Welcome to The Leadership Breakthroughs Blog

As an executive coach, I have learned that leadership skill-sets and mindsets are never fully mastered.  And as leaders, we never reach our full potential.  We all face the challenge to engage others in our mutual goals.  Gaining our followers’ buy-in and commitment is an ongoing challenge.  

To address that challenge, I’ve created over 280 edu-tainment articles to help you purposefully pursue your potential as a leader: one breakthrough at a time.

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Tom
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Judgmental

How Judgmental Are You?

Being a judgmental leader is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut – it’s destructive and totally unnecessary. Constant
Failure Celebration

How Do You Reward Failure in Your Organization or Team?

What Kind of Question is This? We can agree that it’s provocative. When is failure ever the goal? So why
Kevin W McCarthy

Meet the OTHER Kevin McCarthy

Had enough with the political leadership circus world? There’s a different Kevin McCarthy I’d like you to meet. He’s the
Be Grateful.

How to Spread Gratitude in Our Digital World

How Complimentary is YOUR Close? This is the part of a letter that immediately precedes the writer’s signature, consisting of
Risk Averse Caution Sign

Your Post-Pandemic Hangover: Are You Now More Risk Averse?

How Could You NOT be more Risk Averse? Citizens of the world have experienced relentless fear, uncertainty and doubt since
Positivity

Are You Sabotaging Your Own Happiness?

I won’t bury the lead here. The answer is YES. We all sabotage our happiness to some degree. So the
idiot

Do You Suffer Fools Gladly? What Would You Gain if You Did?

“Suffer Fools Gladly” – Saint Paul; 2 Corinthians, Chapter. 11 As with all theological scriptures, those three words can be
dysfunctional communication process

Effective Leadership Communication: How Accountable are You?

“Communication is a process, not an event.” – Seth Goden Do you treat communication as a process? Or an event?
Sleeping on a decision

That Critical Decision: When Should You “Sleep on It”?

There are times with decision making when we have both the need and the time to think it over. It
Office Gossip

What’s the Harm in a Little Office Gossip?

Why do People engage in Office Gossip? There’s a multitude of motives for gossiping. What are your reasons for engaging?
Honey Jar

Positive Reinforcement Revisited: Are You Choosing Vinegar over Honey?

American managers have a common practice. They use an approach called Leave 'em alone > ZAP! They provide apparent autonomy
Stop Excuses

What are Your Excuses? Could Your Attitude Sabotage Your Success as a Leader?

We’re in the mist of The Great Resignation. Employers are seeking creative new ways to retain and engage their talent.
One thing

A Simple, “Less is More” Approach to Dedicate Yourself to What’s Important in the New Year

If you could summarize your desired approach to the coming year with just one word, what word would you use?
Thumb Down

Introducing Anti-Goals; What are the Advantages and Pitfalls?

As purveyor of effective goal planning for over two decades, I am more aware than most folks about how goal
Pizza

Pizza or Broccoli: A Slam-Dunk or Curious Conundrum?

While our food favorites may vary, we all have them. And we tend to choose them more often than our
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Chicago Executive Coaching Rated 5 Best Executive Coaching Programs in Chicago

In an article dated September 8, 2021 by business rating site Kev’s Best, correspondent Shera Elliott compiled a list of
Workplace Empathy

Developing Empathy in a Polarized World

Most citizens of the world have experienced two of the most disruptive two years we can remember. The result is
self-perceptions

Extroverts Leading Introverts: Where are the Disconnects and Pitfalls?

On a scale of 1 to 10, how would you rate your level of extroversion? If you gave yourself an
Hug

Avoiding Touchy-Feely

I once had a new coaching client begin our engagement with this intriguing request. “I don’t want this to get

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Less is More Leadership Communication

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