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Apr 2024
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CEO priorities: Where to focus as the ye...

McKinsey & Company
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Over the past several years, CEOs have faced mounting uncertainty—and 2024 is proving
no exception. On this episode of The McKinsey Podcast, Homayoun Hatami, McKinsey’s
managing partner for client capabilities, and Liz Hilton Segel, McKinsey’s chief client
officer, speak with global editorial director Lucia Rahilly about what matters most, amid
serial crisis and disruption, and where leaders should focus their energies to enable their
organizations to thrive.

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