The McKinsey Quarterly’s yearlong 60th-anniversary celebration continues with a special issue on the future of leadership, available now. Meet the authors of the issue’s articles including the cover story “The art of 21st-century leadership: From succession planning to building a leadership factory,” and “Developing a resilient, adaptable workforce for an uncertain future.” Plus, check out the new interactive, “The future of the office,” which brings data to life with visualizations of office space evolution in San Francisco, Tokyo, and London. This, along with yearlong “Q60” content and other bonus digital offerings are available to you with a free digital Quarterly membership.
Gemma D’Auria, Milan
Gemma is the global coleader of the specialty retail industry and McKinsey’s Apparel, Fashion & Luxury sector. She partners with companies and their executives on holistic transformations to accelerate sustainable growth and create lasting change in performance and health. Gemma advises clients on growth strategies, customer experience, commercial topics, advanced analytics and digital transformations, as well as capability-building at scale.
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Carolyn Dewar, Bay Area
Carolyn founded and coleads McKinsey’s CEO excellence work, coaching many Fortune 100 CEOs to maximize their effectiveness in the role. She also works extensively with clients to drive organizational effectiveness at pivotal moments—such as merger, strategic shift, and crisis—and lead large-scale performance improvement programs integrating strategic, operational, and cultural initiatives. Carolyn is a coauthor of the bestselling book, CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.
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Arne Gast, Amsterdam
Arne is at the core of our People & Organizational Performance practice and is the global leader of McKinsey’s change offerings. He is also the cofounder and current chair of Aberkyn, McKinsey’s specialized change leadership facilitation group. He has extensive experience across Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, and works across diverse sectors such as retail platforms, financial institutions, telecommunications, energy, airlines, and public services.
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Dana Maor, Tel Aviv
Dana is the global cohead and European leader of our People & Organizational Performance Practice. Passionate about talent and leadership, she has guided many organizations through the process of establishing leadership-development platforms for top executives and has helped architect capability-building programs to reskill employees for changing workforce needs. Dana is a coauthor of the bestselling book, The Journey of Leadership.
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Ramesh Srinivasan, New York
Ramesh has extensive experience working on a broad range of organizational change-related topics in a variety of industries, including high-tech, healthcare, banking, and industrial companies. He also has considerable expertise in merger management, organizational design, talent and leadership development, performance management, and capability building. Ramesh is the Dean of the Bower Forum, McKinsey’s program for CEO learning, and is a coauthor of the bestselling book, The Journey of Leadership.
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Kurt Strovink, New York
Kurt leads McKinsey’s global CEO services and has previously led the firm’s global work in the insurance sector, the Strategy & Corporate Finance Practice in the Americas, the Global Client Council serving priority clients of the firm, and the New York Office as its managing partner. He is a senior partner in the firm’s financial institutions group and has led major McKinsey governance efforts, including reshaping senior partners’ evaluation and development. Kurt is a coauthor of the bestselling book, The Journey of Leadership.
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