To help more leaders reach that elite group of top quintile performers, we combined insights from McKinsey’s proprietary database containing 25 years’ worth of data on 7,800 CEOs from 3,500 companies across 24 industries with interviews of almost 70 of the highest-performing CEOs of the 21st century, to identify the six mindsets that sets these CEOs apart. The result was our New York Times bestselling book CEO Excellence : The Six Mindsets That Distinguish the Best Leaders from the Rest.

The articles, on-demand webcasts, and podcasts below build on the same body of research as CEO Excellence and focus on what matters most at each stage of a CEO’s tenure.