Greg McKeown (author)

Greg McKeown (born 1977 in London, England) is an author, public speaker, leadership and business strategist.

McKeown earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business^[1] after completing BA in communications and journalism at Brigham Young University.^[2]

He is the founder and CEO of McKeown, Inc., a leadership and strategy design agency based in California.^[3] Prior to founding his eponymous company, McKeown worked for Heidrick & Struggles' Global Leadership Practice.^[4] According to the New Yorker, his strategies often revolve around minimalism.^[5] In 2012, The World Economic Forum inducted McKeown into the Forum of Young Global Leaders.^[6]

McKeown is the author of Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less,^[7] Effortless: Make It Easy to Do What Matters,^[8] and co-author (with Liz Wiseman) of the Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter.^[9] All three have become New York Times bestsellers.^[10] His book Essentialism^[11] is a business and self-leadership book that discusses how to figure out what is essential, how to eliminate what's nonessential and how to make it as effortless as possible to do what really matters.^[12][13] It includes concepts such as the "90 percent rule", which encourages individuals to pay closer attention to those items they have a "more than ninety percent interest in" and to pay less attention other aspects of life.^[14] His work also focuses on the importance of saying "no" in other situations as well.^[15] Part of his recommendation to help with this is a method of journaling by only recording days with a few sentences rather than longer explanations.^[16]

He is also a blogger for the Harvard Business Review^[17] and LinkedIn’s Influencers Group.^[18][19]

McKeown speaks on how to live and lead as an Essentialist.^[20][21] McKeown interviewed Al Gore at the Annual Conference of the World Economic Forum^[22] in Davos, Switzerland, and received an invitation to speak at his Annual Innovation Conference.^[23] McKeown has been interviewed on television and radio shows including NPR's All Things Considered^[24] and NBC.^[25]

Originally from London, England, McKeown now lives in California with his wife, Anna, and their four children. He is a Bishop in the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[10]

Books authored or coauthored by McKeown

• McKeown, Greg (2014), Essentialism: The Disciplined Pursuit of Less, Crown Business, ISBN 978-0-80413-738-6
• ——; Wiseman, Liz (2010), Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter, Harper Business, ISBN 978-0-06266-3-078
• —— (2021), Effortless: Make It Easier to Do What Matters Most^[26]

• Official website