3 min readOn July 30, 2001, I opened McKinney Consulting in Seoul to help companies find leaders who last. I had spent about 12 years in the global footwear industry. I had run a 5,000-person factory in Busan and led product development for adidas. I had hired, promoted, and sometimes misjudged a lot of people. That last […]

3 min readBoards should assess Global Mindset under pressure before the crisis, not during it. Every senior leader can describe a Global Mindset in calm conditions. Ask them in an interview, and most candidates will say the right things: they value local perspective, they don't assume the home market is the model for everywhere else, they listen […]

3 min readSuccession planning should do more than identify who could replace a senior leader if they left tomorrow. It should prepare the organization for the leadership challenges it will face next. Yet many succession plans remain little more than replacement charts: a list of possible names, estimated readiness dates, and an assumption that the role itself […]