Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2019

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. There is no section marked “managing your professional decline.”. Want To Project Strength? from @JohnBaldoni.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 27, 2023

She was formerly with McKinsey, working with MNCs and local companies in the US, China, and India. To find out your +influence effectiveness, take this simple +influence assessment. * * * Huijin Kong is the Principal of LinHart Group, working with CEOs and future CEOs on their most difficult professional and personal issues.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2021

The next normal arrives: Trends that will define 2021—and beyond via @McKinsey. Here are a selection of tweets from March 2021 that you don't want to miss: The Power of Values in Uncertain Times via @StanfordGSB. How To Encourage Creativity In The Workplace And Why It Matters by Dante Munnis via @pdiscoveryuk.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 19, 2024

According to McKinsey , the common reasons for failure of transformation programs include a lack of aspiration, lack of a shared vision, lack of engagement, low investment in capability building, and an insufficient structure for the transformation team. This raises some pertinent questions. First, why do these programs fail?

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2018

Leading with inner agility via @McKinsey. Decoding leadership: What really matters via @McKinsey. Summer Reading: My Summer Reading Plan Inspired by My Father from @wallybock. Are you shutting people out with your communication? by James daSilva via @leadchangegroup.

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Leading Blog

APRIL 30, 2016

Digital strategy: Understanding the Economics of Disruption via @McKinsey. Staying one step ahead at Pixar: An interview with Ed Catmull via @McKinsey. Here are a selection of tweets from April 2016 that you might have missed: FT: Beware the inspirational boss. Go Disrupt Yourself via @stratandbiz. by @MarySchaefer. by Alison Brattl.

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Leading Blog

JULY 1, 2023

In Power to the Middle, McKinsey thought leaders Bill Schaninger, Bryan Hancock, and Emily Field call for a profound reimagining of managers and their roles. In recent decades, midlevel managers became a favorite target for the chopping block—underappreciated, often considered a superfluous layer of the organization.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 1, 2013

The Firm : The Story of McKinsey and Its Secret Influence on American Business by Duff McDonald. Here''s a look at some of the best leadership books to be released in September. Thinking in New Boxes : A New Paradigm for Business Creativity by Luc de Brabandere and Alan Iny.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 19, 2020

Considering that most change efforts only succeed 30% of the time, Scott Keller and Bill Schaninger (both McKinsey partners) put forth a change model to increase the odds of success (upwards of 79% of the time) in Beyond Performance 2.0. So, any change effort will be more successful when you focus on both performance and health.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2018

via @McKinsey. Why Everyone Won't Finish With You by @shawnlovejoy. 3 Leadership ‘Wins’ Not Worth Celebrating by @WScottCochrane. How to Build Business Acumen on a Budget by @Julie_WG. Global Leadership Forecast 2018 via @DDIworld. Will artificial intelligence make you a better leader? Keep The Degree Of Difficulty Down by @FredWilson @AVC.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 3, 2019

McKinsey alums Charles Conn and Rob McLean teach us how to be bulletproof problem solvers using a simple 7-steps approach. Organizations are looking for people that can define problems and form solid creative responses. Like leaders themselves, good problem solvers are made, not born. Yet these skills are rarely taught.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2017

Putting lifelong learning on the CEO agenda via @McKinsey. How to Deal With Colleagues Who Deny Reality by Gleb Tsipursky via @JesseLynStoner. 10 Simple Rules for Mastering the Language of Leadership by @WScottCochrane. 10 Leadership Resolutions for a Successful 2018 via @CCLdotORG. Safe enough to try: An interview with Zappos CEO Tony Hsieh.

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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. I N THE WESTERN WORLD, we often do not have an accurate picture of Africa as a growing marketplace. We frequently imagine a continent of villages and stories of corruption and violence dominate our perspective.

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Leading Blog

JULY 31, 2015

Changing change management via @McKinsey The power of digital to drive change. Disrupting beliefs : A new approach to business-model innovation from @McKQuarterly. 30 People You Want On Your Team by @BrianKDodd. Decisions and Timing by Ahmed Mujtaba. Lack of Sleep Impairs An Essential Social Ability by @PsyBlog.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 30, 2012

McKinsey talks with 7 leaders and Michael Useem about the new fundamentals of leading in the 21st century. Mindfulness Helps You Become a Better Leader by @Bill_George. Find Your Blind Spot: A Self-Reflection Activity for Managers by @petefriedes. When Trouble Hits —8 Ways to Develop Resilience, Options and “Falling Up” by @pdiscoveryuk.

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Leading Blog

MARCH 31, 2016

How technology is creating a new world of work via @McKinsey. FT: We prefer bad bosses to be 100% horrible. The Cost Of Waiting by @scedmonds. The Dilemma Of The Servant Leader by @LollyDaskal. 3 Reasons Why Connecting is Essential to Progress by @SusanMazza. 7 Things A Leader Must Do To Build The Perfect Team by @Terry.Starbucker.

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 31, 2013

Leading in the 21st century: An interview with Ford’s Alan Mulally | McKinsey & Company. From @TalentCulture : Becoming A Leader Others Want To Follow. Be aware in 2014 by @TomAsacker. The One Leadership Responsibility You Must Accept by @Starbucker. Noonan: The Most Memorable Words of 2013. How leaders seek the best in others?

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 12, 2012

Third, there are tools that I have found valuable in my work with some of the most successful organisations in the world."

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Leading Blog

MARCH 24, 2017

McKinsey reports that eight out of ten time strategists focus on known hypothesis—opportunities that have been examined in the past or are already evident. You can evolve over and over. Most people use analytics in the context of consumer level transactions.

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Leading Blog

OCTOBER 31, 2019

The mindsets and practices of excellent CEOs via @McKinsey. Here are a selection of tweets from October 2019 that you don't want to miss: 5 Characteristics of a Successful Leadership Development Strategy via @CCLdotORG. Developing the Mindset and Skill Set of a Servant Leader by @kenblanchard via @BKpub.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 10, 2023

McKinsey partners Venkat Atluri and Miklós Dietz illuminate that change in The Ecosystem Economy. These sectors of work, like the mining, textile, or glassmaking industries, thrived with their own supply chains, expertise, and proprietary distribution. And this is basically how we think of business today. But that is changing.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 29, 2020

Reaching a tipping point in leadership development via @McKinsey. Leadership: The Hardest Thing from @wallybock. Do you know how to boost your willpower? by @LaRaeQuy via @SBLeaders. 5 Easy Ways To Lead With Integrity by @paul_larue. A Lesson In Decision-Making by @JohnBaldoni via @SBLeaders. The Hero's Journey in Everyday Life by @edbatista.

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Leading Blog

NOVEMBER 3, 2023

A study by McKinsey specific to the business-to-business (B2B) area suggests that businesses that optimize QTC for end-to-end accountability significantly outperform peers that don’t. There is, on average, a 30 percent loss of efficiency in operating this across the siloed functions of sales, I.T., logistics, and finance.

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Leading Blog

MAY 31, 2016

Here are a selection of tweets from May 2016 that you might have missed: How new CEOs can boost their odds of success via @McKinsey. Give ‘Em Some Space (For Possibilities) by @Julie_WG. Managers and Musicians: Leading By Being Present by @MarcellaBremer. The 4 Dimensions of Trust by @JesseLynStoner. Stop Trying to Grow Influence.

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Leading Blog

SEPTEMBER 24, 2015

Dominic Barton , global managing director of consulting firm McKinsey & Company, reminds us of this in an interview with The Wharton School. A T SOME POINT we all come to see that people are the most important part of any initiative. We get caught up in the tasks, but it’s the people that leaders need to focus on.

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Leading Blog

AUGUST 3, 2018

By concentrating on convincing people faster with fewer words, you are building a unique skill.” – The McKinsey Edge. When you reach the C-suite level, make your presentation as simple as possible. Talking to someone using fewer words takes practice.

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Leading Blog

JUNE 30, 2021

Defining the skills citizens will need in the future world of work via @McKinsey. The Top Trends in Tech via @McKinsey. Effective Leaders Don't Need to be the Smartest Person in the Room an interview with @KevinEikenberry by @DebbieLaskeyMBA. 8 Ways To Be A Leader That Employees Want To Follow by @TanveerNaseer.

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Leading Blog

FEBRUARY 28, 2018

How biases, politics and egos trump good strategy via @McKinsey. Five Practices of the Most Change-Ready Leaders via @INSEADKnowledge. Why Is This Generation Gap Different? by @BruceTulgan. What Will Work Look Like in 2030? via @stratandbiz. How to Lead Cynics by @tedkinni via @stratandbiz. See more on Twitter. * * *.

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Leading Blog

JANUARY 31, 2023

via @KelloggSchool It’s time to consider how you spend each of the 168 hours you’ve got every week Every company is a software company: Six ‘must dos’ to succeed via @McKinsey Patti Davis: What Silence Teaches Us from @JohnBaldoni Don't Coddle Your Audience!

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Leading Blog

DECEMBER 7, 2022

CEO Excellence : The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest by Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller and Vikram Malhotra (Scribner, 2022) From the world’s most influential management consulting firm, McKinsey & Company, an insight-packed, revelatory look at how the best CEOs do their jobs based on extensive interviews with today’s most (..)

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