Alicia McKay

Alicia McKay, author of ‘You Don’t Need An MBA: Leadership Lessons that Cut Through the Crap’, is a strategic leadership expert and founder of the NaMBA programme – a game-changing alternative to traditional leadership education. Alicia McKay works with leaders and teams to spark strategic shifts in the way they think, work and lead.

Alicia McKay is an opinion columnist for the CEOWORLD magazine. You can follow her on LinkedIn.

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You don’t need an MBA – these are the critical skills you need to be an effective leader

Lifestyle and TravelAlicia McKay

“I hire people in spite of an M.B.A., not because of one.” – Elon Musk In December 2020, Elon Musk made waves at the Wall Street Journal CEO summit. Decrying the ‘MBA-ization’ of executives, Elon argued that today’s top leaders spend too much time in front of spreadsheets and in meetings, and...

CEO Insider

Meetings that matter: how to lead conversations that drive action outside the room

CEO InsiderAlicia McKay

A year ago, James was fizzing with excitement. He’d been appointed to lead a new high visible sustainability programme, along with other key players in his industry. It was a big gig for his new role, and he was determined to pull it off. With a working group of keen...

CEO Insider

Flexible leadership: How to bend without breaking

CEO InsiderAlicia McKay

In my 32 years, I’ve moved 34 times. I had three kids by 26. I left foster care as a teen parent, and put myself through university and into a career without the safety of family support. I’ve moved cities, left jobs, started businesses and coped with parental abandonment, divorce,...

Alicia McKay

You don’t need an MBA – these are the critical skills you need to be an effective leader

Meetings that matter: how to lead conversations that drive action outside the room

Flexible leadership: How to bend without breaking

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