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The role of the CEO is certainly no easy feat. Becoming a successful CEO is hard, but staying successful throughout one’s tenure? That is even harder. Complacency is a challenge even the most savvy CEOs grapple with, especially during the midtenure years. In a new McKinsey Quarterly article, senior partners Carolyn Dewar, Scott Keller, Vikram Malhotra, and Kurt Strovink explain how CEOs can sustain high performance, stay focused, and avoid complacency using real-life insights from successful leaders. Give it a read and see what it takes to stay on top in your leadership journey.

Staying ahead: How the best CEOs continually improve performance

After the heady first years in the job, CEOs must sustain momentum and high performance. Here are four ways to avoid complacency and create even more value.

Achieve sustained success

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“Understanding the dynamics at a firm level, how some firms can take technology, and skilled labor to drive business benefit from it, is actually the key to understanding what is happening in productivity growth in the US economy.”

—McKinsey partner Charles Atkins on the productivity of individual companies in the US in a recent episode of The McKinsey Podcast

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Staying ahead: How the best CEOs continually improve performance

“Understanding the dynamics at a firm level, how some firms can take technology, and skilled labor to drive business benefit from it, is actually the key to understanding what is happening in productivity growth in the US economy.”

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