Be True to Your Word
The key to having a wildly successful career and a happy life is to attract the right people towards you. At work, you want the
The key to having a wildly successful career and a happy life is to attract the right people towards you. At work, you want the
When communicating complex ideas, simplify your message to enhance your audience’s conceptual understanding (even if what you say is less technically precise). When learning something
The simplest way to make any career decision is to choose the career option that gives you the greatest progress toward your career and/or life
I like businesses that are simple for me to understand. A company has a product or service that solves a customer’s problem. The customer hates
Below is a question I received from a candidate about a specific case given to them, and my response about how to keep it simple.
Years ago, a client of mine taught me an influential leadership framework called: See, Think, Do The idea is that if you want an employee,
My first boss in industry started a company from scratch, took it public and still runs it today. He was
When you’re the best in the world at something, there’s nobody left to beat. If you’re Usain Bolt, you’re (literally)
In your career, there will be a few pivotal moments when you “sell” a big idea to someone else whose
In every McKinsey engagement, there’s a moment when the senior client says to us, “Hmm… that’s interesting.” That is the
When most people hear the words “corporate politics,” it’s usually perceived as a negative. I don’t think this is the
When I started at Stanford, I thought I wanted to major in Economics or Psychology. I took classes in both.
One of the biggest revelations I’ve learned about relationships (professional and personal), I picked up years ago from McKinsey. It
All communication has three components: The words you say; The tone of voice (e.g., vocal inflections, cadence, pitch, speed, pauses);
Several years ago, Google decided to do a “big data” analysis on a very interesting data set. They decided to
Gravitas is the elusive quality of being taken seriously. In a meeting, when you speak, do people spontaneously quiet down,