OUR BEST NEW IDEAS FOR THE C-SUITE

Welcome to the latest edition of the CEO Shortlist, a biweekly newsletter of our best ideas for the C-suite. This week, we feature our latest thinking on how CEOs can engage their stakeholders. We appreciate the opportunity to connect and hope you find our perspectives novel and insightful. Please let us know what you think! You can reach us at Alex_Panas@mckinsey.com and Axel_Karlsson@mckinsey.com. Thank you.

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Shareholders. Employees. Customers and governments. All are critical constituents for big-league CEOs. And according to our research, the world’s best CEOs know how to communicate clearly with these disparate audiences. We’ve distilled this level of engagement into four key elements. Leading CEOs have an expanded view of their role as the company’s bridge to the external world, a distinctive narrative as “storyteller in chief,” a growth-oriented mindset that empowers a team of internal and external ambassadors to articulate the company’s vision, and an engaged posture that systematically strengthens stakeholder connections. Read our latest insights and create your own EDGE.

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