McKinsey May Highlights: What makes a CEO exceptional?

Monthly Highlights | May 2017

Editor’s choice

We assessed the early moves of CEOs with outstanding track records; some valuable lessons for leadership transitions emerged.

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A deal-making strategy for new CEOs

New CEOs typically raise the tempo of transactions at first, then the pace slows down. Is that costly? more →

How functional leaders become CEOs

Limited operational experience is not necessarily a barrier to the top job. Here’s how to jump to the next level. more →

Why effective leaders must manage up, down, and sideways

New research shows it’s crucial to mobilize your boss and colleagues, as well as your own team. more →

This Month’s Highlights

The global forces inspiring a new narrative of progress

Growth is shifting, disruption accelerating, and societal tensions rising. Confront these dynamics to craft a better strategy. more →

Three game changers for energy

New sources, mobility, and industry fragmentation are set to disrupt the system. Research by McKinsey and the World Economic Forum looks at the implications. more →

Avoiding the seven deadly sins of customer-experience transformations

Efforts to improve the customer experience can deliver tremendous value. Resist seven common missteps. more →

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Analytics in banking: Time to realize the value

Building efficient IT organizations: Insights from our benchmark

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The opportunity in government productivity

Ops 4.0: Fueling the next 20 percent productivity rise with digital analytics

Focusing on what works for workplace diversity

McKinsey Classics

How distortions and cognitive biases undermine decision making

When the interests of certain people aren’t aligned with the organization’s, they look out for themselves. Few companies realize that this problem combines with cognitive biases to form far-reaching patterns of distortion and deception.

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