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A female CEO is climbing out of a cut-out hole in a paper flowchart.
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Seeing CEO blind spots
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An isometric illustration features a group of individuals dressed in business attire standing on interlocking gears. The people are depicted in blue, while the gears are silver.
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Scaling the 21st-century leadership factory
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A woman in a business suit stands on a blue platform, speaking energetically into a red megaphone. Behind her, a blue shadow on the light-blue background mimics her pose, also holding a megaphone.
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The CEO’s role as chief storyteller
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A mature businesswoman in a green blazer and glasses is speaking confidently while gesturing with her hands during a boardroom meeting.
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The inner game of women CEOs
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Featured experts

Carolyn Dewar
Bay Area
Delivers large-scale performance-improvement programs that foster culture change and counsels senior executives making leadership...
Blair Epstein
Bay Area
Helps CEOs and leaders transform their organizations at scale, from strategy to execution
Scott Keller
Southern California
New York Times bestselling author and trusted advisor to boards, CEOs, and senior leadership teams, with whom he guides multiyear,...
Gautam Kumra
Singapore
Chairman of McKinsey’s offices in Asia; helps McKinsey’s clients in Asia create change that matters, by building leading institutions...
Vik Malhotra
New York
Focuses on counseling CEOs and Boards on performance transformation, corporate strategy, governance, growth strategies, organizational...
Joydeep Sengupta
Singapore
Leads McKinsey’s Center for CEO Excellence in Asia and works with leading companies to transform their businesses
Sander Smits
Amsterdam
Transforms operational performance and optimizes research and development for leading companies in the advanced industries sector...
Mukund Sridhar
Singapore
Leads McKinsey’s Real Estate Practice in Asia and Travel, Logistics & Infrastructure Practice in Southeast Asia; co-founder and...
Kurt Strovink
New York
Leads our CEO services globally and serves on our Shareholders Council, McKinsey’s board of directors; advises life- and wealth-management,...