Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2019

How to Use Mental Imagery to Achieve Your Goals by @JesseLynStoner. 6 pieces of wisdom to help young leaders thrive in uncertain times By Kayvan Kian via @McKinsey. Leadership at Scale the @McKinsey Way #LeadershipAtScale Before you begin your next leadership development program, read this. from @JohnBaldoni. from @JohnBaldoni.

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McKinsey Storytelling Conference Learning-by-Doing 230

Great Results Team Building

SEPTEMBER 5, 2022

Way back in January 2014, in an issue of McKinsey Quarterly , a group of researchers attempted to answer this question: “Why do so many leadership development programs fail?” Reflection that is not translated into new and consistent action is a recipe for failure if the goal is helping people to learn a new skill.

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Leadership Development Development Leadership McKinsey 147

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 26, 2024

“Too often company leaders view middle managers in a negative light as expendable employees who can slow down productivity and overall strategy,” explain the book’s authors and McKinsey partners Bill Schaninger , Bryan Hancock , and Emily Field. Focus on people rather than procedures.

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Middle Management Development Management McKinsey 99

Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

And that’s the price we’ll have to pay to achieve that goal, or any goal.” It’s the ability to influence followers in order to meet organizational goals through change. By contrast, McKinsey & Company is an organization that demonstrates the benefits of developing leaders who stand out. Vince Lombardi.

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Great Results Team Building

APRIL 10, 2024

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. Bring Everyone Together: Craft a Cohesive Story Focus on common goals to overcome the initial hurdles of integration.

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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. Here are the five frameworks for health : Aspire : Health goals. Health is about the how.

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Hamel Objective McKinsey Learning-by-Doing 280

CO2

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

“When you reach the top, keep climbing“ – Zen Proverb In a world where the peak of success is often the ultimate goal, it’s easy to forget that true leadership is a never-ending ascent, beyond the summit. A McKinsey report highlights that leaders who engage in ongoing personal development are 1.5

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CO2

JANUARY 14, 2024

A study by McKinsey & Company highlights that 86% of CEOs who prioritized innovation successfully led their companies through recent economic uncertainties. By mastering the art of communication, leaders can build trust, drive engagement, and align their teams with the organization’s vision and goals.

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Leadership Executive Coaching McKinsey Leadership Styles 78

Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2018

With Goals, FAST Beats SMART via @mitsmr. Leading with inner agility via @McKinsey. Decoding leadership: What really matters via @McKinsey. Appreciate Others to Uncover Hidden Heroes by @mikehenrysr via @leadchangegroup. 64 Promises That Every Leader Should Make by @toddbnielsen. The Myth of "Learning Styles" via @TheAtlantic.

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McKinsey Agility Learning-by-Doing Innovation 158

CO2

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Set Small, Achievable Goals: Break down overwhelming tasks into smaller, manageable steps. – According to a McKinsey report , companies with leaders who demonstrate vulnerability and adaptability in the face of doubt outperform their competitors in innovation and profitability.

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Succession Uncertainty Leadership McKinsey 78

HR Digest

JUNE 16, 2023

The goal of HR is to navigate the organization to be future ready, flexible, and adaptive. times more likely to report organizational outperformance, McKinsey research has shown. All eyes are on the role of HR and undoubtedly HR has a unique role to play in building the future of the organization.

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McKinsey Agility Learning-by-Doing Organization 98

Eric Jacobson

JULY 17, 2023

“Too often company leaders view middle managers in a negative light as expendable employees who can slow down productivity and overall strategy,” explain the book’s authors and McKinsey partners Bill Schaninger , Bryan Hancock , and Emily Field. Focus on people rather than procedures.

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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. Since the transformation is a common goal for the entire organization, working in silos reduces productivity and efficiency.

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Management Agility How To McKinsey 261

CO2

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

A McKinsey report emphasizes the importance of adaptability in leaders, noting that the ability to pivot and embrace change is a key driver of success in today’s fast-paced business environment. It’s about building a team dynamic where each member feels valued and motivated to contribute towards the common goal.

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Leadership McKinsey Innovation Learning-by-Doing 78

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.” The problem is following a plan so closely without responding to events that you will “lead the company efficiently in the wrong direction.” In a sense, strategy creates risk.

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Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

McKinsey & Company’s report underscores that robust client communication strategies breed customer retention and positive referrals. Define clear goals for the training: presentation prowess or conflict resolution? This transforms interactions into enduring relationships, where clients evolve into loyal advocates.

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Training Active Listening Bond McKinsey 117

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 13, 2012

Here is an excerpt from another outstanding article featured by The McKinsey Quarterly, published by McKinsey & Company. That makes it difficult to realize strategic goals and undermines performance. It was co-authored by Stephen Hall, Dan Lovallo, and Reinier Musters. The [.].

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McKinsey Strategy How To Resources 80

First Friday Book Synopsis

JULY 29, 2012

Here is the executive summary of a recent report featured online by The McKinsey Global Institute (MGI), the business and economics research arm of McKinsey & Company. Our goal is to provide leaders in the commercial, public, and social sectors [.].

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CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Your goal must be to ensure your team members are regularly performing work that they are good at and care about. The McKinsey group recently published an excellent resource regarding attrition and the reasons why people leave organisations. 1) Reading the language and results in the McKinsey graphic highlights a few key themes.

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Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

QAspire

FEBRUARY 2, 2014

Leadership development efforts are not aligned with strategic goals and leadership development programs are oriented around commercial products that have limited relevance to actual needs or an organization. Views from a McKinsey article titled “ Why leadership-development programs fail ” concur with the reasons stated above.

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Training Development McKinsey Long-term 172

The Practical Leader

JUNE 16, 2021

A McKinsey Quarterly survey of 1,147 executives found that the five elements of centered leadership (meaning, framing, connecting, engaging, and energizing) are mutually reinforcing. – Jennifer Robison, “It Pays to Be Optimistic,” Gallup Management Journal.

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Positioning Emotional Intelligence Goleman Competitive Advantage 109

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."

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McKinsey Leadership Career Diversity 112

CO2

NOVEMBER 28, 2011

Joanna Barsh Director at McKinsey & Co. 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. introduces us to the Center Leadership Model on The Mix TV.

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McKinsey Leadership Workshop Long-term 84

The Center For Leadership Studies

NOVEMBER 23, 2020

McKinsey & Company. With that in mind, allow me to share five reasons why leaders need Emotional Intelligence training: Emotionally intelligent leaders increase retention numbers and directly influence engagement scores. Meanwhile, division leaders without crucial mass underperformed by almost the same amount.” 2 Stein S, Book H.

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Emotional Intelligence Training Goleman McKinsey 98

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

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. According to Robert Kaplan, creator of the Balanced Scorecard, the main cause of strategic planning failure is poor execution.

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Strategic Planning Balanced Scorecard Planning Kotter 78

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 29, 2023

In addition to the employee disengagement statistics, McKinsey ’s research has indicated that disengagement and any resulting attrition could cost a median-size S&P 500 company between $228-$355 million a year in lost productivity. Better onboarding and investing in knowledge-sharing mechanisms are additional steps toward this goal.

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Attrition Trends McKinsey Survey 97

Lead on Purpose

DECEMBER 14, 2013

McKinsey Insights ’ Pankaj Ghemawat references a survey of senior executives where 76% of them feel they need to develop global-leadership capabilities, but only 7% of feel they are doing so effectively. Define the right metrics to measure individual goals and collective goals of the team. Management isn’t just about goals.

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Metrics Management Katz How To 190

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

As such it is concerned with how to gain people’s commitment to the achievement of an organization’s business goals and objectives in a number of different situations.” The employer should be clear about the function of the employee and the goals of the organization.

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Schein Industry Long-term Automotive 98

HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Most CEOs rank HRs as the eighth most important function in their organization, according to a research by McKinsey. McKinsey found that companies that shifted more than 56% of their capital across businesses recorded 30% more returns while studying resource allocation pattern of more than 1,500 US companies over 15 years.

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CEO CFO Human Resources McKinsey 63

Great Leadership By Dan

JANUARY 9, 2020

According a leadership survey conducted by McKinsey , U.S. List the things that you (or others) don’t like about your approach, whether it’s the way you communicate, how you run meetings or the time that you try to motivate your team to meet goals. companies spend around $14 billion on leadership development.

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Quality Emotional Intelligence Self-aware McKinsey 214

Persuasive Powerhouse

JULY 20, 2015

Planning : Leaders translate their vision for the organization into team goals and individual goals. Prioritizing : Leaders prioritize the individual goals into team priorities. Monitoring : Leaders are accountable for delivering team goals, so they track team progress against set metrics and milestones. Delivering.

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Team Leadership McKinsey Efficiency 100

Strategy Driven

MARCH 3, 2020

The results from a new McKinsey Global Survey confirm the positive effects of talent management on business outcomes. All talent strategies should include the following: Identification of the organization’s goals, as set by the board and the executive team. Specific steps needed to close these gaps and achieve the stated goals.

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Strategy Company Talent Management McKinsey 67

HR Digest

DECEMBER 27, 2018

There’s an increase in the number of organizations expanding their diversity hiring goals to incorporate various ethnicity, gender, age, culture and to be LGBT-friendly , according to Harvey Nash’s HR survey. More businesses are recognizing diversity as a means of improving performance and workplace culture.

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Human Resources Trends Resources Innovation 87

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

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

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. A diverse workforce is good for your business. Pay and Benefits.

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