Breakthrough Thinking
As the seasons have changed, so too has the news cycle. Now, news of the U.S. general election, spikes in the pandemic and the SCOTUS nominee confirmation hearings crowd out space for continued dialogue about systemic racism and unconscious bias. However, we cannot consider the former without reckoning with the latter at both macro- and micro- levels.
“I founded Breakthrough Consulting Group LLC to help senior leaders and their teams get from where they are to where they want to be.” We ignite breakthroughs with senior executives and teams striving for next-level leadership, performance, inclusion or communications.
According to Senn Delaney Chairman Dr. Larry Senn and Jim Hart, Heidrick & Struggles senior advisor, “To become effective leaders, we must become aware of our shadows and then learn to have our actions match our message.” As presidential candidates vie for the position with arguably the longest leadership shadow in the world, I’ll be watching for what type of shadow they cast.
At Breakthrough, we follow Columbia University’s executive and organizational coaching model. It can be broken down into three phases: 1. Context (“What’s up?”); 2. Content (“What ‘matters?’”) and 3. Conduct (“What’s next?”). This post describes the work we do with our clients in each of the three phases.
