Insights on People and Organizational Performance
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The agentic organization: Contours of the next paradigm for the AI era
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Companies are moving toward a new paradigm of humans working together with virtual and physical AI agents to create value. We share lessons from early adopters—and what you can do next.
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Change is changing: How to meet the challenge of radical reinvention
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The core task of leadership is managing change—seeing new realities and driving adaptation. To reinvent the organization,...
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Six shifts to build the agentic organization of the future
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AI—particularly agentic AI—is changing how organizations operate and how people create value. To capture the full promise of...
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A new operating model for a new world
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While your strategic goals may be the right ones, is the organization built to achieve them? New research reveals a dynamic system...
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The future of work is agentic
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The digital workforce is happening. Here’s what it may look like when humans are working side by side with AI agents—and...
Organize to Value
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How the right operating model can close your performance gap
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Stop tinkering with your org chart. Start rethinking your operating model—and closing the gap between strategy and performance as a result.
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Keep it simple and keep moving: An interview with Claudia Toussaint
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Operating model redesigns are complex undertakings. Xylem’s chief people officer believes the company has found a winning formula by simplifying its goals and focusing on culture.
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The new rules for getting your operating model redesign right
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The goal of a redesign is to increase value, but failure rates are high. New research updates classic rules of redesign to help leaders flip the odds of success.
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Multinationals at a crossroads: Adapting to a new geopolitical era
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Leaders of multinational companies are grappling with fundamental questions about how to operate globally in a fragmenting world. The answer lies in reimagining their organizations for an evolving business environment.
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People & Organization Blog
Short and snackable insights on topics related to people, talent management, organizational performance, purpose, agility, culture, change management, people analytics, leadership, and merger management from our experienced leaders at the forefront of today’s trends.
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Redefine AI upskilling as a change imperative
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By approaching upskilling and reskilling for AI as a holistic change journey, organizations can achieve lasting adoption, strengthen...
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HR’s transformative role in an agentic future
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As agentic AI transforms how work gets done, HR leaders have the unique opportunity to shape the workforce transformation ahead....
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Rethink management and talent for agentic AI
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Seizing the full potential of agentic AI requires putting the “M” in manager and the “T” in talent.
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Six shifts to build the agentic organization of the future
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AI—particularly agentic AI—is changing how organizations operate and how people create value. To capture the full promise of...
Featured Podcast
McKinsey Talks Talent
Listen in to learn how to navigate a fast-changing landscape and prepare for the future of work by turning talent into competitive advantage. McKinsey partners Bryan Hancock and Brooke Weddle lead discussions with globally recognized experts and thought leaders on talent, transformational change, and leadership development.
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What leaders can learn from Homeboy Industries
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Workforce shortages, skills gaps, and untapped talent: Here’s how companies can rethink who’s capable and why.
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Building a talent pipeline for the AI era
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AI is upending what we do and how we do it. Forward-looking leaders are forging partnerships to help employees develop new skills—and clearer career pathways—at scale.
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Talent wins: The growing business of women’s sports
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With new leagues, growing audiences, and rising valuations, women’s sports is scaling fast. Infrastructure, strategy, and investment are helping transform it into a sustainable, high-growth industry.
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How the right operating model can close your performance gap
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Stop tinkering with your org chart. Start rethinking your operating model—and closing the gap between strategy and performance as a result.
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Featured publications
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The Broken Rung
The broken rung is a phenomenon even more pervasive than the glass ceiling in holding women back from career success. This book explains this phenomenon and provides strategies for moving up the corporate ladder and reaching full potential.
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The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead From the Inside Out
This book is the first-ever explanation of McKinsey’s step-by-step approach to transforming leaders, including revealing lessons from its legendary CEO leadership program, “The Bower Forum,” which has counseled five-hundred-plus global CEOs over the past decade.
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Power to the Middle
With rich stories and cutting-edge research, Power to the Middle offers a new model for companies to radically alter the way they hire, train, and reward their most valuable asset: managers, the true center of the organization.
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Deliberate Calm
A trio of McKinsey & Company veterans draws from a unique combination of psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness practices plus a combined 50-plus years of international board room experience to offer a unique approach to learning and leading with awareness and intentional choice, even amidst the most challenging circumstances.