Doug is a management consultant as well as a writer, teacher, lawyer and inventor. He was a Partner at McKinsey & Company and Co-leader of its global organization practice and has an active independent consulting practice. He has counseled leaders in dozens of industries across the private, government and non-profit sectors and used his consulting, writing and executive experience to drive effective strategy, capability, innovation, and change. Doug serves as the Executive Director of The Sulzberger Leadership Program, an initiative at Columbia School of Journalism for leaders of news organizations seeking to use Doug's approach toward performance to navigate changes affecting their industry. He is also the architect and co-leader of Achieving Excellence In Community Development, another performance-driven leadership program that has caused shifts in affordable housing organizations across the United States, as a collaboration of NeighborWorks® America and the Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. He also serves as Chairman of The Rapid Results Institute, which uses performance-and-results methods to dramatically increase the effectiveness of social and economic development efforts in Africa and elsewhere. He received a B.A. from Yale University and a J.D. from Harvard Law School.