Greg McKeown
Greg McKeown is a bestselling author, consultant, and researcher specializing in leadership, strategy design, collective intelligence and human systems. Greg is regarded as one of the most refreshing and transformative business thought leaders and speakers on business growth, and has conducted research in the fields of leadership, strategy, and why people and teams thrive and why they don’t. Greg is the CEO of McKeown Inc., a leadership and strategy design consultancy, serving clients such as Apple, Google, Facebook, Salesforce.com, Symantec, Twitter, and VMware, among others. He is also inducted as a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, a unique, multi stakeholder community of over 700 exceptional young leaders. In addition, he is one of the most popular writers and bloggers for the Harvard business Review and LinkedIn’s Influencers group: averaging a million views a month. Previously, Greg worked for Heidrick & Struggles' Global Leadership Practice, where he assessed senior executives around the world. His work included a project for Mark Hurd, then ceo of Hewlett Packard, assessing the top 300 executives at HP.
Greg McKeown Professional Experience / Academic History
Professional Experience
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Author
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Young Global Leader
Academic History
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Doctorate, Negotiation, Conflict Resolution
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M.B.A., Public Management
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B.A., Communications, Journalism
CURRENT AFFILIATIONS
Board Member, Resolve, Washington D.C. Policy Group
Mentor, 2Seeds
MEDIA & APPEARANCES
Greg speaks about innovation, focus, leadership, discipline, simplicity, execution and of course the power living and leading as an Essentialist.
He is a regular keynote speaker at nonprofits, including The Kauffman Fellows Program, St. Jude and the Minnesota Community Education Association.
His writing has appeared or been covered by The New York Times, Fast Company, Fortune, HuffPost, Politico, and Inc. Magazine.
He has been interviewed on numerous television and radio shows including NPR, NBC, FOX, and as a regular guest on The Steve Harvey show.
He has taught at hundreds of events across the world, including Australia, Bulgaria, Canada, China, England, India, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Netherlands, Norway, Singapore, and South Africa.