Growth leaders generate 80 percent more shareholder value than their peers over a ten-year period—but about a quarter of companies don’t grow at all, and between 2010 and 2019, only one in eight achieved more than 10 percent revenue growth annually. “Growth leaders set, communicate, and commit to growth consistently and without significant resourcing,” write Michael Birshan, Biljana Cvetanovski, Rebecca Doherty, Tjark Freundt, Andre Gaeta, Greg Kelly, Erik Roth, Ishaan Seth, and Jill Zucker. Check out these insights to uncover what happens when business leaders make and follow through on a purposeful choice to grow, and bookmark The McKinsey guide to excelling as a CEO for more expert insights and advice to become the most effective leader you can be.

Choosing to grow: The leader’s blueprint

Are you a growth leader? The seven beliefs and behaviors that growth leaders share

Growth and resilience through ecosystem building

Staying ahead: How the best CEOs continually improve performance

The ten rules of growth

Retail growth: The big sprint towards customer obsession

Our future lives and livelihoods: Sustainable and inclusive and growing

A bigger, bolder vision: How CROs are propelling growth from the C-suite

Growing faster than the market: Three questions the C-suite should ask

The growth triple play: Creativity, analytics, and purpose