About
Dr. Thomas A. Gordon, Ph.D.
Psychologist. Executive advisor. Cross-sector practitioner. For thirty-five years, a steady counsel to leaders in the rooms where the decisions get made.
Credentials
- Ph.D., Clinical Psychology
- Licensed Psychologist
- Academic training: Harvard, Michigan, Penn
- 35+ years of practice
- Cross-sector: Healthcare, Sports, Government, Nonprofit
- Founder, Living Leadership Podcast
- Leadership Therapy™, Circular Leadership™
Dr. Thomas A. Gordon has spent thirty-five years at the intersection of clinical psychology and executive practice. Grounded in psychology and informed by academic training at Harvard, Michigan, and Penn, he built his work inside the institutions where leadership is hardest to hold: hospital systems under financial pressure, professional sports franchises balancing legacy and performance, government agencies serving through political change, and mission-driven nonprofits outgrowing the systems that got them started.
His practice sits at a rare intersection, clinical depth, cultural competency, and a cross-sector body of work, and he uses it to bring the interior life of leadership into the same conversation as the strategy, the numbers, and the people the work is actually for.
Colleagues and clients describe him as direct and deeply compassionate, humble, and relentlessly committed to the growth of others. He works with CEOs, senior teams, mission-driven founders, and athletes making the next transition, always with the same intent: clear the chaos, move from reaction to intention, leave the team stronger than he found it.
Two frameworks have emerged from the work: Leadership Therapy™, the depth-oriented practice he uses with individual leaders and executive teams, and Circular Leadership™, the systems-based model he brings to whole organizations navigating change.
Signature line
"We clear the chaos so leadership teams move from confusion to focus, and from reaction to intention."
Begin the work
When the stakes are personal as well as strategic, let's talk.
A first conversation is exploratory, confidential, and free. We'll spend the time understanding what is actually happening and whether working together makes sense.