THE JOURNEY OF LEADERSHIP

This book shares the experience of the most prestigious, invite-only, boot camp where the world's top CEOs go to reinvent themselves and their organizations.

Today's CEOs operate in a high-risk, high-reward environment, expected to tackle much more complexity and make big swings with no second chances. It's taken a toll: the average tenure of an S&P 500 CEO is at an all-time low of under five years. Confronted with this terrain, leaders of the world's most storied, boldest, and valuable organizations from Moderna to Microsoft have turned to an inside secret: McKinsey's Bower Forum, the prestigious, invite-only "CEO workshop." Now, THE JOURNEY OF LEADERSHIP distills the Forum's "life-changing experience" into a signature process to identify and implement tenure-defining bold moves: - discover their true mandate as CEO - assess their situation objectively, including advantages and disadvantages - develop creative, actionable ways to reinvigorate both themselves and their organizations - create a commitment plan to bring the entire team along and cement their legacy Packed with insightful, vulnerable, never-before-heard reflections from leaders and attendees including Mark Fields (Ford), Jim Owens (Caterpillar), Daniel Vasella (Novartis), Wendy Kopp (Teach for America), Lynn Elsenhans (Sunoco), and Admiral Eric Olson (former head of U.S. Special Operations), THE JOURNEY OF LEADERSHIP is an invaluable resource for today's leader. Dana Maor is a Senior Partner at McKinsey, which she joined in 1998, and is the global cohead and European leader of McKinsey's People & Organizational Performance Practice. She lives and works in Tel Aviv, Israel. Hans-Werner Kaas is the co-dean of the Bower Forum and a Senior Partner at McKinsey, which he joined in 1991. He lives and works in Detroit, Michigan. Ramesh Srinivasan is the co-dean of the Bower Forum and a Senior Partner at McKinsey, which he joined in 1994. He lives and works in New York City. He is also actively involved with bettering education in India and is a trustee on the Board of The Akanksha Education Fund and Teach For India.