McKinsey inclusive leadership

Hi there,

Being asked for a leadership story you should focus on your best experience leading a team (of any size), either on a personal or professional situation. Keys here:

• You leading style is and how you inspire the team to reach a challenging goal
• Your teamwork skills to coordinate work and make everyone shine
• Your ability to understand and act on team dynamics, even the personal ones (motivations, frustrations)

I hope this helps.

Alberto

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Hi there,

From McKinsey themselves: "Harnessing the power of diverse thinking to drive results requires the ability to lead teams of people with different backgrounds and create a sense of belonging where everyone can be at their best. You can expect a prompt similar to the following:

• Share an example where you effectively worked with a group of people with different backgrounds"

Here's some more reading:

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/question-wether-my-situation-would-cound-as-leadership-for-mck-pei-14690

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/pei-inclusive-leadership-11716

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-pei-inclusive-leadership-examples-8230

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-inclusive-leadership-is-there-a-minimum-team-size-recommended-14589

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/mckinsey-personal-experience-interview-questions-2020-8556

https://www.preplounge.com/en/consulting-forum/are-my-histories-good-for-each-of-the-analysed-dimensions-in-the-pei-interview-at-mckinsey-11023

Hey there,

For a McKinsey Inclusive Leadership story, the interviewer will ask you about a situation where you led a team through a challenging time to achieve a certain goal. For this dimension, you need to show that you ...

• ... can handle a diverse group that accepts you as their leader, with diversity being the result of different backgrounds, cultures, hierarchy levels, etc.
• ... tailor your leadership style to different groups and group members
• ... demonstrate your ability to make the team succeed by helping to structure, divide, and delegate tasks and providing them with work plans, deadlines, and effective communication
• ... motivate your team, improve the team spirit and the working environment for all involved
• ... are interested in the well-being of the team and their own individual development along the way
• ... deal with conflicts between teammates and goals effectively

Overall, showcase that your presence as a team leader had a positive impact on the team and lead to a strong outcome of a particular project or task.

You do not need to be an official leader. What is important is that you create an environment that allows for strong collaboration and problem-solving among the team members, bringing out each individual's strengths.

A conflict could be related to the inclusiveness aspect. For instance, show how you integrate the different members of the team and their perspectives.

I have written an article on the topic that goes into a bit more detail here: https://www.preplounge.com/mckinsey-pei

The article also covers an Inclusive Leadership example story.

Cheers,

Florian