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. And technology? High volumes—low margins—cost-effective—technology driven. I N THE WESTERN WORLD, we often do not have an accurate picture of Africa as a growing marketplace.

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How To Long-term Short-term Business Model 252

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

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. Remember, it’s the people and culture who enable technology and marketing success – not the other way around. ?. Selection Methodology.

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The Practical Leader

MAY 15, 2024

I took Dale Carnegie sales, public speaking, and management training courses and got turned on to personal and leadership development. Make People Stronger for Organizations and Organizations Stronger for People We’ve found this simple formula is key to lasting and effective leadership and organization development: B = P x C.

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Training Development 360-Degree Feedback Human Resources 107

Lead Change Blog

MAY 16, 2018

With the onslaught of AI and other disrupting technologies, the workplace will undergo rapid changes. 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. People are key to such changes.

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Management Agility How To McKinsey 261

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

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Coaching Tip

APRIL 14, 2012

It's not really about the products made, the technology developed or the financial instruments that are bought and sold. That means that leadership is a means to an end --the mission it serves is the end. No matter what technical competencies are required, the people part of leadership is the singular, foundational principle.

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Leadership Drucker McKinsey Leadership Styles 164

Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2016

How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. 6 Ways to Stay Productive When You’re Completely Overwhelmed by Karin Hurt at @LetsGrowLeaders. Dysfunctional Leadership: 10 Thinking Habits to Avoid by @MarcelSchwantes. Like us on Facebook for additional leadership and personal development ideas.

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Servant Leader McKinsey Strategic Planning Open-book 150

Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2013

10 Reasons why Managers are Clueless about Leadership by @greatleadership. Mike Henry Sr: Humility : The 5th Sense of Character-based Leadership. The One Leadership Responsibility You Must Accept by @Starbucker. Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Ford’s Alan Mulally | McKinsey & Company. link] by @tshnall.

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Festinger Servant Leader McKinsey Self-aware 250

Eric Jacobson

MARCH 20, 2021

Consider the case of a large tech company that suffered a very big and embarrassing failure of a new product. The Authors : What many leaders often miss is that culture doesn’t just happen; it’s the product of actions and initiatives that can be deliberately implemented, tracked, and adjusted. He is based in Paris.

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McKinsey B2C Telecommunications Learning-by-Doing 65

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 30, 2021

Consider the case of a large tech company that suffered a very big and embarrassing failure of a new product. The Authors : What many leaders often miss is that culture doesn’t just happen; it’s the product of actions and initiatives that can be deliberately implemented, tracked, and adjusted. He is based in Paris.

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McKinsey B2C Telecommunications Globalization 65

The Horizons Tracker

MARCH 15, 2022

Indeed, McKinsey recently argued that one of the few plus points from the pandemic was it reinforced the importance of building change capabilities within our organizations. Across retail, automotive, financial services, and technology a number of common factors emerged that underpinned the ability of companies to weather the Covid storm.

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Jesse Lyn Stoner Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2012

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. According to John Chambers , CEO of Cisco, “You cannot create collaboration is you think leadership is about control.” You are not in control. .

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Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 20, 2020

If you don’t solve the skills riddle with agility, curiosity, and smart technology capabilities, your organization could fade from existence.” 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. Marti Konstant .

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HR Digest

JANUARY 6, 2024

“Your children are going to live to 100 and not have cancer because of technology,” Jamie Dimon said in an interview with Bloomberg. There are going to be all different types of models and different types of tools and technology…So errors, trading, hedging research; every app, every database you can be applying AI. trillion to $5.8

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Hedge McKinsey Technology Learning-by-Doing 52

Skip Prichard

MAY 22, 2019

That’s what Chris Duffey, creative technologist says about this incredible technology revolutionizing industries the world over. It is a practical guide to how AI and Machine Learning are impacting not only how businesses, brands, and agencies innovate, but also what they innovate: products, services and content.

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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. Technology change is speeding business up and providing an edge for disruptive innovators. 7 Steps to Problem Solving. 2: Disaggregate.

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Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 81

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. Meanwhile, you assumed that product X was a winner. Innovation Leadership measure metrics' Define Your Metrics.

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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. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. Too often, the focus turns to profit.

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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. The founder who started the company might still be involved, and their presence and leadership help the purpose remain clear. Too often, the focus turns to profit.

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78

HR Digest

OCTOBER 22, 2018

Most CEOs rank HRs as the eighth most important function in their organization, according to a research by McKinsey. The CHRO functions should be recognized as imperative in building and assigning talent and as the appropriate channel to unleash the organization’s workforce in the most productive sense. That’s absolutely wrong.

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CEO CFO McKinsey Human Resources 63

HR Digest

SEPTEMBER 14, 2023

These relationships affect a lot of different factors, from employee satisfaction to their productivity within the workplace. A study by the Brandon Hall Group indicated that an effective onboarding process could boost employee retention by 82 percent and improve the productivity of these new employees by over 70 percent.

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Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Filled with in-depth insights from experts at McKinsey & Company, this reliable resource takes a much more qualitative approach to what the authors consider a lost art. They might include sales productivity metrics such as market share, the company’s ability to charge premium prices relative to peers, or sales force productivity.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

Chartered Management Institute

DECEMBER 2, 2013

At the C-suite, businesses need not only a data analytics strategy, but a data-analytics culture, researchers from McKinsey have concluded. Google, for example, uses human capital analytics to encourage a coaching style among managers – because the analysis reveals this to be the most effective leadership style. The reason?

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Leadership Styles Human Capital Ethics McKinsey 83

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

The Lean Startup movement encourages a Minimal Viable Product (MCP), building what’s critical and leaving the non-critical for a later. Technology does not do much in a complex interaction (per McKinsey´s articles on interaction). Personal leadership and character become more important.

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Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

Eric Jacobson

MAY 25, 2016

To achieve " connected leadership " you must: Map your world -- Analyze stakeholders as precisely as your customers, understand trends and discontinuitites, and quantify the value at stake from external relationships. Today, technology is making all business activity more transparent.

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Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 16, 2016

Back in 2011, the McKinsey Global Institute published a report on the transformational potential of big data—and it would take a supercomputer to process all of the articles that have appeared since then urging companies to get on board before some digital disruptor renders them obsolete. Insight Center. The Next Analytics Age.

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Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

Such sleep deficiencies can undermine important forms of leadership behavior and eventually hurt financial performance. This article will explore the link between sleep and leadership before discussing solutions that can improve both individual well-being and organizational efficiency and effectiveness. What organizations can do.

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Leadership McKinsey Stress Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

We were struck by the assumption made by an article in The McKinsey Quarterly this month. Called "Why US Productivity Can Grow Without Killing Jobs," it takes as a given that this would strike readers as counterintuitive. it's a fallacy to suggest that there's a trade-off between unemployment and productivity." What a conundrum!

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Strategy Driven

DECEMBER 8, 2010

This book will show you, as an employee, customer or partner, how to use new social technologies, make yourself heard, and produce better products and services. Indeed, a 2008 issue of the McKinsey Quarterly noted that women tend to make deeper emotional connections with colleagues and business partners.

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Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

There is no burden on those who proposed a new idea or technology to talk to customers, build minimal viable products, test hypotheses or understand the barriers to deployment. Most importantly, minimal viable products and working prototypes will have been tested. As the head of the U.S. Segments of the U.S.

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Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 2, 2015

This is the kind of technology—and the type of firm—that will make renewable energy more efficient and more cost-effective. Indeed, in a world where globalization and rapid technological changes are the norm, manufacturing, high-tech development, and innovation clearly require a different level of support.

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Industry McKinsey Engineering Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 12, 2016

People were asked about GM products, upholstery textures, colors, vehicle designs, and technology, and their feedback was incorporated into GM vehicles. How technology is changing the way we work. Weaver’s staff sent three million mailings a year to GM and non-GM customers, achieving a remarkable 25% response rate.

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Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2013

First, products like Apple's AirPlay Mirroring, Microsoft's SmartGlass, and Nintendo Wii U are getting people used to the idea that two devices should work together. At the same time, Bluetooth technology is radically decreasing the amount of power connected devices need. Leadership Lessons from the Royal Navy (McKinsey Quarterly).

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Trends Storytelling McKinsey Technology 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 20, 2015

They are called upon to advise companies that must manage risk in an increasingly complex global operating environment and navigate disruptive technologies that threaten their business models. Prospective directors should ask themselves if the company has a unique advantage that can be translated into industry leadership.

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Competitive Advantage McKinsey Advice Commitment 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

Improving access to care, increasing workforce productivity, optimizing clinical operations, and managing population health are important—and interrelated steps. Increase workforce productivity by optimizing the skill set of your workforce while shifting routine work away. Brandon Carrus, a senior partner at McKinsey & Co.

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Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

Editor's note: This post is part of a three-week series examining educational innovation and technology, published in partnership with the Advanced Leadership Initiative at Harvard University. The question is whether TFA's seemingly prolific production of entrepreneurs is fact or simple hearsay. The answer appears to be yes.

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Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 19, 2013

Whether they represent findings about your customers, products, or employees, they can be maddeningly open to interpretation. Aggregate numbers can tell you a lot, but they say very little about how individual customers are thinking and talking about your products. Decision making Information & technology'

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