Kevin P. Coyne will reveal the unique approach he used to develop the competitive strategies for over 25 Fortune 500 CEO clients over a storied career at McKinsey & Company. This is the first time he will ever discuss his approach step-by-step for a worldwide audience.
It is a unique and groundbreaking program offering advanced skills on strategy found nowhere else. Not in the Harvard Business Review and not in the McKinsey Quarterly. The content is exclusively available to Firmsconsulting Insiders.
This is the first 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 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.
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the first Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
Competitive advantage vs. comparative advantage
Which comes first?
Correct way to be productive
Why is productivity important
Why increasing productivity...
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the second Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
3 considerations when analyzing a market
How to analyze product/service changes
How to analyze market changes
What is the goal of strategy?
What coding t...
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the third Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
How most people excel at strategy, but don't know it
What is strategy
What is a strategist
What makes a great strategist
What is a bad strategist
Thing t...
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the fourth Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
Financial model vs. financial modelling
Detailed financial model example
Why conceptual models are important
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the fifth Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
Where you should definitely not apply the skills taught
Where you should begin applying the skills
Quantitative vs. Arithmetic
Quantitative vs. Analytic
H...
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the 6th Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
The problem beyond spotting the bad strategy
Why most people are qualified to spot a bad strategy
9 ways to identify a bad strategy
Personal challenge
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the 7th Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
The main reason brilliant ideas does not help your career
4 reasons why this happens
3 requirements for brilliant ideas to succeed in consulting
3 requirem...
Before starting the advanced and exclusive Competitive Strategy Program, Kevin answers some commonly asked questions about strategy. This is the 8th Q&A video.
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes.
Use of frameworks
Understanding world views
Whose view is superior?
Value of teaching others
How to test your understanding
In this program we help you unpack, distill, apply and prioritize the most important lessons that Kevin shares in each of his episodes. Here we answer the following client question:
"Although I do see the logic of your advice on how to analyze skills, it is very hard for me to understand how I...
