Scott Keller
Senior Partner, McKinsey & Co • 2x New York Times Bestselling Author • HBS lecturer • Traveled to all 193 U.N. Recognized Countries • Musician/Songwriter/Producer
McKinsey & Company•Seal Beach, California, United States
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I'm a Senior Partner at McKinsey and Company, based in California. I believe deeply that the key to greatness in leadership is putting the conditions in place for others to be great. The books I’ve written (including among them two New York Times bestsellers, "CEO Excellence" and "A CEO for All Seasons", and the Inc.com/Porchlight bestseller, "Beyond Performance") are all handbooks to this end. It's also the ultimate goal of my work with Fortune 100 CEOs and their teams as they pursue large-scale transformation programs, and in my faculty roles at a number of CEO learning forums and at multiple business schools globally. Beyond McKinsey, I’m the co-founder of the multi-award-winning social enterprise, Digital Divide Data, that utilizes a sustainable IT service model to benefit some of the world's most disadvantaged people. I'm also one of a few hundred people in history known to have travelled to every country in the world, lead an affinity group for parents of special needs children, and am a heavy metal-obsessed songwriter, guitarist, and music producer (a featured musician in "Rock Camp: The Movie").
Career Timeline
- McKinsey & CompanyCurrent1995–Present· 31 yrs 9 mos
- Co-Leader, Global CEO Excellence PracticeCurrent2019–Present
- Senior Partner2010–Present
- Global Leadership & Organization Practice Leader - Knowledge, Reach, & Relevance2014–Dec 2018
- Global Transformational Change Service Line Co-Leader2010–Dec 2013
- Partner; Junior Partner; Engagement Manager; Associate; Business Analyst1995–2010
- Oct 2025–2026· 3 mos
- NY Times Best Selling Author of A CEO for All SeasonsOct 2025–2026
- 2023–May 2023· 4 mos
- Guest Lecturer - Harvard Business Analytics Program2023–May 2023
- May 2022–Sep 2022· 4 mos
- NYTimes bestselling Author of CEO ExcellenceMay 2022–Sep 2022
- Jun 2011–Jul 2011· 1 mo
- Inc.com/1800CEORead bestselling author of Beyond PerformanceJun 2011–Jul 2011
- 1994–1994· 0 mos
- Manager, Manufacturing1994–1994
- 1993–1993· 0 mos
- Photovoltaic engineer1993–1993
Education
Master of Business Administration (MBA)
International Business
University of Notre DameBachelor's degree
Mechanical Engineering
University of Notre Dame