Paul Thornton

Paul Thornton, author of "Precise Leaders Get Results," is a trainer, speaker and professor of business administration at Springfield Technical Community College in Springfield, Massachusetts. He has designed and conducted management and leadership programs for UMass Medical School, Kuwait Oil Corporation and United Technologies, providing leadership training for more than 10,000 supervisors and managers. Thornton's books include: "Leadership-Off the Wall," "Be the Leader, Make the Difference" and "Leadership: Best Advice I Ever Got." He has also written articles that have appeared in USA Today, Management Review and Leadership Excellence.

Articles by Paul Thornton

• Speak up: What will you do in defining moments?

  Wednesday, March 29, 2017

  Defining moments are important situations that test a leader's commitment to his or her core beliefs and values. Author Robert Kiyosaki said that in these critical moments, "We become heroes or cowards; truth-tellers or liars; we go forward or backward."