Thom McKinney
Thom McKinney brings over 30 years of corporate life experience to the subjects of business ethics, leadership, team building, diversity, and motivation. He is a veteran of the communications industry, having worked in radio and in both broadcast and cable television. Some of his earlier experiences were in banking, education, and he is a U. S. Army veteran. He is a graduate of Fairfield University and holds an MBA from Fordham University. He spent his formative years in Greenville, South Carolina, but he grew up in Harlem, New York.
Raised by a mother and grandmother, Thom was taught the keys to success. Then he says that Uncle Sam helped him to understand and use them. Those keys include a drive to succeed, honesty, self-reliance, hard work, being fair, and sharing.
Thom invigorates and challenges his audiences as he skillfully illustrates his messages with real life stories and actual business anecdotes. He uses his experiences as a husband, father, successful businessman, and award-winning actor to open his audience's hearts and minds. He helps turn low-powered teams, ideas, and opportunities into high powered successes. Armed with an incredibly accurate moral compass and the street savvy of a successful businessman, Thom consults, teaches, and inspires. He energizes individuals and teams to channel personal and corporate power into high-voltage results.
Whether a keynote speaker, a workshop presenter, or a breakout leader, Thom will have your audience on the edge of their seats and help make your event a success.
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
The Power of Reputation
Moral and financial bankruptcy! That's what happens when financial decisions overly influence moral and ethical decisions. Just ask the people at Enron, WorldCom, or Adelphia. This program illustrates how short-term ethical lapses create dire consequences. Ethical indiscretions are like a forest fire that start small and soon destroy the entire forest.
Being a Leader Is Not a Job Title
Organizational success occurs more often when each employee assumes personal leadership accountability for his or her areas of responsibility. This program helps employees understand that they have a personal responsibility to use their leadership skills to influence successful organizational outcomes by behaving ethically, working hard, building team, and generally committing themselves to excellence.
Unleash Your Team's Hidden Power
Unless you are a hermit, it is necessary to work with others. Working with others successfully only takes place when each member of the team is focused on a common objective, communicating openly with trust, and committed to working and harnessing the strengths of a diverse group of teammates. This programs help employees understand how their behavior affects the outcome of the team.
You Didn't Pick Your Mama
No one chooses where they come into the world. To be successful as an organization, it is important to embrace those who are different and to judge them based on their skills, attitude, and effort. This program colorfully illustrates that diversity, if harnessed properly, is not only morally correct but offers a tremendous competitive advantage.
You Are the Center of the Universe
Low productivity is often caused by employees who think of themselves as victims. In this program employees are made to understand that they are personally responsible for their own success ... and that their personal success is inextricably tied to the organization's achievements.
Thom McKinney brings over 30 years of corporate life experience to the subjects of business ethics, leadership, team building, diversity, and motivation. He is a veteran of the communications industry, having worked in radio and in both broadcast and cable television. Some of his earlier experiences were in banking, education, and he is a U. S. Army veteran. He is a graduate of Fairfield University and holds an MBA from Fordham University. He spent his formative years in Greenville, South Carolina, but he grew up in Harlem, New York.
Raised by a mother and grandmother, Thom was taught the keys to success. Then he says that Uncle Sam helped him to understand and use them. Those keys include a drive to succeed, honesty, self-reliance, hard work, being fair, and sharing.
Thom invigorates and challenges his audiences as he skillfully illustrates his messages with real life stories and actual business anecdotes. He uses his experiences as a husband, father, successful businessman, and award-winning actor to open his audience's hearts and minds. He helps turn low-powered teams, ideas, and opportunities into high powered successes. Armed with an incredibly accurate moral compass and the street savvy of a successful businessman, Thom consults, teaches, and inspires. He energizes individuals and teams to channel personal and corporate power into high-voltage results.
Whether a keynote speaker, a workshop presenter, or a breakout leader, Thom will have your audience on the edge of their seats and help make your event a success.
MOST REQUESTED TOPICS:
The Power of Reputation
Moral and financial bankruptcy! That's what happens when financial decisions overly influence moral and ethical decisions. Just ask the people at Enron, WorldCom, or Adelphia. This program illustrates how short-term ethical lapses create dire consequences. Ethical indiscretions are like a forest fire that start small and soon destroy the entire forest.
Being a Leader Is Not a Job Title
Organizational success occurs more often when each employee assumes personal leadership accountability for his or her areas of responsibility. This program helps employees understand that they have a personal responsibility to use their leadership skills to influence successful organizational outcomes by behaving ethically, working hard, building team, and generally committing themselves to excellence.
Unleash Your Team's Hidden Power
Unless you are a hermit, it is necessary to work with others. Working with others successfully only takes place when each member of the team is focused on a common objective, communicating openly with trust, and committed to working and harnessing the strengths of a diverse group of teammates. This programs help employees understand how their behavior affects the outcome of the team.
You Didn't Pick Your Mama
No one chooses where they come into the world. To be successful as an organization, it is important to embrace those who are different and to judge them based on their skills, attitude, and effort. This program colorfully illustrates that diversity, if harnessed properly, is not only morally correct but offers a tremendous competitive advantage.
You Are the Center of the Universe
Low productivity is often caused by employees who think of themselves as victims. In this program employees are made to understand that they are personally responsible for their own success ... and that their personal success is inextricably tied to the organization's achievements.
