Greg McKeown | |
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Born | 1977 (age 46–47)
London, England |
Education |
Brigham Young University (
B.A., Communications) Stanford Graduate School of Business ( MBA) |
Occupation(s) | Leadership/ management consultant, Writer, and Public Speaker |
Honors | Young Global Leaders Inductee |
Academic work | |
Institutions | Stanford University |
Website |
gregmckeown |
Greg McKeown (born 1977 in London, England) is an author, public speaker, leadership and business strategist.
McKeown earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business [1] after completing BA in communications and journalism at Brigham Young University. [2]
He is the founder and CEO of McKeown, Inc., a leadership and strategy design agency based in California. [3] Prior to founding his eponymous company, McKeown worked for Heidrick & Struggles' Global Leadership Practice. [4] According to the New Yorker, his strategies often revolve around minimalism. [5] In 2012, The World Economic Forum inducted McKeown into the Forum of Young Global Leaders. [6]
McKeown is the author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, [7] Effortless: Make It Easy to Do What Matters, [8] and co-author (with Liz Wiseman) of the Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter. [9] All three have become New York Times bestsellers. [10] His book Essentialism [11] is a business and self-leadership book that discusses how to figure out what is essential, how to eliminate what's nonessential and how to make it as effortless as possible to do what really matters. [12] [13] It includes concepts such as the "90 percent rule", which encourages individuals to pay closer attention to those items they have a "more than ninety percent interest in" and to pay less attention other aspects of life. [14] His work also focuses on the importance of saying "no" in other situations as well. [15] Part of his recommendation to help with this is a method of journaling by only recording days with a few sentences rather than longer explanations. [16]
He is also a blogger for the Harvard Business Review [17] and LinkedIn’s Influencers Group. [18] [19]
McKeown speaks on how to live and lead as an Essentialist. [20] [21] McKeown interviewed Al Gore at the Annual Conference of the World Economic Forum [22] in Davos, Switzerland, and received an invitation to speak at his Annual Innovation Conference. [23] McKeown has been interviewed on television and radio shows including NPR's All Things Considered [24] and NBC. [25]
Originally from London, England, McKeown now lives in California with his wife, Anna, and their four children. He is a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. [10]