Kevin Cashman

Grow the Whole Person to Grow the Whole Leader This long-awaited third edition turns leadership development inside out for a new generation of authentic, purpose-inspired leaders. Balancing timeless principles with emerging research, this new edition offers: Two new chapters: Story Mastery and Coaching Mastery; New case studies, stories, and exercises in every chapter New validating research from the frontiers of leadership, neuroscience, psychology, and human potential An even more powerful and transformative development experience Now framed in eight profound and pragmatic mastery areas, this book serves as an integrated growth experience that helps leaders understand how to harness their authentic, value-creating influence and elevate their impact. Cashman demonstrates that his trademark grow the whole person to grow the whole leader approach, focusing on purpose-driven leadership, is even more relevant in today's hypercomplex world. For everyone from CEOs to emerging leaders, this new edition of a proven classic advances the art and science of leadership.

This book was the first to reveal and build on a foundational insight: we lead by virtue of who we are. Cashman's trademark -whole-person- approach is essential to success in today's talent-starved marketplace and provides a measurable return on investment. Framed in seven simple yet profound personal -mastery areas, - this book serves as an integrated coaching experience that helps leaders understand how to harness their authentic, value-creating influence and elevate their impact as individuals, in teams, and in organizations. The third edition contains updated content in the first three chapters---Personal Mastery, - -Purpose Mastery, - and -Interpersonal Mastery- (the most foundational chapters in the book)--and includes a new chapter, -Story Mastery: Leading with Inspiration.- This chapter deepens comprehension of authenticity, provides a more significant sense of meaning and purpose, and inspires more profound interpersonal connection. For everyone from CEOs to emerging leaders, this long-awaited third edition advances the art and science of leadership, which makes the book even more relevant today than when it was first published.

Nearly all of us experience the suffering of overwork, over-stimulation, overachievement and hyper-expectation. We are asked to do more with less, but where is the energy and capacity going to come from? Rather than doing more, we need to learn to do differently in order to achieve. We need to slow down to go fast, step back to energize, take a breath to connect with presence, and look at the same situations with fresh, innovative thinking. Otherwise we will continue to crash economically, personally, and collectively. In today's dynamic world, Pause will become the new transformative principle, the catalyst for purpose-filled innovation and renewal. More than just a work or philosophy or spirituality, The Pause Principle provides real tools and practices to make pausing a part of every leader's everyday life. Cashman shows how pausing in many forms can provide better, fresher thinking in all areas of business and human relations. The book focuses on how pausing helps improve self-awareness, purpose, listening skills, energy, problem-solving, and innovation. The Pause Principle gives leaders an alternative path to sustainable achievement. It provides tools to re-connect to self, others, and new opportunities.

AS LONG AS PEOPLE HAVE WORKED together, they have engaged in political games. Motivated by short-term gains?promotions, funding for a project, budget increases, status with the boss?people misuse their time and energy. Today, when many organizations are fighting for their lives and scarce resources there is increased stress and anxiety, and employees are engaging in games more intensely than ever before. Organizational experts Mauricio Goldstein and Philip Read argue that office games?those manipulative behaviors that distract employees from achieving their mission?are both conscious and unconscious. They can and should be effectively minimized. In Games at Work, the authors offer tools to diagnose the most common games that people play and outline a three-step process to effectively deal with them. Some of the games they explore include: GOTCHA: identifying and communicating others' mistakes in an effort to win points from higher-upsGOSSIP: engaging in the classic rumor mill to gain political advantageSANDBAGGING: purposely low-balling sales forecasts as a negotiating ployGRAY ZONE: deliberately fostering ambiguity or lack of clarity about who should do what to avoid accountability Filled with real-world, entertaining examples of games in action, Games at Work is an invaluable resource for managers and all professionals who want to substitute straight talk for games in their organizations and boost productivity, commitment, innovation, and?ultimately?the bottom line.

More Than a Book. . . . An Interactive Coaching Experience "A spiritual journey that will take you to a new and inspiring understanding of leadership." –Warren Bennis, Distinguished Professor of Business, USC and coauthor of Geeks and Geezers: How Era, Values and Defining Moments Shape Leaders "Awakening the Leader Within helps leaders to go beyond meeting their performance goals to achieving their life’s destiny. Don’t read this book if you are only concerned with your personal success. Read it if you are ready to begin the journey to a higher calling to really make a difference in the world." –Ron James, President and CEO of the Center for Ethical Business Cultures, former division president and CEO of Ceridian Corporation and former CEO for US West Communications—Minnesota "Kevin Cashman’s storytelling draws you in and forces you to explore the inner and outer terrain of your life and how it impacts the whole. It’s refreshing to read a business book that motivates and provides the practices to become a more conscious leader, yet allows enough space to interpret your own legacy." –Ann Bancroft, polar explorer (first woman to reach North and South Poles and ski across Antarctica), Cofounder of yourexpedition, and coauthor of No Horizon Is So Far "It is often said that we live our lives in the present but understand them in the past. Awakening the Leader Within is a terrific reflection and self-coaching tool to close the insight gap which often stands in the way of maximum success and personal fulfillment." –Michael A. Peel, Senior Vice President Human Resources and Corporate Services, General Mills, Inc. "Once you start reading Awakening the Leader Within, you won’t set it down. Cashman doesn’t let you off the hook until you contemplate how you will live your life differently." –Tom Debrowski, Executive Vice President Worldwide Operations, Mattel, Inc.