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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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
Kev's Best Badge

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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Too Hard
motivation
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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executive coaching
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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Judgmental
mental fitness
Tom Lemanski

How Judgmental Are You?

Being a judgmental leader is like using a sledgehammer to crack a nut – it’s destructive and totally unnecessary. Constant criticism and belittling from a leader create a pressure cooker environment that will eventually blow the lid off your team’s productivity and job satisfaction.

Not only that, but being overly judgmental can discourage your team from making decisions and taking initiative which can lead to a stagnant organization. Low morale, high turnover rates, and poor communication and teamwork are all signs of a toxic leadership style.

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