McKinsey Company launches Forward platform

McKinsey Company launches Forward platform

McKinsey & Company has launched its regional flagship virtual platform, “Forward”, a one-of-a-kind learning programme for young professionals in the first years of their career. Forward participants across the Middle East, Africa, and Turkey will have free access to a 6-month learning journey designed and delivered by McKinsey experts. They will join a global network of ambitious young professionals. Fifty percent of the participants who joined last year’s pilot programmes were women. Eighty percent worked in small and medium-sized organisations or were entrepreneurs. Of those participants, 99% shared that they would recommend Forward to others. Rakan, one of the Forward alumni, said: “Forward teaches you simple things, but they’re so effective, and when you learn them, you just think: ‘Why hasn’t anyone taught me this before? Why didn’t I learn them in school or university? They’re such crucial skills.” Forward distinguishes itself from traditional online learning and leadership development programmes by offering one of the only cross-cutting programmes focused on practical skills and delivered in a fully digital and virtual model. The programme brings to bear what McKinsey is best known for ? leadership, business, and digital skills ? all things young leaders need to succeed, regardless of role or