10 Posts found for Author: Rebecca Doherty

Revenue growth is good. Profitable growth is better. Profitable growth that advances ESG priorities is best. Here’s how outperformers who actively choose growth deliver the growth trifecta.

Content: Article | Authors: Anna Koivuniemi, Claudia Kampel, Lucy Pérez, Rebecca Doherty, Werner Rehm | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Best Practices, Social Responsibility (ESG)

Experts behind the rules of value-creating growth discuss how leaders can apply these insights to their growth strategies.

Content: Article | Authors: Chris Bradley, Rebecca Doherty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Best Practices, Management, Strategy

Ten rules should guide how companies select pathways to profitable growth, but each rule’s impact on performance varies considerably.

Content: Article | Authors: Chris Bradley, Jill Zucker, Rebecca Doherty, Tido Röder | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Best Practices, Strategy

If you can achieve consistent growth, that’s the surest ticket to outperformance, but only 10 percent of companies manage to do that over a decade. Those that can’t should consider a strategy we call “shrink to grow.” This is like pruning back and then growing from there. Over a ten-year period, you may have one or two major dips in your growth that represent large … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Authors: Chris Bradley, Rebecca Doherty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subjects: Management, Strategy

Programmatic M&A is making a series of acquisitions to support a single business theme or strategy. You might do one or two larger anchor acquisitions, then you would follow up with smaller ones to build out the business. The idea is that you develop capabilities to both identify acquisition targets and integrate them, so M&A is a capability in the same way that sales and … [ Read more ]

Content: Quotation | Author: Rebecca Doherty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Mergers & Acquisitions

Driving sustainable, inclusive growth requires the right mindset, strategy, and capabilities. Here are some steps that could help foster successful growth.

Content: Article | Authors: Andre Gaeta, Biljana Cvetanovski, Erik Roth, Greg Kelly, Ishaan Seth, Jill Zucker, Michael Birshan, Rebecca Doherty, Tjark Freundt | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Strategy

Empirical research reveals what it takes to generate value-creating growth today.

Content: Article | Authors: Chris Bradley, Nicholas Northcote, Rebecca Doherty, Tido Röder | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Strategy

The internal organization that manages a company’s M&A processes has always been a major contributor to the success of its deals. Today, as companies increasingly choose to manage their M&A processes internally, without the support of financial advisers, it’s all the more important to have the right team in place. This team must not only be skilled at screening acquisition targets, conducting due diligence, and … [ Read more ]

Content: Article | Authors: Cristina Ferrer, Eileen Kelly Rinaudo, Rebecca Doherty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Mergers & Acquisitions

The same handful of integration challenges vex companies year after year. New survey data suggest how high performers stay on top.

Content: Article | Authors: Andy West, Oliver Engert, Rebecca Doherty | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Mergers & Acquisitions

Because there are often different owners throughout a company’s M&A process, it can be particularly tricky to put proper incentives in place for each one. So, incentives must balance the promotion of post-integration success with the successful execution of an individual’s role.

Content: Quotation | Authors: Andy West, Rebecca Doherty, Spring Liu | Source: McKinsey Quarterly | Subject: Mergers & Acquisitions