McKinsey Transformation

What do you want to become?

McKinsey Transformation powers comprehensive, rapid, and enduring organizational change.

This is where talent meets audacity. From overhauling operations and rapidly unlocking new sources of value to powering new levels of sustained growth, we give our clients the confidence to aim high, surpassing their expectations and turning bold strategies into reality—all at a pace they didn’t think possible.

1,110+

transformations

$100B+

CFO-certified impact

500K+

employees upskilled

WHAT WE DO

Exceed your aspirations

We push for far-reaching ambition beyond performance improvement to unlock an organization’s full potential for transformation

Inspire your talent

We engage and energize people across an entire business, inspiring an organization’s talent to not just think differently but to act

Set a new pace of working

We drive execution and track impact at a relentless pace, where people, processes, and tools work together seamlessly

Build change that lasts

We share our clients’ priorities and targets for enduring change, undertaking bold commercial agreements aligned to create business value

Types of Transformation

McKinsey Transformation experts work across all industries and sectors on large-scale, cross-functional transformations, covering a wide range of topics, including:

Agile coaching

Cost reduction

Customer experience

DE&I

Digital transformation

IT & data transformation

Leadership development

New business building & M&A

Organizational effectiveness

Supply chain & procurement

Sustainable growth & ESG strategy

Workforce transformation

Impact stories

How a major New Zealand retailer reinvented itself around customer satisfaction

– The Warehouse Group partnered with McKinsey on a complete transformation, improving customer experience, upskilling employees, and expanding its carbon neutral vision—all while growing its bottom line.

A logistics company embraces bold transformation

ECU Worldwide, one of the largest less-than-container-load shipping companies in the world, chose to innovate during the COVID-19 pandemic, working with McKinsey to become tech enabled and revamp its organizational structure.

THE METHOD

We’ve refined our distinctive method to improve cross-functional business performance, providing organizations with a tailored path to success, digital and tech-enabled tools, capability-building programs, and support from our industry-leading change delivery experts.

Our approach to transformation helps clients build a strategy that can create sustainable and inclusive growth, and considers impact through five dimensions: Financial & Operational, Employee, Customer, Capability, and Environmental & Social.

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THE TRANSFORMATION JOURNEY

Our proven method for orchestrating resilient change, combined with hands-on experience, has delivered remarkable results. With transformational leadership, we drive execution and track impact at a relentless pace.

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FEATURED EXPERTS

We have specialized transformation leaders from across functions and industries, including former CEOs, CFOs, COOs of public companies, as well as capability-building experts, certified change facilitators, and technology practitioners.

1K+

experienced transformation specialists

50+

former CEOs, CFOs, COOs of public companies and major enterprises

5,800+

technology practitioners

Albert Chang

Senior Partner, Taipei
Brings deep experience in leading performance improvements in the high-tech and advanced electronics industries through comprehensive digital transformations; cofounder of the Asia Industrial Internet of Things (IoT) Hub.

Louisa Greco

Partner, Toronto
Advises clients on the development and implementation of large-scale transformation programs for substantial performance and health improvement; brings more than 15 years of senior leadership experience in healthcare and consumer products sectors.

Rami Goldfajn

Senior Partner, São Paulo
Regularly guides companies through various forms of transformation — from restructuring to “good to great” to sustainable, inclusive growth. He leads the People and Organizational Performance practice in Latin America, and previously served transforming organizations in executive and board roles.

Sandra Sancier-Sultan

Senior Partner, Paris
Leads Global Reinvention for the Transformation practice, partnering with clients to deliver transformational change through hypergrowth, digital and analytics, sustainability, and/or M&A. She also leads the Sustainability practice in France, and is an author of our Women Matter reports.

McKinsey Transformation Events

Meet our experts and discuss with peers how to transform your organization, turn bold ideas into reality, and drive accountability at every stage of a transformation.

Featured insights

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Ready, set, go, and keep going: Why speed is key to a successful transformation

– In today’s business environment, companies seeking to transform all or part of their businesses need to create value quickly.
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What is business transformation?

– Business transformations are designed to boost overall performance through increased revenue, lower operating costs, and better customer satisfaction and workforce productivity.
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Meet the newest member of the consumer C-suite: The chief transformation officer

– More consumer companies are turning to chief transformation officers, but the role is often ill-defined. Here’s how organizations can empower this crucial position to drive holistic change.

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