Welcome to Leadership Breakthroughs

The ‘official blog’ for Chicago Executive Coaching

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.  The key is gaining our followers’ buy-in and commitment.  I’ve created over 200 edu-tainment articles on Leadership Breakthroughs to help you purposefully pursue your potential as a leader: one breakthrough at a time.

Enjoy your journey!

..     Tom

The Logo Saga- Adventures in Crowd Sourcing

Posted on by June 7, 2017
Chicago Executive Coaching Logo

I’ve worked to develop the Chicago Executive Coaching brand since 2006. Kinda.
I say “kinda” because I was really giving Lip Service to the effort. I once successfully led the re-building of a consumer product company in the late 90’s. I regularly collaborated with graphic designers on product packaging and catalogs for the product line. Some of our packaging received design award nominations. It helped us to gain valuable shelf space at major retail chains. Despite that knowledge and expertise, 2017 marked my 11th year without a legit logo. I was aware of the missing piece. I habitually ignored the issue. But then. came the wake-up call.

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The Two Dimensions of Time Management

Posted on by May 14, 2017
Time Resource

When most of us consider time management, we think in terms of filling out our calendar. But that only addresses the first dimension.

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Miscommunication is at the Root of All Dysfunction

Posted on by June 12, 2017

In my travels to different corporate cultures in over 60 different industries, the most common truth I find is: Miscommunication is at the root of all dysfunction. What’s a leader to do?

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Leading Innovation: The Role of Creativity

Posted on by April 6, 2017
Eureka

We can agree that innovation is a critical component for building a competitive edge and solving problems and challenges along the way.

As we pursue innovation, we seek attributes like creativity and thinking outside-the-box. If only leading innovation was as simple as gathering groups of creatives and letting them brainstorm. The reality is that working with creatives and outside the box thinkers can be like herding cats.

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How to Get Better at Almost Anything

Posted on by March 2, 2017
Gold

Too Good to be True? Our three most scarce resources are time, money and talent. When we believe we don’t have enough of these to spare, we typically opt out. Here’s something universally powerful that requires very little of these scarce resources. Yet, the opt-out rate is surprisingly high.

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Why Don’t We Ask for Help?

Posted on by February 3, 2017
Call for help

How many times have you found yourself in need of help from others in a difficult time and help didn’t show up? how diligent are you about asking for help? Learn 5 paralyzing reasons that we neglect to request help in our times of need.

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What’s Your Listener Rating?

Posted on by January 19, 2017
Exec Woman 9

How would you rate yourself as an effective listener? If we asked people who know you well, how would you rate? Take this simple 3- question quiz to get your first clues.

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