McKinley Leadership

Accountability

Mia — Wed, 09 May 2012 15:59:04 +0000

In the last three blog posts, Dr. Doug McKinley encouraged viewers to examine their behavior concerning Trust, Conflict and Commitment in the workplace. These are the first three dysfunctions of a team identified by Patrick Lencioni. If you missed these videos, find their links below the video.

Now, he’s addressing Accountability and the positive effect it can have on your team. After watching, tell us your accountability success stories in comments section below.

Watch the first video blog in this series: tmgleader.com/leadership/trust/
Watch the second video blog in this series: tmgleader.com/leadership/conflict/
Watch the third video blog in this series: tmgleader.com/leadership/commitment/

Commitment

Mia — Wed, 25 Apr 2012 14:43:45 +0000

Commitment to decision-making and honest flow of discussion are important components of a thriving executive leadership team. Dr. Doug McKinley discusses this third dysfunction of a team identified by Patrick Lencioni. Watch and be encouraged to better understand your commitment to your team. If you missed the first two blogs in this series, see the links below this video.

We want to hear from you. Talk to us on our LinkedIn Group (click here) and discuss the questions posed at the end of the video: What is the impact of not showing up in a meeting and complaining about it later?

Video Blog 1: Trust
Video Blog 2: Conflict

Conflict

Mia — Tue, 03 Apr 2012 19:12:59 +0000

Conflict is unavoidable, especially in the workplace. Productive and effective teams address it in a healthy way. This video blog will encourage you to effectively face conflict in the workplace. Join the discussion on the LinkedIn group called McKinley Leadership and tell us about the workplace conflict with which you struggle.

If you and your team need help addressing conflict in the workplace, talk to us about doing a one-day workshop on conflict in the workplace. Contact us

This is the second of 5 video blogs in a series where Doug McKinley discusses the 5 dysfunctions of a team identified by Patrick Lencioni. If you missed the first one on Trust, watch by clicking here.

Trust

Mia — Mon, 19 Mar 2012 15:33:43 +0000

The first of 5 video blogs, Trust is based on Lencioni’s 5 Dysfunctions of a Team. We’d like to hear your reaction to the bold challenge in this blog. So, after you’ve watched, tell us how you’re going to choose trust by visiting our LinkedIn group.

Becoming an Expert

Mia — Thu, 19 Jan 2012 23:49:16 +0000

Dr. Doug McKinley references Outliers: The Story of Success by Malcolm Gladwell in a brief discussion on the road to becoming an expert. Have you put in the hours necessary to become an expert in your field? Watch this short video and reflect on the path to excellence; some of you may need to realize how far you’ve come, other may need to realize you can’t take shortcuts to greatness. Afterwards, tell us where you are in your journey and in what field on our LinkedIn Group.

McKinleys on a Mission

Mia — Thu, 05 Jan 2012 17:24:03 +0000

Over the holiday season, my family and I traveled to Nicaragua. Here are some of the highlights of our trip.

Megan with kids from Maria’s Church

Megan with baby from La Chureca

Me preaching at La Chureca

Me playing with one of the children

Jana and I serving the meal at Maria’s Church

Family at a soccer game

Holiday Reflection

Mia — Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:17:01 +0000

During this holiday season as the year comes to an end, take time to reflect and simplify your life and leadership approach. It may be time to allow some aspects of your life to come to end so that you can put new energy to others. Watch the short video blog below and join the conversation on LinkedIn.

Leverage Your Strengths

Mia — Mon, 05 Dec 2011 20:01:52 +0000

Your greatest potential lies in the area at which you already excel and likely what you most enjoy. Your least fruitful growth will occur in those areas in which you struggle most and dislike. Select the video link below to watch this 3 minute video that briefly tells you how you can leverage your strengths and then join the discussion on the LinkedIn group called McKinley Leadership.

Self Leadership

Mia — Mon, 15 Aug 2011 18:27:33 +0000

When I am working with leadership teams, I often observe that leaders allow the “noise” to distract them from being on purpose. One technique I teach clients is to adopt the Four Agreements to prevent them from being captured by the “noise” of the workday. At the end of the video, join the discussion or ask a question on our LinkedIn group McKinley Leadership.

Not able to watch the video? Email us at customerservice@tmgleader.com.

Do It For The Team

admin — Mon, 25 Jul 2011 13:56:46 +0000

McKinley Leadership is often asked to work with leadership teams helping them to define goals, develop strategies, and fix problems. Often, we find interpersonal dysfunction among the teams. While working with a team just like this last year, I asked the participants if they really needed each other, or if this was just a group who worked together. Their collective answer was a resounding YES, they needed each other. So with that realization in hand, I proceeded to uncover the team’s obstacle in getting better performance. It didn’t take long to discover the problem. Every time the team needed to make a change, which required a contribution from one of its members that disagreed with the strategy or reasons for making the change, they got stuck. The old adage, “do it for the team” was not applicable in this setting. The reality of this group, as with most ineffective teams, is that its members do not really believe in the collective wisdom of a team. At the root of their thinking, individuals on these types of teams really believe that they are right and team thinking is flawed. In their world, being right trumps the team’s collective wisdom and the need to be unified. Therefore, “do it for the team” is not a viable option. The result of this type of thinking proves the saying, “the enemy of great, is good”. Sure, teams can operate for a while without unity, but then what?

Effective and cohesive leadership teams are vital to successful organizations.

Not finance. Not strategy. Not technology. It is teamwork that remains the ultimate competitive advantage, both because it is so powerful and so rare.” —The Five Dysfuncutions of a Team; Lencioni, 2002

Doug McKinley, Psy.D.