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The critical role of strategic workforce planning in the age of AI
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Gen AI has increased uncertainty about workforce skills and capabilities. Organizations that harness AI-driven innovation find it makes strategic thinking and talent planning easier.
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Returning to the office? Focus more on practices and less on the policy
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The working model is far less important than the work environment leaders create. Five core practices can help organizations...
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A new operating model for people management: More personal, more tech, more human
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To get the most from employees, organizations need a more strategic, collaborative, fluid, and data-driven people operating system....
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Go, teams: When teams get healthier, the whole organization benefits
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Creating effective teams depends on multiple factors, including high levels of trust and communication, and understanding team...
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The ‘inside out’ leadership journey: How personal growth creates the path to success
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In a new book, four McKinsey senior partners show why leaders must connect with themselves first before they can inspire and...
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The frontline experience
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From hire to inspire: Getting—and keeping—Gen Z in manufacturing
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Gen Z workers say they’re open to jobs in manufacturing. But getting them to take these jobs, engage, and stay will mean...
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Empower the front line for a thriving organization
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The trend to underinvest in the front line continues, but rethinking the frontline talent lifecycle can help build a competitive...
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Three actions to boost frontline engagement and retention
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Frontline employees are struggling to build and maintain their networks at work. Leaders who support them are likely to see an...
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Will a labor crunch derail plans to upgrade US infrastructure?
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There’s a historic and widening labor shortfall in the US construction sector. Yet it extends far beyond jobsites and varies...
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People & Organization Blog
Short and snackable insights on topics related to people, talent management, organizational performance, purpose, agility, culture, change management, people analytics, leadership, and merger management from our experienced leaders at the forefront of today’s trends.
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Trusted advice for effective leadership
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Respected leaders share their perspectives on continuous feedback, AI, DEI, and more.
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Four considerations for better goal setting and performance
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A refreshed approach to performance management can help motivate employees and provide a competitive edge.
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Giving sustainability the executive attention it needs
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Sustainability demands different strategies, approaches, and leadership depending on where a company stands.
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Practicing resilience in the face of failure
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A three-step approach to help leaders bounce forward from setbacks and turn perceived failure into growth.
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McKinsey Talks Talent
Listen in to learn how to navigate a fast-changing landscape and prepare for the future of work by turning talent into competitive advantage. McKinsey partners Bryan Hancock and Brooke Weddle lead discussions with talent experts on transformational change and leadership development.
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How to get return to office right
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More and more leaders are bringing employees back to work in person. New research reveals what’s at stake—and how to move from mandate to momentum successfully.
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The value of generosity in leadership
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You’re busy. You’re under pressure. But yes, you still need to carve out more time for your team. Here’s why—and how the best leaders make it happen.
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What works—and doesn’t—in performance management
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New research reveals what employees find fair, what motivates them to perform, and where many organizations go wrong when it comes to feedback, compensation, and annual ratings and reviews.
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How women can steer toward growing industries and companies
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To build up their experience capital, women can pick the occupations, industries, and geographies that present the best opportunities...
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Making AI work for workers
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Employees are ready for AI. How can their leaders help them unleash new levels of creativity and productivity?
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The state of AI: How organizations are rewiring to capture value
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Organizations are beginning to create the structures and processes that lead to meaningful value from gen AI. While still in...
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What’s next for global banking
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Banking is the single-largest profit-generating sector in the world. So why the skepticism about its long-term value—and...
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Everyday habits: How CEOs navigate their six core responsibilities
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To stay focused, productive, and motivated, leaders need to develop their own working rhythms and routines. Here’s how...
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Tough trade-offs: How time and career choices shape the gender pay gap
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Nearly 80 percent of the US gender pay gap is driven by women having flatter work experience arcs compared with men, based on...
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Retain, integrate, thrive: A strategy for managing talent during M&A transactions
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Keeping top talent in the fold and engaged before, during, and after a large deal closes is critical for creating value from...
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Healthy workplace, healthy workers
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By creating supportive workplaces that help alleviate employee burnout and improve well-being, employers can enable both their...
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How German companies can use AI’s potential to augment the workforce
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Germany faces hampered economic growth and a shrinking workforce. German companies could unlock sustainable growth by investing...
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Creating a modernized defense technology frontier
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Public and private investment dollars are fueling defense innovation. The prize? A $250 billion opportunity to build a modernized...
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European Transformation Summit: Empowering people
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Our seventh gathering of European transformation leaders found consensus about the need to empower people for change efforts...
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The Broken Rung
The broken rung is a phenomenon even more pervasive than the glass ceiling in holding women back from career success. This book explains this phenomenon and provides strategies for moving up the corporate ladder and reaching full potential.
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The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead From the Inside Out
This book is the first-ever explanation of McKinsey’s step-by-step approach to transforming leaders, including revealing lessons from its legendary CEO leadership program, “The Bower Forum,” which has counseled five-hundred-plus global CEOs over the past decade.
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Power to the Middle
With rich stories and cutting-edge research, Power to the Middle offers a new model for companies to radically alter the way they hire, train, and reward their most valuable asset: managers, the true center of the organization.
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Deliberate Calm
A trio of McKinsey & Company veterans draws from a unique combination of psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness practices plus a combined 50-plus years of international board room experience to offer a unique approach to learning and leading with awareness and intentional choice, even amidst the most challenging circumstances.