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June 2009
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Editors’ Choice
Change programs sometimes fail because it isn’t clear where the organization needs to improve. McKinsey research finds that surveying employees about their own and their peers’ skill levels can reveal where change efforts should focus in order to succeed.
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Managing through the Downturn
STRATEGY
Rebuilding corporate reputations
The downturn has damaged the image of companies and whole industries. Senior executives need to understand how the game has changed as they work to restore their good standing.
CORPORATE FINANCE
What’s next? Ten questions for CFOs
As companies prepare for recovery, here are ten questions we think all CFOs should be asking themselves and their executive colleagues. Readers weighed in with even more.
STRATEGY
Good boss, bad times
In a time of layoffs and restructuring, employees watch every word and gesture from their managers. In this video interview, management expert Robert Sutton of Stanford’s Graduate School of Engineering talks about how to be a good boss under such conditions.
New on China
ORGANIZATION
China’s ‘sticky floor’
Is China’s economic progress built on the labor of women who have little chance of rising up in management? A video interview with two economists explores this perspective.
ECONOMIC STUDIES
Is China recession proof?
In this video roundtable, four members of McKinsey’s Council on China Business Economists discuss the resiliency of the world’s fastest-growing economy.
ENERGY
China’s green opportunity
Aggressive deployment of technologies that are already technically feasible could reduce China’s demand for imported oil by 30 to 40 percent beyond the goals it is already aiming for.
New in Financial Services
HEALTH CARE
The role of emotions in buying health insurance
Affordability and choice are important, but peace of mind is the most sought-after quality in a health plan.
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FINANCIAL SERVICES
Helping US consumers rethink retirement
Many US consumers have seen their retirement plans dwindle, but few have shifted holdings in their portfolio. One reason is that planners have provided little guidance for them to do so.
Also new
ENERGY
Why energy demand will rebound
Policy makers should take advantage of the current slack in energy demand to form policies that improve the balance between available supply and energy needs.
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PUBLIC SECTOR
Improving performance at state-owned enterprises
Well-managed state-owned companies are closing the performance gap with their private-sector competitors.
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BUSINESS TECHNOLOGY
Where IT infrastructure and business strategy meet
Senior technology executives should take the lead in explaining how IT infrastructure creates business value—especially in challenging times.
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Health care and US income disparities
Those who earn more are also more likely to get better health coverage.
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How emerging markets are breeding a new wave of innovators
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