1. Thomas J. Lee
Mind the Gaps: The Three Voices of Leadership
Thomas J. Leebrings decades of experience and expertise to employee engagement for breakthrough change and
performance in business. An authority on leadership influence and impact, he draws on an extraordinary command
of best practices to drive your strategy, support your initiatives, and change your culture.
A dynamic speaker with international experience, Tom has spoken at professional conferences and corporate venues
throughout the United States and across Canada, as well as in Europe, South America, and Africa. Audiences from
London to Buenos Aires, from Warsaw to San Francisco, from Johannesburg to Calgary, and from Amsterdam to
Bogotá have applauded his affirming message of opportunity, growth, and actionable priorities.
As a consultant, Tom brings clarity and creativity to strategic vision, direction, and goals. As a trainer, he teaches a
simple, easy process of leadership to thousands of managers at some of America’s biggest and best companies. As a
speaker, he shares colorful, real-life stories that illustrate extraordinary leadership and performance. As a coach, he
helps managers become energetic, inspiring leaders who truly connect with people to sink the roots of change deep
in a culture and make the change last. His blog (at www.MindingGaps.com) is must reading for anyone responsible
for cultural change, strategic execution, or corporate communication.
Over the last 15 years, Tom has culled best practices in engagement, leadership, and organizational communication
from major, pace-setting corporations. Once he identified and documented what really works, he created a powerful
process with proven strategies and practical tools that build workforce engagement and help managers learn to work
as leaders. That clears a path for change and barrier-breaking business performance.
Tom believes that anyone in any position of authority in any organization must exercise credible and compelling
leadership. That most certainly includes front-line managers and supervisors, typically overlooked and undervalued.
He recognizes clear communication as the very energy of leadership. Without it, leaders are unable to lead, for they
cannot connect with people. That connection is everything. It must be mutually engaging, mutually productive, and
mutually sustained. Otherwise, leaders won’t be able to lead. They will only manage.
A former journalist and speechwriter for Fortune 100 CEOs, Tom is an alumnus of the University of Chicago, where
he serves as a mentor to graduate students, and of the University of Wisconsin at Madison. His clients have included
the premier companies in such diversified industries as pharmaceuticals, insurance, heavy equipment
manufacturing, brewing, petroleum, food service, aeronautics, chemicals, biotechnology, motorcycles, and
computers.
On the personal side, Tom enjoys reading (mainly biographies), hiking, canoeing, music from jazz to opera, long-
distance bicycling, and cooking for friends. A native of Wisconsin and a lifelong Green Bay Packers fan, he actually
owns one of those yellow foam cheeseheads, and he keeps an ice-cold piece of Lambeau Field turf in his kitchen
freezer. He is the father of a grown daughter, who is an attorney in Chicago.
Tom welcomes contacts on LinkedIn (at www.linkedin.com/in/leadershipexpert), and encourages everyone to read
his blog regularly at www.mindinggaps.com.