McKinsey's election battle; Face value.(Ian Davis and Michael Patsalos-Fox are vying for the top job at McKinsey)
Economist (US), The, March, 2003
Can Ian Davis or Michael Patsalos-Fox restore McKinsey to its former glory?
AS ELECTIONS go, the process of choosing a new managing partner for McKinsey, the world's best-known management consultancy, is particularly rum. For one thing, it is a studiedly polite affair. The candidates--there were seven, but now just two remain--issue no manifestos. Canvassing is considered to be bad form and is therefore counter-productive. This makes knowing what particular individuals stand for rather tricky.
Moreover, the firm (or, as insiders call it, the Firm) is itself at pains to play down the importance of the election. It refuses to talk openly about it, let alone to share insights into personalities or issues. Normally chatty McKinsey partners clam up when...
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