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Encourages and equips those in authority to master self-leadership principles and realize their full leadership potential.
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Leadership from the Inside Out is an interactive,reflective journey into the heart of authentic,personal leadership. It gives you the practical tools to grow as a whole person to become a leader for life. Leadership from the Inside Out was named the #1 best selling business book by CEO-READ in 2000.
Customer Reviews:
Top 5 Leadership Book.......2007-08-07
In 2006 I completed a Masters degree in leadership studies. This book was one of the texts used in my program. While I have read well over 100 leadership books, Mr Cashman's Leadership from the Inside Out has remained solidly in my top 5. This is a well written book that challenges the reader to dig deep inside themself to discover the leader they are. This book is not for the faint of heart, to get the most out of it you must be willing to do the work of looking within. To do otherwise will lead to only superficial value in this important work
Lead well
Ron H
A Skimmable Book On Leadership.......2006-02-05
Cashman, the CEO and founder of an executive training firm expresses his leadership philosophy here in book form.
He outlines seven steps for any leader to master:
Personal Mastery
Purpose Mastery
Change Mastery
Interpersonal Mastery
Being Mastery
Balance Mastery
Action Mastery
Cashman describes each and proposes some self-exercises to accomplish these aims.
If you've never read a leadership/executive training book before you will get more out of this. Cashman's approach struck me as very textbook. If this is the only or the main book you read in this area, you may get more out of it than I did.
Personally, I thought the book could have used more anecdotes and examples and less theory. I wound up skimming most of the latter sections in the book.
great therapy!.......2005-07-14
Cashman's book is a thought provoking exercise in discovering how we create the results we get. Great tool for starting a "journey toward a more authentic life."
Top Notch.......2004-04-28
Leadership is a behavior -- not a job title. This book does an excellent job of explaining how and why.
For those committed to their own leadership journey.......2004-04-12
We use this book as a core text with the personal leadership course in our Pepperdine University Doctoral Program in organizational leadership.
Why? It stimulates a journey on becoming a leader of yourself, which we believe is central to sustainably leading others.
I highly recommend it to those committed to engaging in a personal leadership journey.
Vance Caesar, Ph.D.
Leadership Faculty
Pepperdine University
vancecaesar.com
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At last, there’s a business leadership book that really tackles the tough issues of integrity and governance. Taking a unique approach to leadership, this book gathers the path-breaking perspectives of influential shareholder activists; opinion-leading CEOs of major firms; trailblazing, distinguished academics; and courageous regulators. The all-star roster of contributors from the corporate world and academia includes Vanguard's John Bogle, former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt, and Harvard Business School's Rosabeth Moss Kanter. Sherron Watkins, Enron whistleblower and Time Person of the Year, shares an inside look at Enron, and Barbara Ley Toffler, former head of Arthur Andersen's Ethics Practice, paints a picture of Anderson Consulting before their fall.
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Expert contributors on the challenges facing today's business leaders
No business leadership book tackles the tough issues of integrity and governance as does Leadership and Governance from the Inside Out. Taking a uniquely holistic approach to leadership, this book gathers the path-breaking perspectives of influential shareholder activists; opinion-leading CEOs of major firms; trailblazing, distinguished academics; and courageous regulators. The all-star roster of contributors from the corporate world and academia includes Vanguard's John Bogle; former SEC Chairman Arthur Levitt; Professor Michael Useem of the Wharton School; Harvard Business School's Rosabeth Moss Kanter and Rakesh Khurana; Robert Lane, CEO of (John) Deere & Company, shareholder activist Nell Minnow; and Philippe Haspeslagh, Professor of Business Policy at INSEAD. Sherron Watkins, Enron whistleblower and Time Person of the Year, shares an inside look at Enron, and Barbara Ley Toffler, former head of Arthur Andersen's Ethics Practice, paints a picture of Anderson Consulting before their fall.
Robert Gandossy (Redding, Connecticut) is a Global Leader for Hewitt Associates' Talent and Organization Consulting. Jeffrey Sonnenfeld (Hamden, Connecticut) is the Associate Dean for Executive Programs at Yale University's School of Management, as well as founder, President, and CEO of The Chief Executive Leadership Institute of Yale University.
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Culture Shift, written for church leaders, ministers, pastors, ministry teams, and lay leaders, leads you through the process of identifying your church’s distinctive culture, gives you practical tools to change it from the inside-out, and provides steps to keep your new culture aligned with your church’s mission. Real transformation is not about working harder at what you’re already doing or even copying another church’s approach but about changing church culture at a foundational level.
Customer Reviews:
Fresh Outlook.......2006-11-11
This book was eye-opening for me, and gave me a fresh new prespective on the life of a church. We need to focus less on self and on the future of the church to bring life and vitality to the church.
Culture changes everything, including the future!.......2006-11-11
This book is about how to think, not what to think. It is a great book that helps pastors and leaders see the importance of setting the culture rather than trying to do patchwork quick-fixes on the church. Because culture has a way of communicating itself, if culture is not changed, things would slide back to what they were, and may continue to deteriorate.
Your culture is the lens through which you view your life. If you change the lens, you change your outlook. Change the culture, and everything else changes, including the future. Changing a culture is an inside-out approach that transforms the place. Transformation can never be brought in from the outside. Transformation is inside work, and every church already possess the elements that can bring it about.
Because culture shapes the church, and leaders make the culture, this book helps leaders work through cultural issues in their church, and to find ways to change and incarnate the godly culture that they would want. In this book are also questions and suggesstions that guide the reader into looking at how things are, working out where you want to go, and areas to focus on to take you there. In general, a church that goes through a culture shift would likely go through the following (pg. 183-4):
1. Identify and believe God's promises about your church's potential.
2. Model kingdom culture personally.
3. Enlist allies to champion the culture shift.
4. Focus on "what we're becoming."
5. Compare the vision of the future to present reality.
6. Outline a specific, doable pathway.
7. Help it filter through the church, and learn from feedback you receive.
8. Stay focused on transformed people, and on those receptive to change.
9. Make heroes of people who best represent the kingdom values.
10. Celebrate every success, and give God the glory.
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Leading From the Inside Out: A Coaching Model presents a holistic view of coaching that provides leaders a framework for personal and professional growth. The authors’ five-step approach is designed for leaders to develop themselves, their teams, their organizations, and their communities. Their model is composed within a framework of recent literature and research, presented as a practical, straightforward process. The book defines what coaching is and illustrates the key steps in the coaching process, including establishing the coaching relationship, collecting and analyzing data, and evaluating performance. The authors incorporate stories and cases from their clients so leaders can learn from their experiences, and include worksheets, job aids, scorecards, and other hands-on development tools.
"Finally, a comprehensive, rigorous book explains what coaching is and how it can transform organizations. Filled with interesting case scenarios and worksheets, the book is written clearly and convincingly. Here is a specific roadmap for any leader who wants renewal and improvement in both personal and organizational lives. Coaching Leadership is a way of being, and, increasingly, the way of being for the most successful leaders."
--Eric B. Dent, Ph.D., University of Maryland University College, Executive Director, Doctoral Programs
"Learn! Explore! Discover! Challenge! If you dare engage in authentic dialogues, this book is your next step on your leadership journey. Based on a practical, action-oriented coaching model, the authors weave leadership and coaching competencies into a transformational fabric that is an essential habit for today’s leaders."
--Teri-E Belf, M.A., C.A.G.S., M.C.C., Success Unlimited Network, Founder and Executive Director
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Leading From the Inside Out: A Coaching Model is a superb book – lucid, focused, and above all – highly practical. As a senior executive and also as one who coaches CEO’s, I find the concepts and skills contained in the text to be brilliant."
--Robert E. Staub II, Staub Leadership Consultants, Chairman
"Starting with a focus on the individual leader and then progressing to leading the team and then the organization, the authors provide a thoughtful, seasoned and straightforward approach that includes both developing the leadership mindset and demonstrating the behaviors that will go a long way in winning over the hearts and minds of today’s employees"
--Steven J. Steckler, Marriott International, Inc., Vice President, Executive Development & Organizational Capability
"Leading From the Inside Out: A Coaching Model is a jam-packed how-to bible of workable, proven tips, tools and techniques that have helped some of the world’s great leaders win. It should occupy a prominent place in every leader and would-be leader’s workspace and mind."
--Jim Shaffer, Jim Shaffer Group, Leader
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Providing a counterpoint to the ethical bankruptcy of contemporary business, Heart-Centered Leadership champions the message that sound ethical practices must begin from within. This kind of leadership is a personal choice and involves the whole person: body, mind, and spirit.
Through the application of seven underlying principles and virtues, the authors describe a clear path: from the moment you are inspired to be a heart-centered leader through the process of developing the healthy attitudes and responsive actions needed to convert your inspiration into reality. This focus- an inward, mindful striving to do the right thing and become the best person you can be - sets this path to leadership apart from other strategies.
Customer Reviews:
Business Results Through Heart-Centered Leadership.......2007-04-20
As a talent management director in a Fortune 50 company, I have used Heart-Centered Leadership as part of our high potential and leadership development programs. This book demonstrates the importance of serving as a leader in a way that engages, retains, and motivates employees, and also clearly demonstrates why this leadership style increases business results.
The book provides exercises and checkpoint tools that make it a great "leadership book discussion" choice for leaders within an intact work group, or for an individual reading the book who can then use the tools to identify practical applications and actions to take on the job.
Successful Leadership Starts Right Here.......2006-03-17
The seven principles and virtues spelled out in this book represent the core foundation of effective and meaningful leadership. In essence, the ultimate secret to effective leadership is influence (read any book by John C. Maxwell to confirm this universal truth). However, I have noticed through my study and research on the topic of leadership, that little is ever mentioned on how influence actually transpires, or better yet, how or why a person should expect to increase his or her personal ability to generate real and meaningful influence.
This ability starts from within. There is no escaping this fundamental truth. Whether the situation calls for being a great parent, a trusted friend, or outstanding CEO, the reason that people follow you is because of the light you shine from the inside out. Lao-Tzu mentioned that "the ways of the sage are attractive." Thus, the secret to influence is attraction, and attraction in turn is achieved through modeling honest, heart-felt compassion for self and other. The virtues laid out in this book walk the reader through the transforming world of inner wisdom and personal integrity in a way that is fresh, original, and illuminating.
The ways of the great leader are naturally attractive, so people naturally follow: Through good times and bad, through periods of tremendous change and adversity, through thick and thin. Behavior modeling is a more powerful teacher than positive and negative reinforcement ever could be. Because the leader is an authentic and honest person, their organization will shape and create a culture of honesty. Influence is clearly understood by Steinbrecher and Bennett as being the "outcome" of effective leadership, not the starting point, not the descriptor. Heart-Centered Leadership is a fantastic way to start your journey of building an authentic legacy in life, both personal and professional.
If only I could give this book six stars instead of five I would do so...in a heartbeat.
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With this innovative book, readers will discover how to effectively implement change initiatives by gaining a better understanding of both the behavioral and operational aspects of an organization. The new second edition continues to show them how, through Action-Learning Teams, they can accomplish tangible business objectives while creating superior workforce development within their organizations. New material integrated throughout the book will help them facilitate these teams in a virtual environment. It also clearly shows them how to design and deploy significant organizational initiatives and change processes.
Customer Reviews:
Putting the Crowbar Where it Counts.......2006-08-07
This book is great! The authors did a fantastic job. I'm going to be buying a few more...
There have been a lot of books published concerning teams and how to form them over the past decade, but this book, Leading Organizations from the Inside Out, goes a few steps further by providing specific tools and processes on how to create and utilize Action-Learning Teams (ALTs). These ALTs (as the book calls them) are teams formed to address important persistent problems or organizational challenges that a company may face. ALTs are based on "learning characterized by reflection in action"; or simply stated, they are internal teams chartered to focus and hone down a specific problem or process gap and then fix it. ALTs can do what most of us rarely do in our day-to-day efforts at work. They can helicopter above the canopy of the company's forest and get a clear picture by looking from the outside in as to what's wrong and what corrective actions will work. Whereas management may have a hunch as to the problem, the ALT deftly puts a finger on it. In our, quick time-to-market, immediate gratification world the ALT capability is a potent tool.
The book starts off slow so you have to be patient, but once you get past Chapter One, this book contains a great nest of resources. It has several effective tools (with some bonus tools in the Supplement) which any manager or team leader can use, and it connects the reader to further research and information. It has the right amount of effective information to create and run an Action-Learning Team. And good news! The Clue Train Manifesto stopped here since later chapters include how to execute an ALT from cyberspace and how to further knowledge worker development.
From my 19 years of personal experience in the corporate world participating on ALT-like teams, sponsoring ALT-like teams, and just being in the company population receiving the benefits of an ALT-like team, I can tell you that they are by far the fastest and most effective way to achieving a "break through" on difficult, persistent problems which a company may face. Especially in a marketplace where world competition is becoming exceedingly tough........ Action-Learning Teams might just make a difference between success and failure.
Real World Application.......2006-03-17
My name is Chris Gibbs (Chairman/CEO) of Diversified Investments & Development, LLC. of Knoxville, Tennessee. I consider myself a lifelong learner, as I am currently finishing a dissertation in relation to requirements for a Doctorate in Leadership from the University of Phoenix. I hold degrees in Finance, Masters of Business Administration, Masters in Banking, and Doctoral work in Economics from Lincoln Memorial University, East Tennessee State University, Louisiana State University, and Middle Tennessee State University, respectively.
My organization is involved in the food, lodging, and land development businesses. We had certain re-structuring goals to limit our involvement in day to day operations in the food and lodging businesses by using outside management and increase our land development inventory. Within only months of completing training with Bruce LaRue (one of the books Authors) and Richard Schuttler (Executive Coach and Consultant www.orgtroubleshooter.org) certain key organizational goals were reached early. With the material from this book and organizational training programs, my organization is thriving at a new profitability level, as well as employee and organizational value added systems continue to improve for all stakeholders.
Specific book comments:
1. How did you find out about the book? Through research in the area of Leading Organizations, I was attracted to this books content. Bruce LaRue, PhD is a colleague of Richard Schuttler, PhD, which is a professional Executive Coach that has consulted with me over the past couple of years. When I mentioned the book to Rich, he immediately reached out to Bruce and we entered into an agreement to utilize this book along with extensive works of Rich to transform my organization into a model of success that utilized its existing team and strengths. I will never forget the comment Rich made to me one day about the well known "corporate box," if you are thinking about thinking outside the box, you are still in the box. Therefore this book and training programs like Rich and Bruce present will allow the "Leader of the Future" to not confine their thought process to any box or obstacle."
2. The initial reading of the book presents the four basics to ALT (Action Learning Teams) and allows one to understand in the early reading of where their organization is today and what it will take to advance to a higher level of effectiveness and performance in the future.
3. A great suggestion is for the leader to play the role as coach and not BOSS. This is where Rich and Bruce developed the BUCKET concept that allowed everyone to assume responsibilities and each other member know who is responsible for what task within the organization. This supports the concept in the book on encouraging team members to focus on self improvement as they are accountable to the other team members in making sure their individual bucket is managed properly to benefit the overall organization. "This is like an old fire line where everyone is passing the buckets of water to put out a fire. If one person drops their bucket the fire can spread out of control. Therefore, proper management of the individual buckets maintains proper fire management without a fire ever arising, "Proactive Management." ALT's will make a difference if you understand how to make them work effectively.
4. An organizational leader and ALT "Coach" must truly commit to the Belief Model presented within the book. The advantage I had from the book material was the actual training program developed by Rich and Bruce, where I had to commit to making this reality before I could ever expect positive results. If the Coach cannot commit to taking a Belief to Potential to Action to Results than I question this leader's ability to be the Coach required for an effective ALT. I actually included all internal and external affiliate team leaders in the training process to make sure all areas and entities that affect my businesses were well informed of my organizations strategic plan and goals.
5. The PIP was completed at the end of the training and we found by our proactive implementation of this text material and consulting program that we were well on our way to achieving an organizational structure and performance level 1 year ahead of schedule.
6. Chapter 4 on Deployment should be arranged on a Cork Board in the Coaches office to read each morning, as a "Daily Devotional." Coaches/Leaders to often forget that by keeping there own skills focused and sharp, spill over to the actions and result of the ALT members.
7. The "Value Network" concept truly supported my personal philosophy of not deleting the most important life source of all organizations "PROFIT." An excellent Coach/Leader will be more effective with ALT teams and the process of strategic planning by honestly admitting we must make a profit, therefore their actions that support the material within this text will be more reality driven and not viewed as corporate fluff to keep morale at a moderate level of acceptance. Honesty is the first step in leading a successful organization.
8. Closing Comments: As we know and the book points out in Table format, today's business "Demands" are different from years past. This book is an excellent training tool for organizations at various levels including infancy, transitional businesses experiencing sales growth that could lead to dysfunctional performance without proper planning, and successful businesses that need to maintain and deal with everyday tumultuous situations. "A must read book for the true lifelong learner and concerned leader of the future." Also, follow-up with training to really experience the change and improvements you can experience through ALT implementation.
A little slow in coming but Great condition........2005-10-03
It must have been a hard book to find. Once I finally received it it was in great condtion. I have no complaints. I took off one star because it took so long.
A guidebook for team leaders.......2005-08-07
LaRue, Childs, and Larson provide an easy to read, less than 200 page book, that skillfully weaves Action Learning Teams (ALT) into knowledge management, creating knowledge based action learning teams. This is truly a hands-on guidebook with real world examples that clearly describe the stages and processes of implementing organizational change using ALTs. ALTs can shorten the time needed to effectively implement change initiatives in an organization by helping the practitioner understand both the behavioral and operational aspects of organizational change. ALTs will help ensure that the knowledge of the team is translated into action that makes a real difference for an organization.
The forward by Marshall Goldsmith prepares the reader for what is in store by asking the question; "Who are knowledge workers", and how does one tell them what to do when they may know more than their manager does. The process of Action Learning Teams taps into that knowledge to take the organization to the next level. This book has been adopted as part of the curriculum at the University of Phoenix in their Doctorate of Management second year leadership class. Don't let that concern you though if you don't think that is the level you are looking for, as the book is easy to read and follow. Major General Robert Ivany, recently retired President of the U.S. Army War College also provides a chapter that describes how Action Learning Teams played a vital role in fundamentally transforming the U.S. Army. Experiences from other organizations provide real world examples that can be immediately put to use.
The book integrates both behavioral and operational dimensions of team development within four key phases of the change process: Awareness, Design, Deployment, and Integration. I have already used many of these concepts in my work on a Change Management team government organization. I even gave a copy of the book to my boss.
Book Description
After decades of leadership in large and small organizations, Granberg-Michaelson gives us reflective essays to help for the daunting job of leading.
Customer Reviews:
Theorgy meets implementation and change.......2007-09-18
Wes has an amazingly fresh, riveting and insightful introduction as he details three modern gifted leaders that fell because they were not able to self-differentiate between their weaknesses manifested in insecurity and subsequently curtail the reactive expressions of insecurity in their work environments. Basically, self-differentiation, "simply implicates one's capacity to chart one's own course in a lifelong process, in which one is emotionally present but not reactive to others". To overcome this natural tendency towards reacting to others out of our weakness Wes details his own spiritual journey illustrating a path from experiencing a deep spiritual calling to, listening to God, discovering strengths, vision casting and implementation through change, which is often messy. The backdrop for this leadership from the inside out is the journey of the RCA, which Wes heads up. Wes gives great examples of each of the talking points above in his journey leading the RCA into a bold new future. He sprinkles into the "story telling" a few great reality checks applicable to any leadership setting: as mentioned already, change is messy; one such 'mess' is that the day may come when the transformed organization grows past the leadership style and skillsets of the founding leader; one's leadership style must change to fit the present reality of the organization; transformation is most likely to occur through teams that catch the vision, as opposed to a charismatic leader; also, successful leaders see the big picture and understand their role "in the context of this longer narrative, and feel greater meaning and value in their role as they place themselves within this story-line."
What this writer finds most refreshing about Wes' book is that Wes uses original leadership material and applies it in his unique position as general secretary of the RCA. Most books in this genre are theories or paradigms or prophetic material that looks back at field work, here we have a seasoned practitioner who provides a rich story-line of implementing some of the best practices into his ongoing role leading a ministry. "Leadership From Inside Out" engages the reader in theory, implementation and follow-through. "Leadership from the Inside Out" will richly bless readers who are in a turn-around, revitalization and/or church plant situation.
Pleasantly surprised..........2007-01-27
I was told by some colleagues that this was a good read however I did not expect to connect with his writing on so many levels. Michaelson's varied experiences lend to the credibility of his views, experieces and recommendations. Pastors, denominational employees and other leaders would be well served by checking out this book.
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In business as in sports, building and playing on a dream team is how legends are made. This book has just made it easier to create and sustain the kind of winning team that competitive business demands.
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For any organization to compete successfully in today's market, it must focus on building not only from the outside but from the inside as well. Shows the correlation between successful people management and the bottom line. Explains how involving employees in the planning and implementation process and allowing them to see the fruits of their labor (the sense of connection between daily work and long-term customer success) benefits the organization. The aim here is to show how focusing on organizational capability will not only meet short-term financial requirements, but also build a solid foundation for the future.
Customer Reviews:
Not a very useful book for the complete perspective.......1999-08-06
This book focusses on the "human" side of building organizational capabilities. It is a pretty good treatise of how HR and individual development can be used to achieve competetive advantage. The model for competitive advantage given in the book makes interesting reading. But the biggest drawback of the book is the lack of illustrative examples. There are hardly any useful cases. In addition there could have been some focus on value chain activites and how organizational capability responds to that. The book also doesnot focus at all on some of key components of capability like technology, time etc. There is also no clear model/ process given which shows the transition of capabilities to competencies. The emphasis of the book also seems to be how to build organizational capabilty - there are really no clues provided about how strategy should be shaped by capablity.
A must for those seeking to sustain change.......1998-09-24
Organizational Capability provides a good explaination of all the peices required to achieve, change, and sustain an organization's competencies. The book really focuses on competency and not capability. This makes the title a misnomer. However it is a worthwhile read for anyone contemplating or leading broad scale change.
The book is definately not for people from Human Resources as between the lines there are some fairly cogent criticisms of traditional HR Departments and their operations.
The only drawbacks to the book are its week testimonials. Frequent references to Apple Computer, GE and others appear weak and less than anecdotal. A few strong case studies would have raised the value of the book dramatically. While this shouldn't keep you from reading it, it does cause you to wade through "fluff" from time to time.
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