Growth

We are committed to each other’s success

A career at McKinsey is demanding. We push you to continually grow and fulfill your potential. The daily challenges never stop testing the limits of your experience and skills. The standard of excellence is high, and the learning curve is steep.

But growth is not a competition here. Advancement is based solely on the merit of your contributions. Success depends on two things alone—your leadership and your impact.

A culture of support
We constantly stretch ourselves, and each other, to succeed. We debate and collaborate until the best solutions emerge.

We depend on colleagues around the world—even those we’ve never met—to offer expertise and share their insights when they are needed most.

This far-reaching network of colleagues, clients, and alumni drives us to grow and thrive—as individuals and as a firm.

Fast-track development
In the first 2 years, consultants:

• Develop a sophisticated sense of the dynamics and challenges in a range of industries and functions.
• Learn about the strategies and inner workings of leading companies.
• Work directly with many CEOs, directors, and senior executives as an integral part of high-performing teams.
• Understand what leaders care about by immersing themselves in client organizations, exploring their challenges, and collaborating with others to come up with answers to make difficult decisions.
• Network with dozens of colleagues around the world in training programs and client engagements.

A culture of personal growth
Here are some of the ways McKinsey is committed to helping you grow:

• Assigned mentors provide formal training and frequent feedback; teammates offer informal day-to-day coaching.
• New associates receive 5 to 8 weeks of discipline-specific training in their first 2 years.
• More than 4,000 days of partner time is dedicated to associate feedback each year.
• We invest more than $150 million each year to build the firm's knowledge and capabilities.