Career Lessons from Kathleen McCarthy: Managing a Crisis

Founded by GE in 2015, GE Digital provides software solutions such as predictive analytics and automation to utility, power generation, oil and gas, and manufacturing companies. The Importance of Partnership McCarthy's new boss agrees: "She's been a very active leader in forming the new GE Digital and building its leadership team," Byrne says. After a recruiting stint at McKinsey in the late 1990s, she moved to Thomson Reuters, where she worked as the global head of talent management and acquisition, and then American Express, where she became the chief talent officer.