Experience to Lead

JANUARY 25, 2022

Faculty members from the school’s France and Singapore campuses often contribute to the blog, sharing their latest research on leadership, strategy, innovation and more. Great for in-depth, research-based articles on leadership and workplace trends. The McKinsey Podcast. Check this out: Decision Making in the Era of AI.

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Blog Leadership McKinsey Globalization 52

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 7, 2013

I hope that at least a few of these recent posts will be of interest to you: BOOK REVIEWS The Four Steps to the Epiphany: Successful Strategies for Products that Win Steven Gary Blank Your Survival Instinct Is Killing You: Retrain Your Brain to Conquer Fear, Make Better Decisions, and Thrive in the 21st [.].

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Govindarajan Blog Rogers McKinsey 80

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. Diversity is the bedrock of innovation. . Click on the diagram to see the full McKinsey Report: Mapping the Value of Employee Collaboration.

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Competitive Advantage McKinsey Creativity Diversity 282

Experience to Lead

AUGUST 27, 2024

The content of this article is a sample of our recent report, “The Future of L&D 2024.” A digital tsunami: According to a 2023 survey by McKinsey & Company, remote work adoption increased threefold during the pandemic, with around 20–25% of the global workforce working remotely multiple days a week.

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Osborne Efficiency Training Environment 52

Lead on Purpose

AUGUST 14, 2009

Today’s post is a link to Stewart Rogers ‘ blog the Strategic Product Manager , which contains several great leadership quotes from McKinsey. Take a few minutes and learn about Leadership Lessons from McKinsey. 2 Responses Stewart Rogers , on August 18, 2009 at 6:40 am said: Thanks for the mention! Thanks a million!

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Rogers McKinsey Leadership Taylorism 100

First Friday Book Synopsis

APRIL 5, 2011

Here are brief excerpts from two articles featured by McKinsey & Company. I suggest you read them in the order in which they appear here, then click where indicated to read each in its entirety. I presume to suggest, further, that you register to receive email updates on other resources that are also available at [.].

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Crisis McKinsey Resources Article 80

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

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 11, 2017

Companies and government agencies often make the mistake of viewing innovation as a set of unconstrained activities with no discipline. In reality, for innovation to contribute to a company or government agency, it needs to be designed as a process from start to deployment. As the head of the U.S.

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Process Innovation Incubator Committee 14

Mills Scofield

APRIL 15, 2014

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. 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. Photo: Stephanie Alvarez Ewens CS : Absolutely.

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Efficiency Energy Senge Resources 132

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. Even if executives try to prioritize it, innovation often gets crowded out by more “urgent” short-term pressures.

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Innovation P&L ROI Long-term 8

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

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

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."

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McKinsey Efficiency Long-term Analysis 14

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 5, 2017

The McKinsey Global Institute, in conjunction with FCLT Global, recently released research stating that long-term-oriented companies perform better than those that focus on short-term results. FCLT and McKinsey rely on readily available and machine-readable accounting data to measure myopia.

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EPS Metrics Depreciation Short-term 9

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 30, 2017

Even more striking, new research from the McKinsey Global Institute analyzes firm-level financial results and finds a stark contrast in performance between the biggest U.S. Past work by McKinsey found that inefficiencies in manufacturer-supplier interactions add up to roughly 5% of development, tooling, and product costs in the auto industry.

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Supply Chain McKinsey Incentives Bottom-up 8

Harvard Business Review

APRIL 17, 2018

Sarah Williamson is the CEO of FCLTGlobal (formerly Focusing Capital on the Long Term), an organization cofounded in 2016 by BlackRock, CPPIB, Dow Chemical, McKinsey, and Tata Sons to encourage a longer-term focus in business and investment decision making. Small Firms Are Not More Innovative. R&D Seldom Walks Out the Door.

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Long-term Innovation Technology Stage-Gate 10

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.

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Industry McKinsey Early Adopters Rate of Return 8

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 25, 2018

In our recent research at the McKinsey Global Institute, we examined the superstar phenomenon across firms, as well as sectors and cities. In this article, we will focus mostly on firms, but with some brief commentary on sectors and cities at the end. Productivity can help; but it is not enough to achieve superstardom.

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Industry Company GDP Bottom-up 13

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 23, 2012

Just a few weeks ago Harvard Business Review and McKinsey & Co. opened the first leg of their 2012/13 M-Prize challenge: " Innovating Innovation." The concept of portfolio management is not new, but only a small handful of companies have developed sophisticated yet usable systems to manage their innovation portfolio.

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Case Study Uncertainty McKinsey Innovation 8

Harvard Business Review

JULY 13, 2016

McKinsey Glog research finds that China is expected to spend 12.5% And North American millennials don’t trust company claims about their products, but are happy to let a room in their house to a stranger who they trust because of an Airbnb rating. Young people in China are learning to love coffee.

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Marketing McKinsey Globalization Transportation 8

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 11, 2018

.” A 10-year McKinsey study on flow found that top executives are up to 500% more productive when they’re in a state of flow. The Modern Organization Sabotages Productivity. How to Foster a Shorter, More Productive Workday. ” Fried agreed, saying that he gets into flow for about half the day.

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Outsourcing Stress Products Productivity 15

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 17, 2018

New research from the McKinsey Global Institute simulates the potential global macroeconomic impact of five powerful technologies (computer vision, natural language, virtual assistants, robotic process automation, and advanced machine learning). But how will AI impact the economy in broad terms?

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GDP McKinsey Long-term Technology 10

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 21, 2016

The United States takes pride in being on the cutting edge of all things digital, and rightly so: American innovations and innovators have led the way. Yet according to recent research from the McKinsey Global Institute, the U.S. We calculate that if the U.S. We calculate that if the U.S.

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Company Technology Innovation GDP 8

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 14, 2017

A recent McKinsey report suggests that fewer than 30% of organizations are able to find the right C-suite leaders, and that newly appointed executives take too long to adapt. The odds of success will be slim, and some leaders may be so disruptive in their intentions that they may harm morale and productivity, or end up disrupting themselves.

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McKinsey Self-aware Motivation Report 15

Harvard Business Review

MARCH 30, 2016

Research by McKinsey shows that, on average, 30% of corporate earnings are at stake when it comes to a company’s relationships with society. As a global survey conducted by McKinsey shows, only 21% of business executives think their company frequently engages successfully. The current model is not working. Engage radically.

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Company McKinsey Short-term Long-term 8

Harvard Business Review

SEPTEMBER 19, 2011

According to chairman and CEO Timothy Smucker, 67, who is now stepping down to hand the jars to his younger brother Richard, 63, "Volume gains in the fruit spreads category were supported by investments in advertising and product innovation." A focus on innovating consumer experiences, not company products.

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Brand Strategic Fit Retail McKinsey 13

Harvard Business Review

JULY 9, 2018

For example, in Berlin alone, the list includes Axel Springer, Bayer, Lufthansa, McKinsey, Boston Consulting Group, EON, RWE, Deutsche Bahn, Metro and ProSieben — all have established accelerator programs that aim to cultivate an entrepreneurial mindset and disrupt existing business models. Seeing bottom-up initiatives through.

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Bottom-up Operations Training Efficiency 9

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 21, 2016

Hoping to alleviate their concerns, this article also provides concrete examples of how sustainability benefits the bottom line. McKinsey reports that the value at stake from sustainability concerns can be as a high as 70% of earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization. Fostering innovation.

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Supply Chain Price Loyalty Efficiency 8

Harvard Business Review

NOVEMBER 4, 2016

A 2015 McKinsey report on 366 public companies found that those in the top quartile for ethnic and racial diversity in management were 35% more likely to have financial returns above their industry mean, and those in the top quartile for gender diversity were 15% more likely to have returns above the industry mean.

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Diversity Team Price Sharpe 8

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 14

Harvard Business Review

JUNE 29, 2016

The impact of “social entrepreneurs” — individuals who deploy innovation and market forces to fill social needs — is growing. The research, conducted with analytical support from McKinsey and funding from Omidyar Network, included interviews with 37 investors and 10 social enterprise leaders.

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Entrepreneur Glocalization Survey McKinsey 15

Harvard Business Review

DECEMBER 4, 2017

But I think the interesting part comes when they start to see it as an opportunity for innovations that are financially beneficial as well as socially beneficial. The result will be innovation. There’s $12 trillion in business opportunities for solving sustainability challenges. They’re so far removed from it.

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Project Advice Henderson Short-term 8

HR Digest

NOVEMBER 1, 2022

According to a recent McKinsey survey, roughly a quarter of employers think they are keeping more low-performing employees than they were a year ago. When it comes to reducing employee attrition, develop the skills necessary to cover crucial skills shortages, and draw in new talent, employers must be deliberate and innovative.

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Attrition How To McKinsey Survey 52

Harvard Business Review

OCTOBER 4, 2016

Nearly 20 years have passed since McKinsey introduced the idea of a war for talent , yet most organizations seem to struggle with their talent management practices. Developing Tomorrow’s Leaders. Sponsored by Korn Ferry. How talent management is changing. But how much does talent actually matter? Talent is easy to measure and predict.

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Talent Management Emotional Intelligence McKinsey Motivation 14

Harvard Business Review

AUGUST 30, 2018

Although cross-border data flows grew 45x between 2005 and 2014, according to a McKinsey analysis , events since 2014 have pushed the pendulum to swing away from unconstrained data globalization. Many governments are currently rethinking their policies regarding cross-border data flows. Data Is Deglobalizing.

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Supply Chain Globalization GAAP Policies 10

Harvard Business Review

FEBRUARY 16, 2016

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. At McKinsey, we’ve been working on this issue with our own colleagues as well as with business leaders. Solving problems effectively.

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Leadership McKinsey Stress Creativity 8

Harvard Business Review

JANUARY 3, 2011

They also need a methodical approach for making things better — a reliable approach for generating improvement and innovation. See the HBR articles "Fixing Health Care from the Inside, Today" and "Fixing Health Care on the Front Lines" for what this looks like in practice.)

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Health Care Kaizen McKinsey Operations 15