About Chuck Mollor

Chuck Mollor (also goes by Charlie) is founder, CEO, executive coach, and advisor at MCG Partners. He is the author of his new and best-selling book, The Rise of The Agile Leader. Can You Make the Shift?. MCG specializes in leadership and talent optimization, aligning business and people strategy for maximum results.

Do You Engage in Conflict? by Chuck Mollor

The word “conflict” often conjures images of confrontation and anger, but this is often not the case. Disagreements occur in even the most positive and productive work relationships—at least, they should. Conflict itself is neither inherently good nor bad—what is perceived as positive or negative is how the differences are managed and the outcome ensues. There is a phenomenon that we are experiencing in the workforce today, and more broadly in our culture: The [...]

Do You Engage in Conflict? by Chuck Mollor2021-03-07T09:12:16-05:00

How Continuous Learning Shapes Leadership

How Continuous Learning Shapes Leadership What will be new for you in 2021? What do you hope to accomplish? How will you get there? I saw a quote on social media recently about excuses, which wrapped up with the following: We all know what we need to do, but most people still don’t do it because it is hard to go out of our own comfort zone and it’s easier to just make excuses. [...]

How Continuous Learning Shapes Leadership2021-03-07T09:20:51-05:00

The Rebirth of the Growth Mindset

We have faced unprecedented change and loss of control over the last few months. People have lost jobs. Parents and caregivers have become homeschoolers. We’ve left our offices and colleagues to work remotely, and we’ve had a realization of how the workplace can shift and how companies can pivot quickly to meet demands.  Our everyday norms are gone and it doesn’t seem realistic that they will return to what we knew before. How do [...]

The Rebirth of the Growth Mindset2020-09-11T14:35:07-04:00

Why the Authoritarian Leadership Style Won’t Survive 2020

The ‘command-and-control’ leadership style needs to die -- but do we always recognize what it looks like? As we plunge into the new now, the post-pandemic market, it’s more important than ever for leaders to understand the difference between being authoritative and authoritarian. It’s hard to believe that in 2019, we were still reading stories about companies with toxic work cultures. They were still out there, but did they survive this disruption? Workforce engagement [...]

Why the Authoritarian Leadership Style Won’t Survive 20202020-04-30T16:41:19-04:00

A Time for Empathy

“Face to face conversation is the most human and humanizing thing we do. Fully present to one another, we learn to listen. It’s where we develop the capacity for empathy,” shares Sherry Turkle in her Book Reclaiming Conversation:  The Power of Talk in a Digital Age.  When our son attended Montessori, they sent a bi-weekly newsletter with a focus on community and character building. The students defined empathy as “caring for others and thinking [...]

A Time for Empathy2020-04-20T14:56:55-04:00

The Future Of Leadership: The Agile Leader™

What is the future of leadership? We have spent the past year researching this topic and interviewing executives around the world. We learned that the future is already here and that your organization’s survival is based on a number of key factors—including its ability to be agile. The markets of today and tomorrow reward organizations that have the capacity and willingness to adapt. Market leaders have established cultures and management approaches that encourage creativity [...]

The Future Of Leadership: The Agile Leader™2020-03-27T12:11:44-04:00

The Leadership Flux Epidemic

Key 3 Questions Leadership Teams Need to Ask Themselves Leadership teams are in constant flux. Leaders are coming and going, and similar to their businesses, their direction and needs are in constant flux as well. It is more critical than ever that leaders and their teams need to pause and ask themselves 3 critical questions: Is your senior team aligned regarding your strategic roadmap? Are you confident in your leadership team and in their [...]

The Leadership Flux Epidemic2020-03-27T12:13:08-04:00

Is Anyone Listening?

By Adrienne Mollor, Senior Partners "Courage is what it takes to stand up and speak; courage is also what it takes to sit down and listen" - Winston Churchill We can all become very focused on our own voices and perspectives. People practice hard, make themselves panicked and try to stretch out of their comfort zones to become “good” speakers. There is a vision that a strong speaker is more established and successful. I [...]

Is Anyone Listening?2020-03-27T12:13:58-04:00

GRETCHEN O’BRIEN JOINS MCG PARTNERS AS DIRECTOR OF CONSULTING SERVICES

BOSTON, December 11, 2018 – MCG Partners, a Greater Boston-based management consulting firm today announced Gretchen O’Brien has joined the firm as Director of Consulting Services. O’Brien will be responsible for working with clients to optimize their talent and organizational needs. “MCG Partners’ culture of commitment and results and passion for making a difference for clients has me very excited to join the team”, said O’Brien. “I’m looking forward to working with an organization [...]

GRETCHEN O’BRIEN JOINS MCG PARTNERS AS DIRECTOR OF CONSULTING SERVICES2020-03-27T12:17:44-04:00

RYEN MCGINN PROMOTED TO CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGER

BOSTON, November 26, 2018 – MCG Partners, a Greater Boston-based management consulting firm today announced the promotion of Ryen McGinn to Client Success Manager. In her new role, McGinn is responsible for managing a variety of clients and their needs for MCG Partners, a woman-owned, management consultancy specializing in leadership development, executive coaching, talent management, organizational effectiveness, management training, and eLearning solutions. “I’m very excited about my expanding responsibilities and in working with MCG [...]

RYEN MCGINN PROMOTED TO CLIENT SUCCESS MANAGER2020-03-27T12:17:53-04:00