Dr. Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus

Director-General, World Health Organization
Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus
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Inside Change: Transforming Your Organization with Emotional Intelligence, Joshua Freedman and Massimiliano Ghini MBA

“The only k (constant) is change, and I believe that instead of waiting for things to change, one should be proactive and give fuel and energy to change, so that it helps you drive your agenda and achieve your goals.”

A World of Three Zeros: The New Economics of Zero Poverty, Zero Unemployment, and Zero Net Carbon Emissions, Muhammad Yunus

“I was honored to receive a copy of the book from Dr. Yunus himself, along with a personal inscription. The topics here are near and dear to my heart and to the WHO as well, and I am looking forward to reading this.”

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Acknowledgments

It takes a village to curate amazing lists from this rather busy group of leaders from all over the world. We would like to thank Nikhil Deogun, Mitra S. Kalita, Gabriella Stern, Rebecca Lowell Edwards, Steve Lipin, Sara Blask, Karen Wickre, Ailish Campbell, Anya Schiffrin, Tom Weber, Shernaz Daver, Jose Zamora, and Judi Mackey for their help.

Within McKinsey Global Publishing, Mike Borruso, Heather Byer, Philip Mathew, Louis Vizzi, Dan Redding, and Torea Frey were instrumental in making this year’s list come alive.

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