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The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm

Name: The McKinsey Edge: Success Principles from the World’s Most Powerful Consulting Firm
Author: Shu Hattori
ISBN: 9781259582998

by Shu Hattori

November 2015

Intermediate to advanced

192 pages

4h 2m

English

McGraw-Hill

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Cover
Title Page
Copyright Page
Dedication
Contents
Acknowledgments
Introduction
CHAPTER ONE Building the Better Self
Get AheadPRINCIPLE 1 Focus on What Really MattersPRINCIPLE 2 Start with the Hard Stuff in the MorningPRINCIPLE 3 Catch Small Signals and Make a DifferencePRINCIPLE 4 Have a 30-Second Answer to EverythingPRINCIPLE 5 Frontload Your ProjectPRINCIPLE 6 Create the Right End Output ImageHang TightPRINCIPLE 7 Smile When You Are Under StressPRINCIPLE 8 Go Beyond Your Self-Perceived LimitPRINCIPLE 9 Always Imagine the Worst-Case ScenarioPRINCIPLE 10 Start Following UpPRINCIPLE 11 Push Back with Less EmotionMultiple ReflectionsPRINCIPLE 12 Be Flexible on the Perception of Your PassionPRINCIPLE 13 “What Would Marvin Do?” Find Your Role ModelsPRINCIPLE 14 Know What Gives You the Most Energy in Your DayPRINCIPLE 15 Go Jogging to Smell the FlowersPRINCIPLE 16 Create a Commitment Plan
CHAPTER TWO Growing with Others
CommunicationPRINCIPLE 17 Always Memorize the First Three Sentences of a PresentationPRINCIPLE 18 Communicate Using Fewer WordsPRINCIPLE 19 Pause Three Seconds Before Answering Difficult QuestionsPRINCIPLE 20 Question More and Talk LessPRINCIPLE 21 Turn No into YesPRINCIPLE 22 Don’t Show Half-Baked OutputConnectionPRINCIPLE 23 Instantly Find a Connection in the RoomPRINCIPLE 24 Be a Giver, Not a ReceiverPRINCIPLE 25 Find the Best Intent in PeoplePRINCIPLE 26 Learn Team Members’ Defining Moments and Personal SidesPRINCIPLE 27 Think of Everyone as a Helpful Individual, Not a “Resource”PRINCIPLE 28 Go Out for a Meal with Interesting People Every WeekUnderstandingPRINCIPLE 29 Consciously Gauge Your PeoplePRINCIPLE 30 Assign Team Members Meaningful TasksPRINCIPLE 31 Create Followership Through Deliberate On-the-Job CoachingPRINCIPLE 32 Deliver Feedback Using Positive CriticismPRINCIPLE 33 Please Your Assistants and Support Staff
CHAPTER THREE Excelling in Process Management
Productivity Themes and EnablersPRINCIPLE 34 Always Prepare an Agenda Before MeetingsPRINCIPLE 35 Create “Four Boxes” To DosPRINCIPLE 36 Focus on Outcomes Not ActivitiesPRINCIPLE 37 Know Your Meeting Modes in AdvancePRINCIPLE 38 Proactively Manage E-mail Communication Using the 5D RulesPRINCIPLE 39 Speak Up as Early as PossiblePRINCIPLE 40 Create a Minimalist Presentation Tool KitPRINCIPLE 41 Create an Easy-to-Use Template for Updates

CHAPTER FOUR Going the Extra Mile
The Challenge to Achieve Lasting GrowthPRINCIPLE 42 Give Away Knowledge and Tools UnsparinglyPRINCIPLE 43 Get Rid of Your Physical BarriersPRINCIPLE 44 Ask the Second Order QuestionsPRINCIPLE 45 Learn to Write Fewer NotesPRINCIPLE 46 Prepare to Renew Your LifePRINCIPLE 47 Create Your Own “Profile” as a Leader
CHAPTER FIVE Become a Thinker and a Writer
Thinking Sets Leaders ApartMarvin Bower on the Value of Writing
Appendix I: McKinsey Structure
Notes
Index

Overview

47 strategies elite managers follow to reach the highest level of success

The McKinsey Edge culls the personal best practices of an exclusive group of managers connected to McKinsey & Company, a firm that services eighty percent of the world’s largest corporations.

Through a wealth of 47 rigorously selected, battle-tested, immediately implementable, and practical tips, readers discover the secrets to building the self, growing with others, enhancing process management, and going the extra mile to reach the next leadership horizon. Everyone struggling to accelerate their career will keep this book at their fingertips for its rare, real-world advice for ascending through the levels of management—all of which require specific mindsets and capabilities that only a handful of people ever master.

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