Barriers to Breakthrough Speaker Series
Dr. Don Wilkins
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About This Podcast
The Barriers to Breakthrough Speaker Series is where leadership, transformation, and generational wisdom meet. Each episode features candid conversations with prominent leaders across education, business, and community sectors who have broken through challenges to create lasting impact.
As the founder of Transformation 180 and author of Barriers to Breakthrough: 13 Strategies for Effective Leadership in the Multi-Generational Workplace, Dr. Don Wilkins brings his school-turnaround and leadership-development expertise to the mic. Together with his guests, he explores the realities of leadership—the challenges, the lessons, and the strategies that drive real change.
Listeners will walk away with practical tools, stories of resilience, and new perspectives on leading multigenerational teams, driving equity, and building organizations that thrive.
Whether you’re a principal, professor, executive, or emerging leader, this series equips you with the insights you need to break through barriers—and lead with purpose.
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Recent Episodes
S1E5 From Fear to Freedom: A Conversation With Amanda and Kevion Latham
In Episode 5 of Barriers to Breakthrough, Dr. Don Wilkins sits down with entrepreneurial power couple Amanda and Kevion Latham to explore leadership through the lens of marriage, faith, business, and…
S1E4 Episode 4: Leading with Empathy- A Conversation With Cesquinn Curtis
In Episode 4 of Barriers to Breakthrough, Dr. Don Wilkins sits down with Cesquinn Curtis, Associate Vice President of Student Life at Kent State University and founder of The Strategist Firm, for a…
S1E3 Episode 3: Communication Is More Than Key- A Conversation With The Herrings
In this episode, Dr. Don Wilkins sits down with dynamic leadership partners Dr. Christine and Dr. Chuck Herring to explore how efficacy, mentorship, and communication shape effective leadership. The…
S1E2 Episode 2: Just Keep it Real- A Conversation with Coach Chandler McCabe
In this episode of Barriers to Breakthrough, Dr. Don Wilkins sits down with Coach Chandler McCabe, Head Coach of the Robert Morris University Women’s Basketball Team, for an unfiltered conversation…
S1E1 Episode 1: Leading with Vision and Accountability – A Conversation with K. Chase Patterson
In the premiere episode of the Barriers to Breakthrough Speaker Series, Dr. Don Wilkins sits down with K. Chase Patterson—CEO of Urban Academy, founder of the State of Black Learning, and nationally…
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Barriers to Breakthrough Speaker Series has published 5 episodes since September 2025, covering topics in Business, Careers.
Barriers to Breakthrough Speaker Series is currently highly active with new episodes monthly. Average episode length is 48m.
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