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Transformation

Changing trajectories through holistic interventions in performance, capabilities, and health

The world is changing fast—and organizations must change to unlock their full potential.

Yet research shows that most efforts to fundamentally change the trajectory of an organization fail. McKinsey’s broad suite of transformation offerings helps clients flip the odds to achieve extraordinary results for their organizations. Our transformation approaches are underpinned by proprietary tools and technologies to enable real, sustained change.

Enterprise-wide performance lift
A unique approach to sustained performance improvement, with a core focus on execution, capabilities, and growth
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Tech-enabled performance transformation
A holistic approach to technological change for organizations seeking the next level in performance
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Strategic transformation
A rapid investor perspective to identify the big moves required to maximize and sustain shareholder-value creation
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RTS
RTS is a special unit of McKinsey that delivers a proven approach to radical and sustainable improvement of performance, health, and capabilities.

Ability to Execute
At a time when the world is facing unprecedented pressures, McKinsey’s Ability to Execute platform has created a new, complimentary capability-building program to help companies and their people quickly build skills to navigate the COVID-19 crisis and the recovery.

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Changing trajectories

Successful transformation requires a rigorous, holistic approach. Hear from our practitioners what makes our approach to transformation unique.
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The five truths of successful transformation

No one sets out to fail—there are many decision points along the way that lead to transformation failure. However, in partnering with more than 100 organizations across different industries, geographies, and starting points, we have observed five truths common to successful transformations.

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Perspectives on transformation

How can companies overcome the odds and achieve long-term success with an organization-wide transformation? Our video series looks closer at all the moving parts.
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Why your next transformation should be ‘all in’
– Improve the odds of a successful business transformation by going “all in” to kick-start performance and remake your portfolio.
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A primer in resilience: Maximizing value beyond earnings
– Empowering the finance organization to take decisive action to strengthen the balance sheet is critical to achieving organizational... resilience.
Article - McKinsey Quarterly

The numbers behind successful transformations
– Crunching the numbers on transformations suggests good news for companies that go broad, move fast and renew often, prioritize... health, and keep stretching their aspirations.
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Wave

A next-generation impact tracking platform that ensures superior execution and value delivery for large-scale transformation programs, while helping organizations benchmark progress against their peers

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