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NOVEMBER 2009

Motivating people: Getting beyond money

The economic slump offers business leaders a chance to more effectively reward talented employees by emphasizing nonfinancial motivators rather than bonuses.

OCTOBER 2009

A better way to cut costs

Cutting all parts of a company equally may seem fair, but it doesn’t make sense. Targeted cuts and efforts to build capabilities do.
OCTOBER 2009

McKinsey conversations with global leaders: Paul Polman of Unilever

Unilever’s chief executive reflects on lessons learned at three major consumer goods companies, including how to manage people in a global context, the obligations corporations have to society, and why you should never waste a good crisis.

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SEPTEMBER 2009

A CEO’s guide to reenergizing the senior team

In today’s tough and fast-changing environment, CEOs must help their top leaders to work through fear and denial and to learn new rules.
OCTOBER 2009

Risk: Seeing around the corners

Risk-assessment processes typically expose only the most direct threats facing a company and neglect indirect ones that can have an equal or greater impact.
OCTOBER 2009

Leadership through the crisis and after: McKinsey Global Survey results

Executives have markedly changed their leadership styles in the past year—but not their views on which ones will help companies most in the long term. Many of the most needed leadership styles, now and in the future, are those used more frequently by women than by men.
OCTOBER 2009

Preparing for the next Asia

Stephen Roach explains how the next two decades will bring dramatic changes to the region.
OCTOBER 2009

How innovators are changing IT offshoring

A new managed-services business model helps both the customers and the employees of offshore-service providers.

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OCTOBER 2009

Consumer electronics gets back to basics

Most people don’t use advanced—and expensive—new features. There may be a better way for companies and consumers alike.

OCTOBER 2009

Using the crisis to create better boards

Boards should view the current crisis as an opportunity to review the way they function. A healthy self-assessment can go a long way toward improving a company’s performance.
OCTOBER 2009

Mastering sales force integration in a merger

Companies can seize the opportunity in mergers by involving employees and customers in the integration process, retaining critical staff, generating momentum by quickly winning key accounts, and serving the right customers in the right way.
OCTOBER 2009

The promise of multichannel retailing

In a year of doom and gloom for retailers, the continued emergence of online sales has been a bright spot. Why then do so few companies get true multichannel retailing right?