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Rethink Leadership for the XX Factor

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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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Key Leadership Strategies

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Author Shu Hattori writes in “The McKinsey Edge” that these approaches to leadership are among the many aspects of success in a competitive environment. Source: Shu Hattori: The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World's Most Powerful Consulting. There are three ways to cut to the chase: Using the sense of urgency and deadline.

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Seeing Beyond Ourselves

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In fact, according to a study conducted by McKinsey & Company, those who attempt to affect change by concentrating on changing mindset are four times more likely to succeed than those who focus only on changing behavior.

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Leadership Requires Followership

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He approached consulting out of his profound wisdom and insight," says Ron Daniel, Managing Director of McKinsey & Company (1976-1988). Drucker (1909-2005), had a huge impact in establishing management as a discipline and built the foundation for coaching as a leadership skill and practice. "He

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Job Hunting Success Tips

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information about work and jobs is relatively hard to come by for someone seeking employment,” says James Manyika, a director of the McKinsey Global Institute. Apparently not. “We We find that in the U.S.,

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Why a Leadership Checklist

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Useem's articles have appeared in the Chicago Tribune , Fast Company, Financial Times , Fortune , Harvard Business Review, McKinsey Quarterly, New York Times , U.S. News & World Report, Washington Post , Wall Street Journal, and elsewhere. Michael Useem: The Leader's Checklist: 15 Mission-Critical Principles.

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WOMEN IN LEADERSHIP HAVE HIGHER COMPETENCIES THAN MEN

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