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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The posts on Leadership Breakthroughs are designed to Awaken Awareness of what’s getting in your way and to discover new ways to develop your Leadership potential.  I invite you to become a subscriber using the button below.

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Tom
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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.
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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?
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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
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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
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Avoiding Touchy-Feely

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

How Preemptive are You? 7 Quick, Powerful Questions to Ask Yourself when Blindsided

We likely agree that integrity is a critical leadership trait. With your reputation on the line, I would argue that
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2020 – Turning Lemons into Lemonade

My 2020 Lemonade: I’m extremely fortunate. I would describe the year as an opportunistic adventure. My friends and family have
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Your Zoom Presence: Put Your Best Face Forward

While it may be true that you shouldn’t judge a book by its cover. The truth is that we not
Happy Thanksgiving

Why We Need a Lot of Thanksgiving in 2020

Without warning, the events of 2020 challenged our resiliency. We’ve all temporarily lost much of life that we took for
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Tom Lemanski Hall of Fame Induction

On Thursday October 29, 2020 I became a Hall of Famer in my field. At the Fall Power Summit for
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Getting the REAL Story

When it comes to effective decision making, there's no substitute for being informed. At the same time, we’re living in
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Are You Writing Checks that Your Calendar Can’t Cash?

A check is a promise to pay. The banks hold you to your promise and enforce strict consequences for insufficient
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What Triggers You?

What are "Triggers"? There’s no denying it. We all have events that can lead to a reaction. In psychology a
Wasteful Habits

What Are YOUR New Habits?

Who would have thought that so simple as staying at home could be so challenging? Have you become uncomfortable with
I skate to where the puck is going to be, not where it has been.

Envisioning Your Brave New World

Many of us suddenly have more time. Time is the scarcest of all resources. Count your blessings, assuming you’re healthy.
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Social Distancing: A Poor Choice of Words?

Wordsmith-ing The Brave New World: Our vocabularies have evolved. But some of the new words and phrases can be misleading
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Emotional Intelligence: A Pandemic and Isolation Coping Tool

Have you had experienced any pandemic related feelings of fear, anxiety or doubt lately? Let's learn how emotional intelligence will

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Tom Lemanski

What’s “Too Hard” for You?

We all have our mental barriers. Our limiting beliefs that create the perception that certain tasks are too hard. As long as we harbor those beliefs, they will hold us back from pursuing goals with conviction.

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Tom Lemanski

What I Did on My Summer Vacation

I don’t usually write posts that are overly personal or promotional.  But this seemed like an appropriate time to bend my own rules.   A Once-in-a-Lifetime

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