McKinsey has expanded its leadership training program for top brass, which includes coaching by Navy SEALs.
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McKinsey has expanded its leadership training program for top brass, which includes coaching by Navy SEALs. Mar 26, 2026, 7:23 AM PT Between market uncertainty, geopolitical tensions, and AI transformation, it's a stressful time in corporate America - and McKinsey & Company's top partners are feeling it, too. The consulting giant has ramped up leadership training for senior partners, doubling participation in less than two years, associate director of learning and leadership development Alex Papo told Business Insider. Whereas senior partners were once attended occasional leadership programs, participation is now "an ongoing expectation of the role," and includes immersive group sessions, targeted training at key career inflection points, and a growing investment in coaching and support, Papo said. Added pressure. Papo said the program's expansion reflects a rapidly changing corporate landscape, where the complexity of senior leaders' roles is rising "at a rate that we've never seen before." Heather Stefanski, chief learning and development officer and partner at McKinsey, told Business Insider that top teams may have focused on four to five critical issues a decade ago. Now they could be tackling up to 10. "You add all the uncertainties around AI, and it's becoming more than just getting successors to the top, but raising the game on the whole leadership of the...
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