completion of goals, and the risk is the difference between those goals and the ability of the organization to achieve them.” Second, there are some of the most influential tools from the field of strategy and management. In a sense, strategy creates risk.

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Strategy Books Balanced Scorecard Mauborgne 280

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2020

According a leadership survey conducted by McKinsey , U.S. companies spend around $14 billion on leadership development. That’s the thing about leadership. Where people still don’t deliver, they conduct performance management with strength and courage. Vibrant culture leaders are emotionally intelligent.

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Quality Emotional Intelligence Self-aware McKinsey 214

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 must be noted that Generation Z is wide-eyed and watchful, soaking in and being formed by these leadership lessons. Emotional Intelligence is the key.

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Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

Amidst all the revenue numbers and share valuations that companies wear as a badge of honor, the concept of employee relationship management has emerged as another undeniable sign of a successful organization. Conflict Management Why are workplace conflicts such a common grievance?

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

My experience so far suggests that these time-bound and finite interventions fail over a long run in developing leadership capabilities. They needed a change in mindset and not just techniques, process or best practices in leadership. Use of incorrect “make-believe” metrics to gauge effectiveness of leadership development programs.

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Training Development McKinsey Long-term 172

Chartered Management Institute

AUGUST 2, 2023

Interview: Embedding EDI as KPIs: The organisations using inclusion metrics as performance indicators Written by Sonia Sharma-Karia Wednesday 02 August 2023 Share Share to Twitter Share to Facebook Share to LinkedIn Share via email How do we make equality, diversity and inclusion a measurable goal and an aspect of our strategic success?

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Metrics KPI Diversity Long-term 52

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

Reach your diversity goals. 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. Quality of Executive Leadership. Quality of Direct Manager.

Company 98

Company Diversity Career Quality 98

Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

The results from a new McKinsey Global Survey confirm the positive effects of talent management on business outcomes. Line managers are directly responsible and accountable for identifying, developing, and retaining talent. Where the organization stands today in relation to these goals, in terms of talent.

Strategy 86

Strategy Company Talent Management McKinsey 86

CO2

AUGUST 14, 2017

And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study. These are pretty sobering statistics, given all the time and effort you and your management team likely put into the preparation of your strategic plan.

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Strategic Planning Balanced Scorecard Planning Kotter 78

Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

Anyone can be collaborative leader—whether you are the CEO, a mid-level manager or a front-line supervisor. If you are in any doubt that collaborative leadership is an imperative, and not just a fad, take a look at any of the 22 articles in the Harvard Business Review series on collaboration. Values-driven leadership is essential.

Competitive Advantage 282

Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

But, beyond defining purpose, connecting employees to those painstakingly-crafted purpose statements often presents an even more significant challenge for leaders— most workers can’t articulate why their organization exists or what its goals are. Recommended Reading: Corporate Purpose Monumental Change Starts with Your Leadership.

How To 78

How To Long-term Performance Review Mission Statement 78

CO2

SEPTEMBER 21, 2022

But, beyond defining purpose, connecting employees to those painstakingly-crafted purpose statements often presents an even more significant challenge for leaders— most workers can’t articulate why their organization exists or what its goals are. In a Gallup poll, just 41% of them admitted understanding their organization’s purpose.

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How To Long-term Performance Review Mission Statement 78

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. Your problem is to bridge the gap which exists between where you are now and the goal you intend to reach.” 7 Steps to Problem Solving.

Disaggregation 82

Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 82

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

CO2

JANUARY 15, 2020

CEOs constantly deal with “people issues” because, as David Larcker, professor at Stanford Graduate Business school, said , “Conflict management is critical in the CEO role — just about anything that gets to the CEO’s desk has an element of pleasing someone and making someone else unhappy.” All these reasons have to do with people.

Executive Coaching 78

Executive Coaching Execution Welch Self-aware 78

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

Reach your diversity goals. 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. Quality of Executive Leadership. Quality of Direct Manager.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

CO2

AUGUST 14, 2017

And Kotter International determined that, on average, 70% of new, large-scale strategic initiatives fall short of their goal, as did a similar McKinsey & Company 2009 study. These are pretty sobering statistics, given all the time and effort you and your management team likely put into the preparation of your strategic plan.

Strategic Planning 60

Strategic Planning Balanced Scorecard Planning Kotter 60

HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Most CEOs rank HRs as the eighth most important function in their organization, according to a research by McKinsey. Predicting outcomes means weighing how balanced the manager is with respect to workload and opportunities, how fast he can scale up into digitization, and how flexible he can handle situations during a bad economy.

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CEO CFO Human Resources McKinsey 63

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. Calendar Management. The most essential time management technology for increasing your productivity is calendar scheduling software.

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Tools Productivity Products Company 133