Successfully transitioning to new leadership roles

"Leadership changes are more common and important than ever. But most companies don’t get it right. In Leading Organizations: Ten Timeless Truths (Bloomsbury Publishing, June 2017),1 McKinsey senior partners Scott Keller and Mary Meaney address the ten basic issues facing leaders: attracting and retaining talent, developing current talent, managing performance, creating leadership teams, making decisions, reorganizing to capture value quickly, reducing long-term overhead costs, making culture a competitive advantage, leading transformational change, and transitioning to new leadership roles. “Attracting and retaining the right talent” (November 2017) was the first in our series of articles based on the book. The second was “Reorganizing to capture maximum value quickly” (February 2018).