OUR BEST IDEAS FOR THE C-SUITE

Welcome to the latest edition of the CEO Shortlist, a biweekly newsletter of our best ideas for the C-suite. This week, we look at how leadership evolves over time and how leaders can ride the cresting wave of infrastructure investment. We appreciate the opportunity to connect and hope you find our perspectives novel and insightful. You can reach us at Alex_Panas@McKinsey.com and Axel_Karlsson@McKinsey.com. Thank you, as ever.

—Alex and Axel

Leading through every season. Leadership isn’t static: It changes as organizations grow, markets shift, and leaders themselves evolve. McKinsey’s forthcoming book, A CEO for All Seasons, distills lessons from two decades of research on chief executives. In a recent Author Talks conversation, McKinsey Senior Partner Carolyn Dewar and her coauthors explain how the best leaders adapt their approach across four stages of a CEO’s tenure, from preparing for the role to passing the baton to the next leader. Preorder your copy to ensure you’re equipped to weather the changing seasons.

Rebuilding the foundation for growth. The world will require $106 trillion in infrastructure investment by 2040—from transport and power to digital networks and physical assets that support social services. Our latest research shows how government funding, private capital, and new technology are converging to accelerate projects. CEOs in the affected sectors will need to understand the new dynamics of infrastructure investment. And leaders across all sectors will want to position their organizations to ride the wave.

We hope you find these ideas interesting and helpful. See you in a couple of weeks with more McKinsey ideas for the CEO and others in the C-suite.

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