Cashman has cut through the leadership clutter and found the essence of elevating leadership excellence: pause

to perform. It has freed me to make better decisions, push boundaries further, and be more present to myself and with my team.

Kevin Cashman
Senior Partner CEO & Executive Development Korn/Ferry International

Dr. Deborah Dunsire CEO, Millennium: The Takeda Oncology Company

The Authenticity Challenge

How can we Do all we need to Do

but still Be who we need to Be?

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Is this me? Is this my life?

CEO Medical Device Company

Or just a series of fortunate

circumstances I have successfully reacted to?

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How can you bridge the Great Divide of Being and Doing?

How can we bridge the

I and the WE of

Leadership?

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100 Wise Women

Authentic Expression & Care for Self

Authentic Service to Others

WE
Sustainable Leadership

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Group Reflection & Discussion

If you took more time to PAUSE, would you invest more in the WE or more in the I?

What would you PAUSE more for?

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Kevin
CEO Global Consumer Products Company

I do NOT need to pause

more, I need to do more!

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Pause Powers Performance

Why is this so important?

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Most significant break-throughs are preceded by a significant pause-through.

Where do most people get

their best breakthrough

ideas or insights?

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Did You Know?

78% of executives get their best ideas:

-

in the shower while exercising driving or commuting to work

33% of executives are on the edge of burnout Most executives spend less than 5% of their time in reflective thinking

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Did You Know?

Pausing to provide Coaching and Development is one of the most important but lowest rated competencies in 360 assessments globally 89% of organizations say Innovation is their most critical strategic priority Senior Teams spend an average of 3.5 days per year on Strategy and Innovation Hurry sickness is epidemic: Most of us are going everywhere but being nowhere!
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So lets take a The Four Rooms pause Leadership Exercise

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Business today IS like Room

3, but wouldnt it be great if we

could treat each other like

Paul Walsh CEO, Diageo Former Chairman & CEO, The Pillsbury Company

Room 2 as we fight the creative

battles of Room 3 together?

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Lominger/Korn Ferry Research on Leadership

What are the Most Important Competencies in Shortest Supply?

Dealing with Ambiguity Vision and Purpose Innovation and Creativity

Room 3

Strategic Agility
Motivating People Building Effective Teams

Room 2
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The Fifth Room

The Room of Pause

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No Pause No Reflection No Vision

= = =

No Reflection No Vision No Leadership

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The Authenticity Challenge

Pause sounds great

but Pause is VERY TOUGH in a VUCA world

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V U C A

volatile unpredictable complex ambiguous

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Managing complexity is the #1 leadership challenge today...

Dealing with Ambiguity is the #1 competency in shortest supply in leaders...

powered by LOMINGER

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Daniel Vasella, M.D.

Former Chairman & CEO, Novartis, #1 most admired life sciences company in the world

We need to

manage complexity and

deal with ambiguity but NOT too long!

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V U C A

vision volatile understanding unpredictable clarity complex agility ambiguous

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The Pause Principle: From Transactive Management to Transformative Leadership

The Pause Principle is a catalyst in the developmental shift from management transaction to leadership transformation. Action propels effectiveness management. Pause powers leadership transformation.

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The Pause Principle

High Complexity

Degree of Complexity

Hyperactive

Transformative

Low Complexity

Efficient Productive Consistent Profitable Systematic Manages Effectively

Hesitant Fearful

Avoidant

Transactive

Hypoactive

Lacks Confidence Lacks Experience or Competence Rigid

Low Pause/Reflection

High Pause/Reflection

Degree of Pause/Reflection
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Transactive Management
Content Performance Accuracy Speed

Transformative Leadership
Context Purpose Authenticity Significance

Critic
Efficiency

Coach
Effectiveness

Control
Doing Things Right

Contribution
Doing the Right Thing

Short Term
Expertise

Long Term
Questions
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How can you and your team pause to move from transactive or hyperactive Pause Together management to transformative leadership?

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The One Thing to Practice

What is the One Thing you will practice to replenish yourself (or others) in the next 48 hours?

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Pause to Grow

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Kevin Cashman

Kevin is a best-selling author, top-ten thought leader, world-class speaker, global CEO coach and pioneer of the grow the whole person to grow the whole leader approach to integrated leadership development. He is the founder of the Chief Executive Institute and LeaderSource Ltd, recognized as one of the top three leadership development programs globally. In 2006, LeaderSource joined Korn/Ferry International, where Kevin is now Senior Partner, CEO and Executive Development. Kevin has advised thousands of senior executives and senior teams in more than 60 countries worldwide. He is an accomplished thought leader on topics of personal, team and organizational transformation. He has written six books including Awakening the Leader Within and Leadership from the Inside Out, named the #1 best-selling business book of 2000 by CEO-READ and is now used at over 100 universities globally. His latest book, The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward, has been recognized as a top business book by multiple sources.

Senior Partner Korn/Ferry International CEO & Executive Development Founder, Chief Executive Institute Founder, LeaderSource Ltd Best Selling Author, Leadership from the Inside Out Author of new book, The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward

Kevin has written scores of articles on leadership and talent management and has been featured in The Wall Street Journal, Chief Executive, Human Resource Executive, Fast Company, Strategy & Leadership, Investors Business Daily, Directors & Boards Magazine, CNN, National Public Radio and other national media. He is a leadership columnist for Forbes.com and has been named as one of the Top 10 Thought Leaders by Leadership Excellence Magazine for several years. Mr. Cashman holds a degree in psychology from St. Johns University and is an adjunct professor for the University of Minnesota Executive Education program. He is a senior fellow in the Caux Round Table, a global consortium of CEOs dedicated to enhancing principlebased leadership internationally, and a board member for the University of St. Thomas Center for Ethical Business Cultures fostering ethical leadership in corporations. www.CashmanLeadership.com @Kevin_Cashman
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