How you went about writing CEO Excellence and what was your research method?

Carolyn Dewar (Author & Senior Partner, McKinsey)

Carolyn Dewar, a Senior Partner at McKinsey & Company and an Author, talks about what led her to write her book. She discusses how to identify the aspects that differentiate leaders and CEOs that take the challenging path to do something incredible. She further talks about the research method followed in her book and how she was able to get in touch with the CEOs of the Fortune 2000 companies to bring the insight presented in the book.

Carolyn Dewar

Author & Senior Partner, McKinsey Carolyn Dewar founded and coleads McKinsey’s CEO and board excellence work, coaching many Fortune 100 CEOs to maximize their effectiveness in the role, including business aspiration-setting and roadmap, culture shifts to unlock performance, top-team effectiveness, managing external stakeholders, board engagement, and resetting their own personal operating model.

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Carolyn Dewar

Author & Senior Partner, McKinsey

Carolyn Dewar founded and coleads McKinsey’s CEO and board excellence work, coaching many Fortune 100 CEOs to maximize their effectiveness in the role, including business aspiration-setting and roadmap, culture shifts to unlock performance, top-team effectiveness, managing external stakeholders, board engagement, and resetting their own personal operating model.

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Vaishali Jain

Vaishali Jain

Sarder TV Anchor & Former Bloomberg TV Journalist

Vaishali has been working in the media industry & Journalism for more than 14 years. She had her own CEO talk show on Bloomberg TV India called Biz Lounge, a show that she anchored and produced. Biz Lounge explored the business aspects of each company, as well as the company's leadership, corporate culture, as well as each leader's personal side including how he/she spent their free time.

Prior to that, she worked as a Management Consultant in the finance industry in New York City. She has a Bachelor’s degree in Management with a concentration in Finance and her Master’s degree in Organizational Psychology.

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