As a leader in the firm’s People & Organizational Performance Practice, Brooke helps organizations across the world achieve sustained performance through transformation. Globally, she leads the Change Leaders Forum, our executive capability-building series on transformational change, and our organizational work in advanced industries (aerospace and defense, automotive, and electronics). In addition, she leads the firm’s culture-and-change management work in North America.
Most recently, Brooke led the firm’s portfolio of digital solutions, overseeing global client delivery of proprietary analytics tools for performance and health transformations. Brooke helped build the portfolio which now encompasses more than 15 solutions deployed across hundreds of clients. It includes the Organizational Health Index, OrgLab, and People Analytics, among others.
In her more than 14 years as a consultant, Brooke has worked with company leaders to achieve organizational transformations across diverse industries and regions, including Asia, Latin America, the Middle East, and North America.
Examples of her recent client work include the following:
- shaping the digital transformation at a leading aerospace and defense company
- designing the talent strategy and transformation approach for a government-services company
- leading transformation at an international healthcare company to drive more speed
- guiding an effort for a medical supplies conglomerate that resulted in both operating-model redesign and cultural transformation
- leading more than 100 deployments of the Organizational Health Index, including work at some of the largest financial, mining, consumer packaged goods, and high-tech companies in North America and Asia
Brooke frequently publishes on organizational topics and speaks at relevant conferences. She is a member of the Economic Club of DC, and leads executive roundtables on talent priorities in the area.
Prior to joining McKinsey, Brooke served as a US Department of State Fulbright scholar in Peru.
Published work
“Rising tide: How private equity can lift the shipbuilding industry,” McKinsey & Company, April 2025
“The surprising state of employee health,” McKinsey & Company, March 2025
“Returning to the office? Focus more on practices and less on the policy,” McKinsey Quarterly, February 2025
“How to get return to office right,” McKinsey & Company, February 2025
“Thriving workplaces: How employers can improve productivity and change lives,” McKinsey Health Institute, January 2025
“Four considerations for better goal setting and performance,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, January 2025
“The value of generosity in leadership,” McKinsey & Company, December 2024
“Redeveloping legacy sites to boost global maritime industry capacity,” McKinsey & Company, November 2024
“Understanding what neurodivergent employees need to succeed,” McKinsey & Company, September 2024
“What employees say matters most to motivate performance,” McKinsey & Company, August 2024
“Insights to shape organization culture for success,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, August 2024
“The talent gap: The value at stake for global aerospace and defense,” McKinsey & Company, July 2024
“Charting a new course: The untapped potential of American shipyards,” McKinsey & Company, June 2024
“Workers wanted: How to fill the skilled-trade shortage,” McKinsey & Company, May 2024
“Struggling to find skilled workers? Three ways tech can help,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, May 2024
“To defend against disruption, build a thriving workforce,” McKinsey & Company, May 2024
“Gen AI talent: Your next flight risk,” McKinsey & Company, May 2024
“Why so many bad bosses still rise to the top,” podcast, McKinsey & Company, May 2024
“Tradespeople wanted: The need for critical trade skills in the US,” McKinsey & Company, April 2024
“Rethinking organizational health for the new world of work,” podcast, McKinsey & Company, March 2024
“Organizational health is (still) the key to long-term performance,” McKinsey & Company, February 2024
“How semiconductor companies can fill the expanding talent gap,” McKinsey & Company, February 2024
“Looking back, looking forward,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, January 2024
“The shape of talent in 2023 and 2024,” McKinsey & Company, January 2024
“Human-centered AI: The power of putting people first,” McKinsey & Company, December 2023
“Right skills, right person, right role,” McKinsey & Company, October 2023
“Europe’s gray-to-green workforce transition in aerospace and defense,” McKinsey & Company, October 2023
“Investing in middle managers pays off—literally,” McKinsey & Company, June 2023
“Full speed ahead: The automotive sector’s resilience imperative,” McKinsey & Company, May 2023
“Navigating the gray-to-green transition in aerospace & defense,” McKinsey & Company, March 2023
“The science behind transformations: Sustaining value after implementation,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, November 2022
“Three actions to boost frontline engagement and retention,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, October 2022
“Social capital: Build back better relationships at work,” McKinsey & Company, October 2022
“Raising the resilience of your organization,” McKinsey & Company, October 2022
“How semiconductor makers can turn a talent challenge into a competitive advantage,” McKinsey & Company, September 2022
“Your office needs a purpose,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, August 2022
“Network effects: How to rebuild social capital and improve corporate performance,” McKinsey & Company, August 2022
“Debugging the software talent gap in aerospace and defense,” McKinsey & Company, July 2022
“Meet the psychological needs of your people—all your people,” McKinsey Quarterly, June 2022
“The science behind transformations: Maximizing value during implementation,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, June 2022
“Government transformation in times of great change,” McKinsey & Company, March 2022
“The science behind transformations: Protecting value from day one,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, February 2022
“Losing from day one: Why even successful transformations fall short,” McKinsey & Company, December 2021
“Government transformations in times of extraordinary change: Key considerations for public-sector leaders,” McKinsey & Company, August 2021
“Culture in the hybrid workplace,” podcast, McKinsey & Company, June 2021
“Organizing for speed in healthcare in a post-COVID-19 era,” McKinsey & Company, April 2021
“Seizing the moment: Talent challenges and opportunities in aerospace and defense,” McKinsey & Company, April 2021
“The need for speed in the post-COVID-19 era—and how to achieve it,” McKinsey & Company, September 2020
“Organizing for speed in advanced industries,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020
“Call to action: How A&D companies can build the workforce of the future,” McKinsey & Company, August 2020
“Driving organizational and behavior changes during a pandemic,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, August 2020
“Thriving during a pandemic: What moves the needle on organizational health,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, July 2020
“Establish a performance culture as your ‘secret sauce,’” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, July 2020
“How can utilities protect and strengthen their culture during the COVID crisis?,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, July 2020
“Building the tech talent pipeline,” McKinsey & Company, December 2019
“What makes an organization ‘healthy’?,” McKinsey Quarterly, March 2019
“The symbiotic relationship between organizational health and safety,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 2018
“Your organization’s health: the ultimate competitive edge,” blog entry, McKinsey & Company, August 2018
“The yin and yang of organizational health,” McKinsey Quarterly, November 2017
“Screening the organizational health of Korea’s companies,” McKinsey Quarterly, August 2016
Education
Stanford University
PhD, international education policy
MA, economics
MA, Spanish
University of Virginia
BA, economics and Spanish
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