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What if the world’s highest-performing CEOs held a master class to share the skills and practices that have driven their success? #CEOExcellenceBook offers critical insights from interviews with 67 CEOs. Preorder it here ➡️ mck.co/3nTSCYK
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How do you create and sustain value when the environment keeps shifting? Join McKinsey’s Andy West and Whitney D. Zimmerman live as they share four timeless foundations of strategy from their forthcoming book, Strategy and Value. Register: bit.ly/3TJq9Z1
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Asia’s extraordinary owner-CEOs have built some of the region’s most distinctive businesses. #ShapersAndFounders connects the forces, behaviors, and mindsets of 30 of Asia’s extraordinary owner-CEOs, and how they translate into long-term value. mck.co/4zAbA9m
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How do you create and sustain value when the environment keeps shifting? Join Andy West and Whitney Zimmerman live as they share four timeless foundations of strategy from their forthcoming book, Strategy and Value. Register: bit.ly/4zHdHrX
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When the environment changes, CEOs need to update their thinking while giving the organization confidence to keep moving. That doesn’t require certainty. It requires clear direction and a willingness to adapt. Read When the Ground Shifts: bit.ly/4dBBD7B #Leadership
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Asia’s rise is visible in the numbers. The more interesting question is what kind of leadership helped drive it. Shapers and Founders draws on 30 owner-CEO stories to identify six behaviors behind sustained outperformance. mck.co/4h5Q1H7 #ShapersAndFounders
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The lessons of founder-led companies are not only for founders. Across 30 of Asia’s extraordinary owner-CEOs, #ShapersAndFounders identifies leadership behaviors that apply just as powerfully to professional CEOs across markets. See why: mck.co/3UyPnZZ
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The initial deal thesis is becoming a starting point, not a fixed blueprint. In the latest episode of Inside the Strategy Room we explore five practices helping PE firms build a more adaptive, execution-led model of value creation. Listen here: bit.ly/3SoVm2J
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How you finance M&A won’t affect overall value creation, but two factors should influence your decision about when to use cash and when to use shares. Learn more in The Valuation Practitioner newsletter: bit.ly/4bXdbww
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Go behind the book on the new Shapers and Founders site, featuring the authors, early praise, and related McKinsey insights: mck.co/4gewDHx
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The traditional annual budget process is broken. Learn how CFOs are transforming the budget from a control mechanism to a dynamic road map for driving growth: bit.ly/4x4wPPv
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Asia is reshaping the global business agenda. In our latest book, Shapers and Founders, the authors explore the leadership behaviors of 30 of Asia’s leading owner-CEOs and what leaders everywhere can learn from their outperformance. mck.co/4wCGWed #ShapersAndFounders
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The real question about co-CEO and two-in-a-box leadership isn't whether it works. It's when it creates strategic value—and what governance, role clarity, and accountability are needed to make it successful. Learn more: bit.ly/3U3Nbt6
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Why do bubbles persist when sophisticated investors help set prices? The Valuation Practitioner examines how prices detach from intrinsic value and how cash flows can reveal it. bit.ly/45Aerlq
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Today's competitive advantage won't necessarily be tomorrow's. Hear Matt Banholzer and Laura LaBerge discuss why leaders need to continuously monitor and renew their sources of differentiation. bit.ly/4g2NxZE
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Competitive advantage is becoming less durable. In our latest podcast, Matt Banholzer and Laura LaBerge discuss new research on why market positions are shifting faster—and what leaders can do to sustain their edge. bit.ly/4bo3DKH
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High market valuations do not always signal a market-wide bubble. A high index P/E can be driven by a few large companies. The better test is whether their prices can be justified by reasonable future cash flows. Read the latest Valuation Practitioner: bit.ly/3TYYJ0E
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The most valuable leadership insights are often the ones that challenge how you already think. The Strategic CEO explores the decisions, tensions, and leadership realities shaping modern CEOs. Subscribe: bit.ly/4glSCwO
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What do the best CEOs do differently? The answer might surprise you. Subscribe: bit.ly/4glSv4m
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Energy prices are trending higher and driving inflation, consumer confidence is ebbing—and central banks have a dilemma: whether to tackle inflation by raising policy rates or ease them to provide a stimulus. Global Economics Intelligence exec summary: mck.co/4vKxAwx
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