N2Growth Blog

NOVEMBER 15, 2022

They are subject matter experts in their field, the brightest minds, and equipped with the immense technical skills and experience to be at the helm of the world’s most powerful and disruptive companies. But a study by McKinsey revealed that in today’s business landscape, employees also want to feel valued by their organization.

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Executive Coaching Execution Self-aware Company 318

Strategy Driven

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

A McKinsey survey found that 82% of companies don’t believe they recruit highly talented people, and only 7% think they can retain top talent once hired. This commitment to employee growth can be a strong retention tool, as employees value the opportunity to enhance their skills and advance their careers within the organization.

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Operations Loyalty Efficiency Human Capital 115

Strategy Driven

AUGUST 11, 2023

A study by the Harvard Business Review reveals that prioritizing effective communication amplifies collaboration and innovation, propelling companies 50% ahead of competitors. Conflict resolution skills navigate challenges adeptly, cementing commitment. These skills fortify internal bonds and client ties seamlessly.

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Training Active Listening Bond McKinsey 109

CO2

FEBRUARY 7, 2024

The skills that brought you to your current position might not be the ones that will carry you to the next summit. 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.

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Leadership McKinsey Innovation Learning-by-Doing 78

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. This young continent, with a median age of around twenty, is an eager adopter and innovator in all things digital and mobile.” And technology? Africa is the next growth market.

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N2Growth Blog

OCTOBER 25, 2021

He highlighted the need for change as the main prerequisite of a successful transformation; being ex-McKinsey and a public official before this current role, Boris’s whole career revolved around extensive transformation processes. Therefore, it’s critical to hire an experienced CTO.

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CTO Shaw Short-term Agility 392

Great Leadership By Dan

JULY 30, 2020

McKinsey predicts that by 2030, over 25 million jobs in the United States will be automated. There are four uniquely human skills that currently meet that criteria: 1. Being able to manage one’s emotions; generate positive emotions; and be highly sensitive to the emotional state of others will be important human skills.

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Career Learning-by-Doing McKinsey Technology 231

Experience to Lead

JANUARY 29, 2024

Whether you’re an experienced leader or an aspiring one, there’s always room for growth and development by embracing more innovative management styles. These podcasts are a valuable resource for anyone looking to refine their leadership skills and strategies.

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Emotional Intelligence Blanchard Leadership McKinsey 52

Lead Change Blog

NOVEMBER 22, 2019

A number of recent surveys from McKinsey research have identified three traits that are becoming leadership imperatives to respond to this growing demand for social accountability. In 2015, the World Economic Forum predicted that emotional intelligence would be one of the top 10 skills demanded by employers by 2020. Transparency.

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Emotional Intelligence Supply Chain Short-term Leadership 209

The Horizons Tracker

JULY 1, 2020

It’s shown what can be possible when the ‘burning platform’ is sufficiently hot, but the digital skills of NHS staff remains an enduring challenge, not least in terms of their data literacy. ” A new report from EIT Health and McKinsey therefore offers a timely opportunity to gauge progress. ” New roles.

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Skills Report Technology Long-term 87

The Horizons Tracker

SEPTEMBER 26, 2023

In The Ecosystem Economy , McKinsey’s Venkat Atluri and Miklos Dietz paint a picture of the future of education that will see the ways in which we learn transformed. As the labor market loosens, however, there is a growing call for recruitment to be based more on skills than on credentials. Salesforce is urging the U.K.

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Education Learning-by-Doing Skills McKinsey 110

CoachStation

AUGUST 26, 2022

Developing the skills to engage team members is important. In years to come, when equilibrium between employers and employees normalises, the investment in these skills now will be returned in spades. As a leader you are obligated to develop your skills to influence and support each and every team member.

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Motivation McKinsey Attrition Influence 130

Career Advancement

AUGUST 12, 2019

These roles and responsibilities include: Decision-making roles, which involve innovating ideas, instituting change, resolving conflict, and allocating company resources such as payroll and inventory. By contrast, McKinsey & Company is an organization that demonstrates the benefits of developing leaders who stand out.

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Quality Leadership McKinsey Training 166

First Friday Book Synopsis

MAY 6, 2013

Eccher Peter Gray: Part 2 Rob Goffee Rutger von Post strategy+business talent management The McKinsey Quarterly The Referral Engine These Soft Skills Can Go a Long Way Thomas Williams Zig Zag' Lawler III Gareth Jones HBR How to Use Your Online Network to Test Ideas John Jantsch Keith Sawyer Management Tip of the Day motivation Paul H.

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Kleiner Schein Blog McKinsey 80

Skip Prichard

AUGUST 2, 2019

Complex problem solving is the core skill for 21st century teams. 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. New Skills Required. Norman Vincent Peale.

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Disaggregation McKinsey Skills Gordon 80

N2Growth Blog

SEPTEMBER 28, 2020

These Human Resource leaders represent the top 25 human resources leaders shaping careers, culture, and talent at the world’s most innovative people driven companies. 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.

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Human Resources Globalization Diversity Resources 469

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 24, 2022

Moving projects from research into production was proving challenging, whether due to the lack of skills, the need for processes to be re-engineered, or various other factors that hampered the scaling of AI successfully. Signs of change. A survey conducted this year by NewVantage suggests things are changing.

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Company Survey McKinsey Project 89

The Horizons Tracker

FEBRUARY 24, 2021

Historically, immigrants have helped America lead the world in technological innovation,” the authors say. This was emphasized clearly by research from McKinsey a few years ago, which highlighted that 35% of the 247 million or so people who live outside their country of birth are highly skilled migrants with at least a tertiary education.

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Policies McKinsey Innovation Globalization 95

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 4, 2023

The World Bank has projected a 9 million skilled and semi-skilled ICT workers shortage to affect Indonesia between 2015-2030. It takes an active HR department and research team to keep their eyes on shifting trends in order to find innovative ways to retain employees.

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Process Attrition Trends Training 59

HR Digest

OCTOBER 1, 2020

Some researchers argue that innovative technologies could create more wealth, increase productivity and diverse jobs in the end by eliminating unpleasant rote work. A recent McKinsey study estimated that as many as half of current jobs could be automated, and predicted 400 million jobs worldwide will be automated into nothingness by 2030.

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McKinsey Class Short-term Human Resources 59

HR Digest

FEBRUARY 7, 2022

In fact, it were the L&D teams that were instrumental in bringing about wider acceptance of innovative measures, processes and strategies, including reimagining how employees learn to work in a digitized world. According to Mckinsey & Company , “Leaders have an essential role to play in developing solutions to tackle these challenges.”

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Efficiency Operations Training Diversity 105

The Horizons Tracker

MAY 30, 2023

A global survey of nurses undertaken by the consultancy firm McKinsey in the summer of 2022 highlighted the perilous state of the sector. Not only is the healthcare sector facing a chronic skills shortage today, but it is also estimated that the number of jobs in the sector will grow by 13% by 2031.

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Participative McKinsey Engineering Survey 98

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Then there are fresh takes on Zoomers–the most recent college graduates.

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Company Diversity Career Quality 98

The Horizons Tracker

OCTOBER 30, 2019

Consulting giant McKinsey recently argued that the talk about Asian economic hegemony has been largely underestimated. This lack of technological legacy has enabled such a rapid pace of innovation to unfold that the majority of financial transactions are now completed via mobile phones. Digital dominance.

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Marketing McKinsey Innovation GDP 40

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 24, 2018

Take the case of Dominic Barton, who served as the Global Managing Director of McKinsey & Company from 2009-2018. When I later became head of McKinsey Asia, he helped me see that I had to hire a solid COO to work with me—which substantially increased my leadership effectiveness in that bigger role.”

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Skills McKinsey COO Handbook 15

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

If I’m going to fly, I have to trust the airline to have sane, sober, skilled, alert pilots. As we let ourselves be vulnerable, we also leave ourselves more open to new ideas, new ways of thinking which leads to empathy and innovation. DMS : Which is why ‘soft-skills’ are so critical in our complex world.

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Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

ExactHire - Leadership

JUNE 3, 2022

According to some, they are driven more by salary than a good opportunity to learn new skills, and so at the drop of a dime will job hop for a slightly better salary. The skill shortage is real, and all the data points to the power of a diverse workforce. Then there are fresh takes on Zoomers–the most recent college graduates.

Company 52

Company Diversity Career Quality 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2012

In the creative economy, innovation is more important than ever. Innovation is the only insurance against irrelevance. Innovation, in operations, products, business models and ecosystems, isn't merely a competitive advantage, it's the competitive advantage. We all get it: innovation is the lifeblood of every organization.

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Innovation Process Competitive Advantage McKinsey 15

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. The final category is organizational health , which measures whether the company has the people, skills, and culture to sustain and improve its performance.

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ROIC Balanced Scorecard Metrics McKinsey 62

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 27, 2019

The analysis revealed a profound bifurcation in the job market, with the split dividing the low-skill and low-wage jobs from the high-skill and high-wage senior positions. They typically require very specific and narrowly-defined skills that a much smaller pool of candidates possess.

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Diversity Class Education Analysis 50

The Horizons Tracker

AUGUST 1, 2019

The alarming nature of the statistic understandably triggered considerable discussion, with various other bodies, from the OECD to McKinsey producing similar research complete with their own predictions for the future of work.

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Technology Short-term Osborne Long-term 64

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 31, 2014

One of the first, and most lasting, pieces of career advice I received came from Linda Bush, my first project manager when I was a wee pup working at McKinsey & Company. Research by Hal Gregersen and Jeffrey Dyer in fact shows that questioning is one of the behaviors that successful innovators share.

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Innovation Disruptive Innovation Learning-by-Doing Participative 11

ExactHire - Leadership

MAY 5, 2021

In 2015, McKinsey and Company found that companies with a diverse workforce performed 15 to 35 percent better than the national industry median. McKinsey followed up with a 2018 report that echoed the finding of the first: diversity is good for the bottom line. Diversity in the workplace is good for the bottom line.

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Diversity Compliance McKinsey Bottom-up 111

First Friday Book Synopsis

FEBRUARY 10, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Creative Conspiracy: The New Rules of Breakthrough Collaboration Leigh Thompson This Will Make You Smarter: New Scientific Concepts to Improve Your Thinking John Brockman, Editor Unrelenting Innovation: How to Build a Culture for Market Dominance Gerard [.].

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Blog Creativity Review Innovation 89

First Friday Book Synopsis

NOVEMBER 25, 2012

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS Managing Global Innovation: Frameworks for Integrating Capabilities Around the World Yves Doz and Keeley Wilson Leading at the Edge: Leadership Lessons from the Extraordinary Saga of Shackleton’s Antarctic Expedition (Second Edition) Dennis N.

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Blog Globalization Review Innovation 80

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. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.”

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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. Recent research has shown that “high purpose” companies — those who have a point of view on social issues, innovate with purpose, and have a commitment to society — outperform “low purpose companies.”

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Mission Statement Leadership Organization Core Competence 78