Steve-McKee

Steve McKee

Steve McKee is the co-founder of McKee Wallwork, a marketing advisory firm that specializes in turning around stalled, stuck and stale companies. McKee is the author of  "TURNS: Where Business Is Won and Lost," "When Growth Stalls" and  "Power Branding."

Articles by Steve McKee

LeadershipStrategy

4 keys to success in leadership succession

By Steve McKee 12/06/23

InspirationLeadership

How a vintage advertising book can inform your leadership

By Steve McKee 11/01/23

DevelopmentLeadership

What’s the title of your leadership story?

By Steve McKee 10/04/23

InspirationLeadership

A foe of faux: Spotting leadership “deepfakes”

By Steve McKee 09/06/23

LeadershipManagement

AI: From GiGo to BiBo

By Steve McKee 08/02/23

DevelopmentLeadership

Not my fault, is my problem

By Steve McKee 07/05/23

LeadershipManagement

There is no cruise control in leadership

By Steve McKee 06/07/23

InspirationLeadership

What turns can teach leaders about the nature of business

By Steve McKee 05/03/23

LeadershipStrategy

In business, you must watch out for the turns

By Steve McKee 04/05/23

InspirationLeadership

Power or influence? Your choice determines leadership success

By Steve McKee 03/01/23

InspirationLeadership

Don’t assume everyone thinks like you

By Steve McKee 02/01/23

InspirationLeadership

Don’t let your means betray your ends

By Steve McKee 01/17/23

InspirationLeadership

A heuristic to judge leadership effectiveness

By Steve McKee 12/07/22

LeadershipManagement

Why it’s sometimes faster to slow down

By Steve McKee 11/02/22

LeadershipManagement

There is no easy button

By Steve McKee 10/05/22

LeadershipStrategy

How intersections can help you find business direction

By Steve McKee 09/07/22

CommunicationLeadership

Leadership’s magic word 

By Steve McKee 08/03/22

LeadershipProductivity

100% remote work? Not even a remote chance

By Steve McKee 07/13/22

LeadershipStrategy

AI vs. humans, part II

By Steve McKee 06/02/22

LeadershipManagement

No more onboarding

By Steve McKee 05/04/22

LeadershipStrategy

Businesses that tighten up get hurt

By Steve McKee 04/06/22

LeadershipStrategy

The power of a singular strategic objective

By Steve McKee 03/02/22

LeadershipStrategy

A new take on planned obsolescence

By Steve McKee 02/02/22

Management

The secret of great companies is chemistry, not alchemy

By Steve McKee 01/05/22

Strategy

AI vs. humans, part 1

By Steve McKee 12/01/21

Strategy

The dangers of strategy myopia

By Steve McKee 11/03/21

Strategy

“Day one” of succession planning

By Steve McKee 10/06/21

Strategy

The beauty of contrast

By Steve McKee 09/01/21

Management

Mongers wanted: Why expertise plus calling equals success

By Steve McKee 08/04/21

Strategy

Leadership is a bumpy journey, but that’s the job

By Steve McKee 07/07/21

Management

In defense of overhead

By Steve McKee 06/02/21

Strategy

3 Rs to fight inflation

By Steve McKee 05/05/21

Management

Wanted: More unicorns

By Steve McKee 04/07/21

Management

Desperate times and double measures

By Steve McKee 03/03/21

Communication

Stop walking on eggshells

By Steve McKee 02/03/21

Management

“We” are the problem

By Steve McKee 01/06/21

Strategy

Creative destruction: Eat or be eaten

By Steve McKee 12/02/20

Strategy

You’ll never get there

By Steve McKee 11/04/20

Management

Management by contention doesn’t work

By Steve McKee 10/07/20

Strategy

How to mix business and politics (if you must)

By Steve McKee 09/02/20

Communication

The human costs of quarantine on communication

By Steve McKee 08/05/20

Strategy

The 5 D’s of decline

By Steve McKee 07/01/20

Inspiration

“Because I said so” isn’t the answer

By Steve McKee 06/03/20

Strategy

The paradox of risk

By Steve McKee 05/06/20

Inspiration

It’s time to rouse your inner Churchill

By Steve McKee 04/01/20

Strategy

Leadership by fools

By Steve McKee 03/04/20

Strategy

Why your succession plan is failing

By Steve McKee 02/05/20

Strategy

The 3 most dangerous words in business

By Steve McKee 12/30/19

Management

So good that nobody notices

By Steve McKee 12/04/19

Management

The art of not taking offense

By Steve McKee 11/05/19

Management

In with the old

By Steve McKee 10/02/19

Management

The perilous pursuit of leadership

By Steve McKee 09/04/19

Management

Persistence is underrated

By Steve McKee 08/07/19

Management

Don’t stop at diversity

By Steve McKee 07/02/19

Inspiration

The ministry of culture

By Steve McKee 06/05/19

Communication

Lead by responding

By Steve McKee 05/01/19

Communication

You don’t think like me

By Steve McKee 04/03/19

Management

We’re all salespeople

By Steve McKee 03/06/19

Strategy

Business models die. Brands don’t

By Steve McKee 02/05/19

Strategy

Here comes the recession. Here’s what to do

By Steve McKee 01/02/19

Management

The mind’s eye always wins

By Steve McKee 12/04/18

Strategy

What you know can hurt you

By Steve McKee 11/05/18

Management

How to avoid a culture war in business

By Steve McKee 10/03/18

Strategy

If you don’t have time to read this, read this

By Steve McKee 09/05/18

Strategy

What if you are the lead dog?

By Steve McKee 08/01/18

Strategy

Why you (and GE) are feeling dizzy

By Steve McKee 07/02/18

Management

You’re a chef, not a chemist

By Steve McKee 06/06/18

Strategy

How broken is your business model?

By Steve McKee 05/02/18

Management

6 words that will get you unstuck

By Steve McKee 04/04/18

Management

How to avoid the organizational flu

By Steve McKee 03/07/18

Strategy

The advantage of disadvantage

By Steve McKee 02/07/18

Management

Leadership lessons from the pool

By Steve McKee 01/03/18

Management

Leaders don’t cry, and other lies

By Steve McKee 12/06/17

Strategy

Strategy by metaphor

By Steve McKee 11/01/17

Communication

How to overcome a stalemate

By Steve McKee 10/03/17

Strategy

The necessity of consistency

By Steve McKee 09/06/17

Strategy

Momentum beats perfection

By Steve McKee 08/02/17

Strategy

Have you lost your nerve?

By Steve McKee 07/05/17

Strategy

Creative destruction: Which side are you on?

By Steve McKee 06/07/17

Strategy

Groupthink vs. consensus: Don’t mix them up

By Steve McKee 05/03/17

Strategy

Why you need “an other” strategy

By Steve McKee 04/05/17

Management

Goodwill isn’t just an asset, it’s also a strategy

By Steve McKee 03/01/17

Strategy

What to do when you have no idea what to do

By Steve McKee 02/01/17

Management

Fake news, courtesy of you

By Steve McKee 01/04/17

Management

Don’t let your filters become blinders

By Steve McKee 12/07/16

Strategy

The 2 kinds of people in business

By Steve McKee 11/01/16

Strategy

Back, then forth: An alternative strategy

By Steve McKee 10/04/16

Strategy

What’s the ROI? Wrong question

By Steve McKee 09/07/16

Management

Business is entropy. You are gravity.

By Steve McKee 08/01/16

Management

The lost art of saying “I don’t know”

By Steve McKee 07/06/16

Strategy

Dealing with denial at the top

By Steve McKee 06/01/16

Leadership

The connection between parenting and profit

By Steve McKee 05/26/16

Communication

Consensus is not a dirty word

By Steve McKee 04/06/16

Communication

Don’t just listen to, listen through

By Steve McKee 03/02/16

Strategy

Beware the knights who say “NIH!”

By Steve McKee 02/03/16

Small Business

Vision vs. conceit

By Steve McKee 01/06/16

Leadership

It’s not the economy, stupid

By Steve McKee 12/02/15