Kevin W. McCarthy pioneered the conversation about purpose starting in the late 1980s. His books The On-Purpose Person (1992, 2009) and The On-Purpose Business Person (1998, 2013) provide readers a fully integrated life–work approach.
Kevin holds an MBA from The Darden School at the University of Virginia, and a BS in Business and Economics from Lehigh University.
Integrating Business, Marketing, Sales, Strategy | Author, Professional Keynote Speaker
Why America's Chief Leadership Officer? Leadership is ageless and essential, but an underdeveloped competency in the Digital Age and beyond when most needed. It is deeply personal, yet profoundly expressive through businesses and organizations. And, it starts with purpose—the answer to "Why ...?"
Most know me as the author of the leadership books
The On-Purpose Person The On-Purpose Business Person. Pioneering the purpose conversation started for me in the late 1980s and continues today as I speak, write, and consult. On-Purpose® is my approach; more importantly, it is my call to eradicate meaninglessness, articulate purpose and help people be on-purpose.
I'm a long-time business owner with a classic business education and entrepreneurial experience, but a gracious iconoclast about Corporate America and business, in general. For all its services rendered there's a dark side of destruction and disengagement. On-Purpose affords us to profit the world and gain our souls! Chief Leadership Officer extends this message and directs to the influencers of today and tomorrow.
Chief Leadership Officer challenges the previously unchallenged: the title, role, power, and posture of the CEO. Every business book being read today assumes a CEO-style led business. What if a CEO-led business is the problem and everything else is a symptom?
I relate to profit-makers, those who build-out ideas, take risks, make decisions, engage teams, and responsibly make their greater contribution to others. My unique gift—where most see chaos or confusion, I see repeating patterns against an invisible framework called On-Purpose that makes it all make more sense. I'm a leadership and organizational development designer with decades of evidence that On-Purpose works, really well. And I'm a written and spoken word communicator who actually writes his own books.
I am America's Chief Leadership Officer because we're heading into a new era—the Age of Purpose where leading trumps execution. The movement needs voice, a point person to cut the first path and invite others to follow and improve upon it. Prediction: CLOs will replace CEOs. Told you I am an iconoclast, who is preparing the leaders of tomorrow, on-purpose.
Learn a bit more about being on-purpose below by watching this video produced by The Big Thinker Series.
Additional Information about Kevin W. McCarthy is available here:
On-Purpose.com (http://on-purpose.com/kevin-w-mccarthy/)
LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kevinwmccarthy)
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"Yes, Kevin, I'm with you!"
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+ So you're planning a US-based convention for lots of business owners. You need a keynote speaker with substance and style who can get your audience thinking. Kevin W. McCarthy is a 20+ year Professional Member of the National Speakers Association. This rewards includes:
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Within 15-minutes of emailing Dr. Nido Qubein, President of High Point University, he was all over the Chief Leadership Officer concept and book project. Part of his angel investment in the message included a trip to HPU to be interviewed for broadcast on North Carolina Public TV and other uses.
Dr. Qubein and I sat down on Feb. 2, 2018 and did the entire interview in one shot. He's truly a legendary communicator and leader with a twinkle in his eye and a heart for helping people be on-purpose. The photo above was taken just after the interview.
Watch the entire interview with Dr. Nido Qubein about Chief Leadership Officer on my speaker site.
Do yourself a favor. If you're anywhere near High Point, NC make a point of visiting the campus. As Judith and I drove off the campus, I told her, "If Disney and the Ritz-Carlton decided to start a university, then High Point University is what they would produce."
On your visit, pay attention to the creative, Disney-like details - inspirational quotes etched into bricks, life-sized sculptures of famous people and their quotes inviting sit on benches welcoming you to sit a spell with them. There's a student lounge with half of an airplane first class seating area so students can learn how to communicate when flying. Look for the giant DNA strand in the Sciences Building, or the stately reception area in the College of Business. There's even 1924 Prime, a high end restaurant included on the student dining plan where the wait staff are faculty who coach the students on manners and etiquette. Nido wants students to know how to conduct themselves in polite company. Nothing worse than bad manners ruining a relationship or business deal!
While traversing the campus, I interacted with team members who work on the campus. From the security guards, to maintenance crew, to tour guide, to dining services cashiers, to the faculty, I discovered an energy and enthusiasm about their work and opportunity to serve. It was ladies and gentlemen serving ladies and gentlemen ala the Ritz-Carlton.
Thank you High Point University for a lasting impression and an interview to share with the world about Chief Leadership Officer and On-Purpose!.
Thanks to you, The Business Reformation Has Begun!
Kevin