The McKinsey Podcast Building leaders from the ground up
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Feb 14, 2025 Ida Kristensen, a Senior Partner at McKinsey, sheds light on the pressing challenges CEOs face today, which have doubled in complexity since a decade ago. She discusses essential leadership traits like resilience and energy management, emphasizing the need for a 'leadership factory' to nurture effective leaders. Kristensen also breaks down the three key types of organizational resilience—financial, operational, and individual—using Best Buy as a compelling case study to illustrate adaptability and innovative practices in a changing landscape.
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Leadership Factory
- Leading in today's environment is harder than ever with new, compounding challenges.
- The best leadership teams use reliable processes to develop leaders, similar to industrial-grade reliability.
Key Leadership Traits
- Modern organizations need broad leadership teams, not just CEO successors.
- Six key traits for strong leadership include optimism, selfless leadership, continuous learning, resilience, levity, and stewardship.
Positive Energy and Balance
- Embrace challenges with a positive attitude and lead by example in balancing work and life.
- Inspire your team by demonstrating a balance between playing offense and maintaining personal well-being.