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How to prepare for the CFO role
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Amid decade-high CFO turnover, former chief financial officers share advice on what matters most today for securing the top job in finance.
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What are the roles and responsibilities of a CFO?
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The CFO role was named for its original function of overseeing an organization’s finances, but it’s now seen as a cross-cutting common denominator linking every part of an organization.
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Gen AI: A guide for CFOs
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How should CFOs approach generative AI—enterprise-wide and in the finance function—and what can they do right now...
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Women in the Workplace 2023
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Women are more ambitious than ever, and workplace flexibility is fueling them. Yet despite some hard-fought gains, women’s...
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CFOs’ balancing act: Juggling priorities to build resilience
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As surveyed CFOs concurrently manage defensive and growth-oriented considerations, they expect major changes in the months ahead...
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Geopolitical resilience: The new board imperative
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Geopolitical risk is at the top of the CEO agenda. Board members can help by sharpening their understanding of the geopolitical...
McKinsey Direct
How finance skills are evolving in the era of artificial intelligence
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In a world of advanced automation and AI, people skills are becoming a differentiator for finance professionals.
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Building a world-class digital finance function
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How CFOs can use digital transformation to help organizations become more forward-looking and resilient.
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Want more efficient finance and HR functions? Become more effective
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In finance and HR functions, targeted improvements in effectiveness can dramatically improve these units’ cost efficiency....
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Barbarians at the gate?
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When activist investors knock at the door, companies can do themselves a favor and let them in.
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The investors that matter still want you to focus on the long term
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Our latest survey of chief investment officers of long-horizon equity funds shows (again) that they seek to invest in companies...
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The equity story you need for the long-term investors you want
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Sophisticated investors are more likely to afford a company more time to let its strategy play out, even during volatility. But first, they need a clear equity story.
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An affordable, reliable, competitive path to net zero
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A successful net-zero transition will require achieving not one objective but four. We offer a guide to getting it right.
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How to reignite growth through adjacencies
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Advanced-industries companies that enter adjacent markets with the right approach can outgrow and outperform their peers.
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Full throttle on net zero: Creating value in the face of uncertainty
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To thrive amid shocks to the net-zero economy, leaders are shifting strategies to position themselves to win when the skies clear...
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Investors want to hear from companies about the value of sustainability
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Investors want companies to sharpen their equity story and clarify the value of their sustainability initiatives. Here’s what...
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Bias Busters: Motivations under the microscope
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A mapping exercise can help senior managers determine how best to bring employees with different priorities together to achieve common corporate goals.
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Global Economics Intelligence executive summary, November 2023
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Elevated interest rates weigh on consumer confidence; central banks hold rates, except in Brazil (down) and Russia (up); inflation...
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A new paradigm for our connected world?
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As geopolitical currents swirl, we examine the implications for trade and options for business leaders to foster global connections....
Interactive - MGI Research
Global trade explorer
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To navigate a more complex and challenging era requires deeper understanding of the full picture of the evolution of global trade...
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Five paths to TSR outperformance
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It’s hard for companies to significantly beat long-term market TSR, harder still for the largest corporations, and hardest...
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Innovative growers: A view from the top
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McKinsey research shows that a focus on aspiration, activation, and execution can help companies out-innovate and outgrow peers.
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How innovative companies leverage tech to outperform
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Organizations with innovation cultures realize more value from strategic technology investments than their peers do, our latest...
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When a transaction forges a transformation
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An approach to M&A integrations that looks beyond combinatorial synergies can be the starting point for broader transformation....
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CEOs’ choice for growth: Building new businesses
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Business leaders and investors see now as an opportune time to build new businesses. New survey data reveals what’s really...
Survey
How to gain and sustain a competitive edge through transformation
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Our latest research confirms that a comprehensive approach to transformation, which enables mindset and behavior changes at scale,...