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Welcome to Leadership Breakthroughs

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 here on Leadership Breakthroughs to help you purposefully pursue your potential as a leader: one breakthrough at a time.

Awaken Your Awareness

The posts on Leadership Breakthroughs are designed to allow you to Awaken Awareness of what’s getting in your way to discover new ways to develop your Leadership potential.

Enjoy your journey!

Tom

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Positive Reinforcement Revisited: Are You Choosing Vinegar over Honey?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes American managers have a common practice. They use an approach called Leave ’em alone > ZAP! They provide apparent autonomy until they’re caught doing something either undesirable or incorrect. Then they get ZAPPED.

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

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Reading Time: 2 minutes We’re in the mist of The Great Resignation. Employers are seeking creative new ways to retain and engage their talent. Some employers are handing out larger raises than in the past. Talent shortages are creating opportunities for leaders to step up.

How might you make the most of this opportunity?
How might you avoid shooting yourself in the foot?

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How Strong are Your Critical Thinking Skills?

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Reading Time: 2 minutes I believe that critical thinking is an important skill for any leader. Critical thinking supports both decision making and self-leadership. I’ve done some research and assembled this quick read designed to help you begin to develop your critical thinking skills.  For … Continue reading →

Celebrating 20 Years in Business

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Reading Time: 2 minutes Another Milestone In November of 2001, I launched my new consulting/practice.  I had first rate training and some proven tools for helping organizations and their leaders to pursue their goals more effectively. BUT: There were at least two important elements … Continue reading →

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

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Reading Time: 3 minutes As purveyor of effective goal planning for over two decades, I am more aware than most folks about how goal setting is used and misused. When I recently discovered the term “Anti-Goals”, my curiosity peaked. Is this backlash for pursing goals?

I’ve discovered and documented some really good reasons for people to sour on the idea of goal setting. Here are three examples of how and when using goal setting as a leadership tool can fail.

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

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Reading Time: 2 minutes While our food favorites may vary, we all have them. And we tend to choose them more often than our less favorable choices. Our food decision making can provide clues to our workday decision making. Let’s take a closer look.

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