admin “The most expensive meeting in business is the one where leadership made a million-dollar decision and never once asked the people who would have to live with it what they thought.” — Cleophus P. Franklin Jr. | Franklin Strategic Solutions™ ☕ A Coffee With Cleo Moment I need to be honest with you. Every time … Read more
“THE FUD TRAP: How to Lead When Fear, Uncertainty, and Doubt Paralyze You”“The leaders who win aren’t the ones who wait for clarity—they’re the ones who create it through action.” ~ Cleophus P. Franklin Jr.Two weeks ago, one of my MBA students caught me after class. Senior director of operations at a healthcare company, father … Read more
The Only Leadership Choice That Matters “I learned that courage was not the absence of fear, but the triumph over it.” — Nelson Mandela My friend, mentor, and coach, Fred Lange, said something recently that stopped me cold. We were discussing the gap between leaders who break through and those who plateau, and he cut … Read more
HOUSTON, TX – After 35 years of watching high performers struggle with the samechallenge—knowing what to do but lacking time to implement breakthrough thinking—authorand leadership strategist Cleophus P. Franklin Jr. has engineered a solution. The Breakthrough Collection: Straight Talk in Short Takes. 21 Lessons to Transform How YouThink, Decide, and Act delivers strategic microlearning designed … Read more
Life tends to be overwhelming, with demands to accomplish, succeed, and continue pushing onward. But when individuals reflect on the past, the memories that are most precious to them are never the great accomplishments. Instead, more times than not, they are the insignificant, little things: a sunset walk, laughing with loved ones, or an act … Read more
Words are not ephemeral. They weigh, they ring, and they resonate long after they’ve been uttered or put to paper. That is why individuals are often able to recall a line or quote for decades—it becomes a strand connecting the past to the present. Poetry, above other art forms, has always possessed this power. Poetry … Read more
Inspired by More Words from My Heart of Cleophus P. Franklin Jr. Few notions are more wondrous than the hope that two hearts can meet across a lifetime, brought together by a union that defies reason, yet is not quite explained by it. Cleophus P. Franklin Jr.’s More Words from My Heart conveys this eternal … Read more
Inspired by More Words from My Heart of Cleophus P. Franklin Jr. Language has always had a magic to it. One word can pick up a spirit, heal a heart, or usher one into a whole new way of looking at things. In More Words from My Heart, Cleophus P. Franklin Jr. reminds us that … Read more