Insights on People and Organizational Performance
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A new operating model for a new world
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While your strategic goals may be the right ones, is the organization built to achieve them? New research reveals a dynamic system that creates value in the face of volatility.
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HR Monitor 2025
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A state-of-the-art survey unveils widespread workforce and HR trends, serving as a comprehensive benchmark for the European HR...
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The new rules for getting your operating model redesign right
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The goal of a redesign is to increase value, but failure rates are high. New research updates classic rules of redesign to help...
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The critical role of strategic workforce planning in the age of AI
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Gen AI has increased uncertainty about workforce skills and capabilities. Organizations that harness AI-driven innovation find...
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Returning to the office? Focus more on practices and less on the policy
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The working model is far less important than the work environment leaders create. Five core practices can help organizations...
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People & Organization Blog
Short and snackable insights on topics related to people, talent management, organizational performance, purpose, agility, culture, change management, people analytics, leadership, and merger management from our experienced leaders at the forefront of today’s trends.
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Alignment advantage: Healthy organizations navigate a path to success
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Achieving alignment requires clear direction, a sustainable work environment, and bold, adaptable leadership.
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Searching for sustained success? Focus on organizational health
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Organizational health unlocks the full potential of every employee and channels it directly into performance. Getting healthy...
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Take a human-centric approach to avoid AI’s leadership traps
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As technology evolves, so must humans. Leaders can strengthen their ability to host complexity with these human-centric leadership...
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Trusted advice for effective leadership
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Respected leaders share their perspectives on continuous feedback, AI, DEI, and more.
Featured Podcast
McKinsey Talks Talent
Listen in to learn how to navigate a fast-changing landscape and prepare for the future of work by turning talent into competitive advantage. McKinsey partners Bryan Hancock and Brooke Weddle lead discussions with globally recognized experts and thought leaders on talent, transformational change, and leadership development.
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The future of work is agentic
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The digital workforce is happening. Here’s what it may look like when humans are working side by side with AI agents—and how to prepare now for this surprisingly near-term eventuality.
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The surprising state of employee health
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Is poor health costing your company? New research reveals how few employees describe their health positively—and how even small steps can start measurably improving that number.
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How to get return to office right
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More and more leaders are bringing employees back to work in person. New research reveals what’s at stake—and how to move from mandate to momentum successfully.
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The value of generosity in leadership
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You’re busy. You’re under pressure. But yes, you still need to carve out more time for your team. Here’s why—and how the best leaders make it happen.
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Featured publications
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The Broken Rung
The broken rung is a phenomenon even more pervasive than the glass ceiling in holding women back from career success. This book explains this phenomenon and provides strategies for moving up the corporate ladder and reaching full potential.
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The Journey of Leadership: How CEOs Learn to Lead From the Inside Out
This book is the first-ever explanation of McKinsey’s step-by-step approach to transforming leaders, including revealing lessons from its legendary CEO leadership program, “The Bower Forum,” which has counseled five-hundred-plus global CEOs over the past decade.
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Power to the Middle
With rich stories and cutting-edge research, Power to the Middle offers a new model for companies to radically alter the way they hire, train, and reward their most valuable asset: managers, the true center of the organization.
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Deliberate Calm
A trio of McKinsey & Company veterans draws from a unique combination of psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness practices plus a combined 50-plus years of international board room experience to offer a unique approach to learning and leading with awareness and intentional choice, even amidst the most challenging circumstances.