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Leadership From
The Inside Out
Becoming
a Leader for Life
Executive
Excellence Publishing – 1998 (218 pages in paperback)
Author Kevin Cashman
ISBN 1-890009-29-6
Some authors approach the subject of
leadership from an external perspective. They define leadership as
qualities, traits and skills. Other authors approach the subject from an internal
perspective. They define leadership as a reflection of what lies inside the
heart of the leader. Author and consultant Kevin Cashman
uses the later approach with great success and clarity. Leadership From The Inside Out reads like you are having a
one-on-one discussion with the author over a fine meal. It speaks to the heart
because it defines leadership as a “process, an intimate expression of who we
are.” Cashman reminds us immediately that “we are the
CEO’s of our own lives” and we are on an ongoing journey to express and unravel
our inner selves to make a positive impact within the world we live.
From beginning to end, Leadership From The Inside Out is intended to be a journey of
self-discovery. In the first chapter Cashman begins
to explore three essential questions to enhance our leadership
effectiveness. He presents these as 1) How authentic
are we as a leader? 2) How deep and broad is our self-expression? and 3) How much value are we creating? One of the
major goals of the book is to help the reader to connect with their essential
character, their central core in order to create effective leadership
development. The end result is that the reader learns to no longer define their
identity by the mere external results of their life, which are vulnerable, at
risk and fragile.
To offer a new perspective on personal
growth, Leadership From The Inside Out
strategically leads the reader down seven “pathways” to discover the mastery
of leadership from within. These pathways are articulated as personal
mastery, purpose mastery, change mastery, interpersonal
mastery, being mastery, balance mastery and action
mastery. Cashman and his associates, LeaderSource, have developed these pathways as the
“distilled insights from working with hundreds of leaders”. Leadership From The Inside Out also encourages the reader to
establish a leadership journal and offers numerous quotations throughout the
text to provide additional insight.
This is a book that holds the promise to
change you from within! At weLEAD, we have read hundreds of books on the
subject of leadership from every possible perspective. However, if you are
looking for a book that offers positive insight, encouragement and the real
potential to gain a significant leadership transformation, Leadership From The Inside Out is it!
weLEAD rating highly recommended
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