McKinsey quote of the day

“I would say the number-one hack—and it is a completely legal hack—to upgrade and fast-track a career is to get the right mentors. Whether it is reverse mentoring, whether it is in senior positions, whatever it might be, get the right mentors in place.”

Radu Palamariu, managing director of Asia–Pacific and Europe for Alcott Global, on advice he would give people who are just getting on the executive ladder in a recent episode of McKinsey Talks Operations