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Guiding leaders toward the courage to be imperfect.

Listen to conversations hosted by an organizational psychologist and master certified coach and get his unique perspective on becoming a leader and living more intentionally. Dr. McKinley’s insightful and lighthearted conversational style is easy to follow with practical advice. He frequently invites guests to join him, and his guests are from all “walks of life” leading people and organizations in admirable ways.

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Podcast Topics

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Communication

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Diversity Equity Inclusion & Belonging (DEIB)

10 Episodes

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Emotional Intelligence & Emotional Agility

19 Episodes

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Inspiration

33 Episodes

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Leadership (General)

61 Episodes

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Relationships

12 Episodes

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Resiliency/Life Work Harmony

24 Episodes

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Self-Leadership

46 Episodes

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February 4, 2025

The Laws of Leadership

Do you find leadership difficult to define? In his book, 21 Irrefutable Laws of Leadership, John Maxwell set out to make leadership more understandable by…

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January 28, 2025

Two Truths and a Lie

Description: In this podcast Dr. McKinley describes how our perceptions, biases, and emotions influence how we interpret and understand truth and facts. He addresses the…

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January 21, 2025

The Lies of Singleness

In this episode of Leadership Currency, Dr. McKinley dives into an enlightening conversation with author Megan Salinas about her compelling book, The Lies of Singleness.…

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January 16, 2025

How Do You Measure Success?

Success is sometimes mistaken for something objective rather than something very personal. Do you feel the need to measure up to someone else’s success metric?…

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January 8, 2025

Invited Leadership

Welcome to 2025! Dr. McKinley personally invites you this year to join him in being a leader. To be invited means “to be asked or…

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December 3, 2024

One Word Can Change Your Mindset

If you could only pick one, what word would you choose that reflected your personal headlines this last year? What word would you choose to…

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November 27, 2024

Why do we do what we do?

Dr. Kim Furry, an orthopedic surgeon, is our guest on the podcast today. To become a physician of any kind is a long, challenging, and…

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November 20, 2024

How to Navigate Conflict Entrepreneurs

Conflict at work comes in many forms. Most teams and organizations need more conflict, not less. Good conflict, the kind that is healthy, pushes us…

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November 13, 2024

Don’t Retire

Retirement, in our western culture, is considered to be the withdrawal from one's position or occupation or from one's active working life. Many people choose…

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November 6, 2024

Leadership Frequency

Today’s podcast centers on the book, Manhood Frequency. It’s author, Hank Groff, is a businessman who made a career pivot choosing to focus on the…

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November 4, 2024

Leadership and Self-deception

It seems everyone talks about self-awareness these days, but few talk about its nemesis: lying to one’s self. For too long, the issue of self-deception…

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October 22, 2024

People, Pizza, and Purpose

Dr. McKinley is joined by Nick Sarillo, owner and operator of two large pizza restaurants in the Chicago area. With his family roots in the…

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October 15, 2024

Leading From Identity with Jamie Winship

We are excited to have Jamie Winship return as our guest on the podcast today. Jamie has decades of experience bringing peaceful solutions to areas…

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October 7, 2024

Strategic Leadership

Strategic leaders have the ability to challenge prevailing viewpoints without provoking significant pushback, to see the big and small picture at the same time, to…

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October 1, 2024

Islands of Sanity with Dave Gibbons

The world continues to be in a crazy cycle of uncertainty. Leaders are struggling to find a path forward in this climate of separation, isolation,…

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