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Explore this month’s best-selling business books prepared exclusively for McKinsey Publishing by Circana and a collection of books by McKinsey authors on the management issues that matter, from leadership and talent to digital transformation, corporate finance, and more.

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The Journey of Leadership

This book is the first-ever explanation of McKinsey’s step-by-step approach to transforming leaders both professionally and personally, including revealing lessons from its legendary CEO leadership program, “The Bower Forum,” which has counseled five-hundred-plus global CEOs over the past decade.

Power to the Middle

With rich stories and cutting-edge research, Power to the Middle offers a new model for companies to radically alter the way they hire, train, and reward their most valuable asset: managers, the true center of the organization.

Rewired

The McKinsey guide to outcompeting in the age of digital and AI

Deliberate Calm

A trio of McKinsey & Company veterans draws from a unique combination of psychology, neuroscience, and consciousness practices plus a combined 50-plus years of international board room experience to offer a unique approach to learning and leading with awareness and intentional choice, even amidst the most challenging circumstances.

CEO Excellence

What if the world’s highest-performing CEOs held a master class to share the skills and practices that have driven their success over the years?

The Titanium Economy

How industrial technology can create a better, faster, stronger America

The Ecosystem Economy

Prepare your organization for a transformed competitive landscape.

Acknowledgements

We would like to thank, first and foremost, the authors featured in our Author Talks series for their expert insights. And we want to acknowledge the many direct contributors who offered vital energy and expertise to the development, editing, copy editing, fact checking, design, production, and dissemination of Author Talks.

Within McKinsey Global Publishing, special thanks to Emily Adeyanju, Mike Borruso, Elana Brown, Sean Conrad, Andre Gordon, Eleni Kostopoulos, Devon Leaver, Charlie Matthes, Janet Michaud, and Nathan Wilson.