Leo Tonkin is the Chief Executive Officer of Distinctions, Incorporated a strategic organizational development firm headquartered in Boca Raton, Florida with offices throughout the United States.  Leo has over 25 years experience working Tonkin with entrepreneurial and high-growth companies to Fortune 100 companies to improve their performance, effectiveness and productivity.  His clients include some of the top branded companies i Tonkinn the world such as Office Depot, Johnson & Johnson, American Express, Mass Mutual, The Home Depot, Apple Computers, Black & Decker, Pfizer, Ford Motors, and others.

He was a pioneer in the executive coaching field in the 1980’s before ‘coaching’ was a mainstream distinction in the business world.  He has always surrounded himself with champions in the industry. In the early 1990’s he collaborated with Stephen Covey to develop and deliver training programs based on what is arguably the most popular business book of all time, The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People.  Later, he developed programs while collaborating with Ken Blanchard, author of the One Minute Manager, Raving Fans and other best-sellers such as Who Moved My Cheese?

Today he applies principles and distinctions from sports and organizational psychology, strategic coaching, change management, neuroscience and transformational training to impact the performance of organizations and their people.  Leo is a considered a thought leader and a futurist in organizational development and is a published author, a highly sought after keynote speaker and lecturer and has written more than 30 programs from executive excellence and team building to communication and innovation.

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