839: What It’s Like Being Head of Communications at McKinsey Greater China With Glenn Leibowitz, McKinsey Consulting [Main T4C Episode]

Glenn Leibowitz is Head of Reputation & Communications for McKinsey Greater China based in Taiwan. He is also the host of the Write With Impact Podcast and the founder of the Write With Impact Academy. Glenn has worked at McKinsey for nearly 25 years and leads a multicultural marketing and publishing team that oversees six locations in China. Glenn also publishes articles on Inc. Magazine’s website, with a focus on career and writing advice. He earned a B.A. in Asian Studies from Cornell University, an M.A. in East Asian Studies from Yale University and an M.B.A. in Finance and Entrepreneurial Management from The Wharton School at The University of Pennsylvania. WHAT YOU’LL LEARN ABOUT IN THIS EPISODE: How speaking Mandarin Chinese fluently helped Glenn’s early career (5:20) What Glenn’s first “real” job was like at an advertising agency (7:34) What has Glenn does at McKinsey (9:54) How one story that Glenn wrote changed his career trajectory at McKinsey (14:15) What Glenn means by “superpowers” and how to discover yours (18:05) How cultivating strong transferable skills helped out Glenn’s career (33:20) What are the benefits of working for a large, global firm (35:24) How Glenn’s failures positively affected his future performance (46:13) Why Glenn wished that he partied more in college (50:07)