The Breakthrough Collection

Straight talk in short takes. Twenty-one stories to transform how you think, decide, and act.

Cleophus P. Franklin Jr. spent 31 years leading in Fortune 500 boardrooms. Today, he teaches the same wisdom as a Senior Corporate Fellow and Adjunct Professor at the University of Houston-Downtown's Marilyn Davies College of Business, and he shares it with his clients through his consulting business, Franklin Strategic Solutions. The Breakthrough Collection distills that career into twenty-one concise leadership lessons, each one built to work in the pocket of time you actually have.

Every chapter follows the same promise, grounded in Franklin's 3I Methodology™: Insight, Impact, Implementation. One powerful insight, one clear framework, one real example you can put to work today. Meet The Trust Code. Face The $2.3 Million Question. Discover why Direction Over Precision wins, and how The 90-Second Leadership Edge can reset a room. Together, these lessons show you how to build trust fast, make sharper strategic calls, and shape a culture that delivers.

Harvard research finds that executives spend 72% of their time in meetings. These stories were written for the minutes you have, not the hours you wish you had. No filler. No theory for theory's sake. Just battle-tested wisdom, one breakthrough at a time.