Education

Cornell University

B.A., Asian Studies

Yale University

M.A., East Asian Studies

The University of Pennsylvania

M.B.A., Finance and Entrepreneurial Management

Podcasts

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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..

Career Path

Interview Highlights

“Just know that you’re not alone and that even the highest performers are the ones that you think that can do no wrong have definitely, have most likely failed at one point or another, or probably multiple times.”

Best Career Advice

“Think about what are the transferable skills that you’ll be able to pick up and learn in your educational process … I think writing is not the only one, but it’s definitely an important one. I highly recommend that you focus on your writing, focus on just general communication skills.”

Career Challenge

I had always done very well, scored highly on my annual review. And all of a sudden I got a review that was not so great and I was very upset … So I turned to several of my mentors and sponsors at my firm for advice. And what I learned from that was a few things, first of all, you need to, over-communicate what you’re doing and the impact that you’re having. I realized that I wasn’t even doing that. If I were to be totally honest, I wasn’t communicating enough about what I was exactly tuning and the impact that he was having. So that would be one lesson.”

Skills

Marketing, Communication, Writing

Professional Interests

Culture, Travel, Writing

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