True or false: caution is the better part of valor when leading in the face uncertainty. False, according to Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, and Vikram Malhotra, McKinsey senior partners and authors of the forthcoming book, CEO Excellence: The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest (Scribner, March 15, 2022). CEOs who boldly set their company’s direction create $5 trillion more in value than their peers during their tenure. That’s based on more than 20 years’ worth of data on 7,800 CEOs from 3,500 public companies across 70 countries and 24 industries.

See what the authors have to say about the “secret sauce” behind the best CEOs in this first video of a 7-part series, and stay tuned for more on the #CEOExcellenceBook in the weeks ahead.

“Be bold and be right. If you’re not bold, you’re not going to do much of anything. If you’re not right, you’re not going to be here.”

–Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, as told to him by Steve Ballmer on taking the CEO role