As you know, over the last several months I have been working to transition my day to day duties at MCG so I can spend more time mentoring and advising people.\u00a0 As part of that I have been able to work with Kevin Carpenter from our parent company to help him gain an understanding of the unique and special culture we have here at MCG.\u00a0 Kevin has spent a lot of time getting to know our company and over the last two weeks he has spent one on one time with each of our leadership people.\u00a0 As he was flying back to New Jersey tonight he sent me an awesome email.\u00a0 In the email he shared the following quote:<\/p>\n
\u00a0“An organization that is healthy will inevitably get smarter over time.\u00a0 That’s because people in a healthy organization, beginning with the leaders, learn from one another, identify critical issues, and recover quickly from mistakes.\u00a0 Without politics and confusion getting in their way, they cycle through problems and rally around solutions much faster than dysfunctional and political rivals do. Moreover, they create environments in which employees do the same.”\u00a0 -Patrick Lencioni<\/p>\n
\u00a0Kevin then commented:\u00a0 \u201cThis is what I observed at MCG over the last two weeks\u201d<\/p>\n
\u00a0What a fabulous compliment!\u00a0 And I couldn\u2019t agree with him more.\u00a0 Each of the leaders and employees cultivate that environment at MCG.\u00a0 It took many years and a lot of growing pains to get our company to this point, but the culture defined in the quote above is exactly the culture that exists today, and it is that culture that has led to our success as an organization.\u00a0 It is also that culture that has helped each employee to grow and succeed as individuals.<\/p>\n
Kevin went on to share another quote from Patrick Lencioni:<\/p>\n
“The same phenomenon can be seen in families.\u00a0 Healthy families – the ones where parents give their children discipline, affection, and time – almost always improve over the years, even when they lack many of the advantages and resources that money can buy.\u00a0 Unhealthy families, the ones without discipline and unconditional love, will always struggle, even if they have all\u00a0 the money, tutors, coaches, and technology they could ever want.<\/p>\n
\u00a0The key ingredient for improvement and success is not access to knowledge or resources, as helpful as those things may be.\u00a0 It’s really about the health of the environment.\u00a0 And consider this: if you had to bet on the future of one of two kids, one raised by loving parents in a solid home and the other a product of apathy and dysfunction, you’d always take the former regardless of the resources surrounding them.\u00a0\u00a0 Well, the same is true in organizations.”<\/p>\n
\u00a0Kevin went on to comment:\u00a0 \u201cThis is the kind of environment I was raised in and I think it is very true.\u00a0\u00a0 Easier to succeed and flourish in a healthy environment.\u201d<\/p>\n
I asked Kevin\u2019s permission to share his comments with all of you.\u00a0 He said it was okay for me to share it and then he stated:<\/p>\n
\u201cI meant it as a compliment to you, the MCG leadership team, and all the employees.\u00a0 You have built a great company.\u201d<\/p>\n
What a great tribute to MCG and the great people working here.\u00a0 Kevin is a great person and he was very generous to have shared his insights regarding his impressions of MCG with us.\u00a0 Kevin values the culture we have built and he is excited to continue learning more about how we have been able to create such a unique environment and how we have attracted such a unique team so that he can replicate that culture in other organizations.<\/p>\n
I want to add to Kevin\u2019s comments just how much of an honor it is to be associated with the amazing leaders and employees at MCG every day.\u00a0 I have had the honor to lead the team for the last nine years and it has been a blessing every day which allowed me to\u00a0learn and grow from the incredible people in the company.\u00a0 It is so rare to work with a group of people that are so aligned in their values and their vision for helping each other become the very best that they can be.\u00a0 Watching coworkers lift one another up both in their jobs as well as in their personal lives is inspiring.\u00a0 I am excited to see what great things my team will do in the future.\u00a0 Transitioning on to do other things is such a bitter sweet time for me.\u00a0 I am so excited to focus my time on giving back to others, but I also feel\u00a0like the\u00a0proud momma who is watching her baby grow up and go\u00a0to college…she is proud of her child, but she will miss him every day….that is the best way to describe the emotions\u00a0\u00a0I feel about my employees…like I am their proud momma :).\u00a0 Very\u00a0proud.<\/p>\n
Today\u2019s blog is dedicated to the great people that have impacted my life so profoundly all these years and who have helped me to build a phenomenal company.\u00a0 Thank you for allowing me to lead you.\u00a0 It is an honor that I will never forget.<\/p>\n
Have a Fabulous Friday!<\/p>\n
~Amy<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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