Joanna Barsh

Director Emerita at McKinsey, Women's Leadership Advocate, Author

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Joanna Barsh Biography

Director Emerita at McKinsey & Company, Joanna Barsh served consumer-facing clients for over 30 years, leading growth strategy, performance transformation, organization effectiveness, and leadership development projects. In 2008, she launched The Centered Leadership Project at McKinsey to further develop this initiative, which aims to accelerate the development of aspiring leaders globally.

Joanna has long been a strong advocate for women's advancement. She served on NYC’s Commission on Women’s Issues from 2002 to 2013, invited by Mayor Bloomberg. She has conducted ground-breaking research on unlocking the potential of women and has spoken extensively with business and government leaders worldwide, including in Australia, Brazil, and China, on this topic. Joanna co-chairs the Leadership Working Group on the U.S. State Department’s International Council on Women’s Business Leadership and facilitates its Centered Leadership program in Sweden.

Joanna Barsh is the author of "How Remarkable Women Lead" and "Centered Leadership." Her latest book, "Grow Wherever You Work," helps rising leaders accelerate their growth by embracing challenges. She holds degrees from the University of Pennsylvania, the University of Chicago, and Harvard Business School, where she was a Baker Scholar. Having completed 20 years on the board of Sesame Workshop, she continues to serve on the boards of Genesco and Sesame Workshop, and is a member of the Compensation and Nominating & Governance Committees.

Joanna Barsh Speaking Topics

  • How Remarkable Women Lead

    In this lecture, Barsh offers a hopeful outlook and unique ideas about success. It's the new "right stuff" of leadership, teaching participants self-awareness and their power to choose, offering them practical take-aways and a roadmap to positive impact.

    This program is available as a keynote lecture, workshop, or longer program upon request.

  • Moving Mountains Quickly: The Centered Leadership Project

    Based on ten years of research and dozens of training programs globally, this lecture equips audiences with a toolkit of practices based on the five dimensions of Centered Leadership:

    • Meaning: finding and using strengths on a path to living into one’s leadership vision

    • Framing: learning to manage feelings and actions in difficult situations to lead in one’s most resourceful state

    • Connecting: developing relationships, forming communities and cultivating sponsors in service of one’s vision

    • Engaging: stepping up to challenges and opportunities, taking risks and actions

    • Energizing: managing one’s energy through recovery and renewal practices

    This program is available as a keynote lecture, workshop, or longer program upon request.

Joanna Barsh Videos

  • Joanna Barsh | The 2021 MAKERS Conference - YouTube
    Author and Director Emerita, McKinsey & Company, gives an update on the state of women in the workplace.
  • MAKERS@Home with Joanna Barsh - YouTube
    Joanna Barsh talks with MAKERS Senior Partner Manager, Ja'Nay Hawkins, about tangible actions that companies, and the individuals who ...
  • Joanna Barsh | The 2019 MAKERS Conference
    Joanna Barsh, Director Emerita, McKinsey & Company, reveals findings from a new MAKERS study on equality in the workplace from 2019 ...

Joanna Barsh Books

  • Grow Wherever You Work: Straight Talk to Help with Your Toughest Challenges
    Grow Wherever You Work: Straight Talk to Help with Your Toughest Challenges
  • Centered Leadership: Leading with Purpose, Clarity, and Impact
    Centered Leadership: Leading with Purpose, Clarity, and Impact
  • How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life
    How Remarkable Women Lead: The Breakthrough Model for Work and Life

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