Eric Jacobson

JUNE 23, 2022

Have they redirected time, energy, talent, and finances away from lower priority pursuits towards taking these actions? Have they involved a group of people in shaping the vision and therefore are emotionally invested in wanting to help make it a reality? Are they taking actions that are unquestionably big “needle movers”?

CEO 85

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 85

Eric Jacobson

JANUARY 18, 2023

Have they redirected time, energy, talent, and finances away from lower priority pursuits towards taking these actions? Have they involved a group of people in shaping the vision and therefore are emotionally invested in wanting to help make it a reality? Are they taking actions that are unquestionably big “needle movers”?

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

Eric Jacobson

DECEMBER 31, 2022

Have they redirected time, energy, talent, and finances away from lower priority pursuits towards taking these actions? Have they involved a group of people in shaping the vision and therefore are emotionally invested in wanting to help make it a reality? Are they taking actions that are unquestionably big “needle movers”?

CEO 65

CEO Banking Learning-by-Doing McKinsey 65

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

Prior to joining Microsoft in 2003, Hogan was a partner at McKinsey & Co. Previously, Mr. Breitfelder held talent and strategy roles at Mastercard, PwC, and the Corporate Executive Board. Those roles included; corporate marketing, on the Global B2C Strategy Team, Corporate Learning and Talent Development as the U.S.

Human Resources 469

Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

Strategy Driven

JULY 13, 2011

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance by Tim Koller. While you can find numerous books focused on the topic of corporate finance, few offer the type of information managers need to help them make important decisions day in and day out. Discusses the four foundational principles of corporate finance.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Wharton research further elaborates on this point by pointing out that immigrant founders not only create jobs, but also bring considerable finance with them. The authors state that cross-border VC investment is now at record levels, with this in large part due to the increasingly international nature of entrepreneurship.

Policies 95

Policies McKinsey Innovation Globalization 95

Strategy Driven

MARCH 15, 2019

To illustrate that this thinking goes right to the top of hard-headed business thinking, in their ‘Reflections from Davos’ report regarding the meeting of the World Economic Forum, the managing partner of McKinsey was quoted as saying “the next innovation imperative will be social innovation – business’s role will be critical here.”

Supply Chain 75

Supply Chain Brand Advertising PR 75

LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

And as usual, the illustrations come from new product development and business strategy. The fact is that most companies spend a surprising amount of effort actually resisting innovation in so-called non-creative functions like operations, finance, customer service, and sales. McKinsey Quarterly (free subscription).

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Wilde Innovation Resistance Leadership 101

LDRLB

OCTOBER 4, 2011

And as usual, the illustrations come from new product development and business strategy. The fact is that most companies spend a surprising amount of effort actually resisting innovation in so-called non-creative functions like operations, finance, customer service, and sales. McKinsey Quarterly (free subscription).

Wilde 90

Wilde Innovation Resistance Leadership 90

HR Digest

DECEMBER 8, 2020

A recent Mckinsey & Company survey shows that since 2015, America has seen only a modest growth in women’s well paid jobs representation in the corporate pipeline. Their work responsibilities include web design database development as well as designing a company’s IT approaches and strategies.

Human Resources 52

Human Resources Chemicals Software Engineering 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

JUNE 1, 2012

Value: The Four Cornerstones of Corporate Finance Tim Koller, Richard Dobbs, and Bill Huyett John Wiley & Sons (2011) How executives can make much better decisions – “even as markets, economies, and industries change around them” All organizations need a solid foundation on which their executives can base their most important decisions about strategy, (..)

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Review Finance Books Industry 85

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 11, 2016

Thirty years ago, strategy was the CEO’s job. Since then, as the composition of top executive teams has changed, responsibility for leading strategy development has been shared by more members of the C-suite. Ensuring that strategy has money behind it. There are two reasons for this. There are two reasons for this.

Strategy 8

Strategy CFO Finance Short-term 8

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

” A new report from EIT Health and McKinsey therefore offers a timely opportunity to gauge progress. The report proposes three core principles by which Topol believes the NHS’s workforce strategy should be guided in the future: Patient empowerment – with new tools enabling patients to take a more active involvement in their own care.

Skills 87

Skills Report Technology Long-term 87

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 12, 2018

Corporate strategy is complex, and the advice is expensive. This makes corporate strategy an enormous and untapped prize for “robos” and “AI-enabled” expert advice across the entire enterprise; this market is ripe for disruption much the way the financial investing industry was in 2008. ZB by 2020.

Consultative 8

Consultative Strategy Advice McKinsey 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 25, 2012

Most executives teams are surprisingly weak when it comes to strategy thinking, note Michael Birshan and Jayanti Kar in McKinsey Quarterly. To start: learn what strategy really means in your industry. Finance Needs Stewards, Not Toll Collectors (John Kay). Exploring Adjacencies (Strategy Profs). A DIFFERENT DRUM.

Strategy 13

Strategy CIO McKinsey Industry 13

Marshall Goldsmith

FEBRUARY 8, 2018

A leading thinker on strategy and breakthrough innovation. Tammy Erickson – McKinsey award-winning author. Top-rated Clinical Professor of Management and Strategy, Northwestern Kellogg School of Management. Aicha Evans – Senior Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer at Intel Corporation. Former CEOs / Advisors.

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Executive Coaching CEO Magazine Banking 70

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 24, 2011

What makes the matter fascinating to industry watchers, approximately their equivalent of the Charlie Sheen supernova, is that Gupta served three terms as managing director of McKinsey & Co., There has been no suggestion that Gupta betrayed any client confidences in his McKinsey days. from 1994 to 2003. These are not criminal charges.

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McKinsey Consultative Waterman Intellectual Capital 14

Harvard Business Review

JULY 29, 2014

In the July/August issue of HBR , Ram Charan argues that the Chief Human Resources Officer (CHRO) role should be eliminated, with HR responsibilities funneled in two separate directions — administration , led by traditional HR-types, reporting to the CFO; and talent strategy , led by high-potential line managers, reporting to the corner office.

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CFO Charan Intangible Assets Human Resources 11

Harvard Business Review

MAY 15, 2015

New reports from McKinsey and PwC paint a very bleak picture of C-suite succession practices in today’s corporations. Both consultancies have useful advice to help fix the problem: McKinsey describes how to set up effective integration plans, while PwC describes best practices for CEO transitions. Of course not.

Succession 8

Succession Human Capital McKinsey Committee 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

McKinsey and Bloomberg New Energy Finance have estimated that in 50 metropolitan areas worldwide, a rapid transition to advanced mobility systems could yield $600 billion in societal benefits through 2030. Officials who hope to maximize the benefits of advanced mobility might think about several core strategies.

Transportation 11

Transportation Technology GDP Policies 11

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 16, 2015

A 2012 McKinsey Report shows that over a 15 year period companies that shifted more than 56% of their capital across their business units during that period delivered annual return to shareholders that were a third higher than those delivered by companies that allocated roughly the same amount of capital per unit as they had the previous year.

CEO 8

CEO ROIC Cost of Capital Merton 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 1, 2015

McKinsey analyzed more than 3,000 software and online-services firms from a 22-year period, finding that fewer than a third reached $100 million in revenue growth. How many software companies really make it big, at least in terms of revenue? Only a handful of companies reached the elusive $4 billion mark.

Software 8

Software Company McKinsey Incentives 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 31, 2014

Human-capital issues are top-of-mind for CEOs around the world — but their regard for the HR function remains perilously low: In a PwC study , only 34% said that HR is well prepared to capitalize on transformational trends (compared with 56% for finance). Sadly, chief executives aren’t the only ones with this negative perception.

Human Capital 14

Human Capital Charan Human Resources Cost 14

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 29, 2011

A less obvious part of TFA's strategy is, through an intense process of socialization or "imprinting," to create alumni who, according to their website, "gain the conviction and insight necessary to be lifelong leaders for fundamental change, regardless of their professional sector."

Entrepreneur 14

Entrepreneur Education McKinsey Sample 14

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 27, 2015

And a recently released report suggests that Europe’s digital divide problem extends way beyond the Atlantic; Europe is a distant third behind North America and Asia for $100 million plus financing for VC backed companies. According to estimates by McKinsey , if France were to shift into a higher gear and equal the U.K.’s

Crisis 8

Crisis McKinsey Policies Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 17, 2017

Businesses need to organize around long-term strategies for growth and partnership in a sustainable way. Banks are feeling the crunch; according to McKinsey , legacy financial institutions will see profits decline 20%–60% by 2025 if they fail to evolve digitally. The consequences for not doing so can be dire. Insight Center.

Industry 12

Industry Short-term Planning Long-term 12

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 10, 2017

A recent McKinsey report found that while 84% of corporate executives think innovation is key to achieving growth objectives, only 6% are satisfied with the innovation performance of their firm. A third common issue that organizations run into is that they treat innovation as a monolith and limit the strategies available to them.

Innovation 8

Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Previously it focused on quantitative analysis in areas such as finance and operations, with little emphasis on other aspects of organizational life. MBA programs responded by expanding their offerings in areas such as strategy, organizational behavior and leadership.

Supply Chain 19

Supply Chain Reputation Education Learning-by-Doing 19

Harvard Business Review

JULY 3, 2018

It’s easy to see what countries think they have to gain in these efforts: The Ellen MacArthur Foundation , McKinsey , and Accenture believe that enabling CEs will lead to trillions of dollars in savings and is a particularly significant step in protecting the environment.

Policies 8

Policies Asset Management Cost Productivity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 1, 2014

Noelle Galperin was heading up her own strategy-consulting firm when she decided to engage in civic service by joining The Children’s Movement of California, an initiative by the nonprofit Children Now, which advocates for children’s issues. It was time for me to explore paths to leadership in other contexts.” .

Entrepreneur 8

Entrepreneur Politics Policies Budgeting 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 9, 2023

Equitable workplace strategies for fair compensation not only reflect a healthy work culture , they also allow employees to commit better to their roles. percent of senior managerial and directorial roles , according to McKinsey. Equitable workplace strategies for fair compensation involve a diverse workforce as well.

System 52

System How To Benchmarking Diversity 52

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 14, 2016

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute explores this new era of digital globalization. We find that over the last decade, global flows of goods, services, finance, people, and data have contributed at least 10% of world GDP, adding $7.8 Sharpen product strategies for a more digitally connected world.

Globalization 8

Globalization Supply Chain GDP Operations 8

Harvard Business Review

MAY 14, 2013

In an opinion piece , Deloitte CEO Barry Salzberg says that millennials are increasingly thinking of finance, consulting, and corporate jobs as a "a tragedy of wasted minds." But the trend here is clear: Though Goldman Sachs and McKinsey were the top choices for Ivy League graduates five years ago, tech start-ups have now taken that place.

Trends 9

Trends McKinsey Career Marketing 9

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 1, 2016

Recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute (MGI) looked at the state of digitization in sectors across the U.S. Right behind it are media, finance, and professional services, all of which have far more sophisticated digital capabilities than the rest of the economy.

Industry 8

Industry Benchmarking Supply Chain Health Care 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 28, 2012

Google Trends is fast becoming an indispensable tool for many analysts who believe — as Brin does — that the wisdom (and/or delusions) of googling crowds can successfully inform investment strategies worldwide. That's as true for a Walmart or a JCPenney as it is for a McKinsey & Co. or a PricewaterhouseCoopers.

Hedge 15

Hedge Core Competence CFO ROI 15

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 20, 2015

According to estimates from McKinsey, consumers in these markets could be worth $30 trillion by 2025 — a significant step up from the 2010 value of $12 trillion. For most governments, financing the global goals campaigns will be a stretch; governments have already reneged in the past on commitments for similar targets.

Goal 8

Goal Supply Chain Development Globalization 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 27, 2017

Executives who wouldn’t hesitate to automate a factory now flinch at the prospect of deep-learning algorithms dictating their sales strategies and capex. McKinsey, Bain, and BCG are the management models here. The implications of success scare them more than the risk of failure. The Autonomous/Autonomy Advisor.

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Outsourcing Software CAPEX Competitive Advantage 8