How to Become a McKinsey Partner. 1st Time Ever Revealed

Kevin P. Coyne, ex-McKinsey partner & Worldwide Strategy Practice Co-Leader, will reveal for the first time the real way to become a McKinsey partner.

What does it really take to become a partner at an elite firm like McKinsey? Are brilliant insights sufficient? Do you need to know the fundamentals of analyses? Does one need to publish books and write articles? Will the right mentor get you there?

In this candid training program Kevin P. Coyne reveals what it takes to become a partner at a storied firm like McKinsey. As you will see, values, insights and the traditional attributes are not enough.

It is a unique and groundbreaking program sharing the behind-the-scenes lessons that are not available anywhere else. The program explains the business model of becoming a partner. This program should be used alongside our other programs on insights, early stages of building a reputation, selling consulting work as an associate and senior manager, and selling within a boutique firm.

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This is the second of 8 “Titans of Strategy” training programs we are releasing to be led by some of the most influential former partners in the history of BCG & McKinsey.

Kevin’s Bio

Kevin P. Coyne is a founder of Coyne Scientific. He is the former Director and co-leader of both McKinsey’s Worldwide Strategy Practice and CEO transitions practice, and the host of The Consulting Offer II

Kevin attended the Harvard Business School after his junior year of college. He simultaneously graduated from both Rice University and Harvard in 1978 and joined McKinsey as the youngest associate ever and one of the youngest principals ever appointed.

During a 27 year career at McKinsey Kevin advised clients on a variety of issues and across a broad range of industries including banking, consumer goods, venture capital, industrial, telecommunications and the public sector. His primary area of focus was corporate strategy. He has worked one-on-one with over twenty-five different CEOs.

Kevin has been an active leader in civic roles throughout his career. He served as an Executive Assistant and sole policy advisor to the Deputy Secretary of the United States Treasury, the second ranking department official in the Reagan Administration.

In that role he advised on Brazil’s economic growth, served as an intermediary between Britain and Argentina after the Falklands war and advised on opening Japan’s capital markets. He recently co-led several pro-bono efforts, including the following:

Setting up the Bush-Clinton Katrina Fund
Leading the Atlanta and London Olympic Games committees on several initiatives
Leading the team supporting former US President Carter on the Atlanta Project helping low-income citizens

Kevin has co-written 6 Harvard Business Review articles, 12 McKinsey Quarterly articles and 2 bestselling business books, as well as many other articles across influential business publications.