About This Book
Becoming a Fortune 500 CEO is an Everest-like ascent. This is the field guide.
From the McKinsey team behind CEO Excellence, this book maps the distinct phases every CEO must navigate — from preparing for the role to starting strong to sustaining momentum to leaving a legacy. It draws on interviews with leaders like Michael Dell, Adena Friedman, Steve Schwarzman, and Ken Frazier.
What sets it apart: McKinsey used proprietary metrics to isolate the world's top 200 CEOs, then distilled their hard-won wisdom into stage-specific strategies — including the blind spots most leaders never see coming.