Transformative Leadership:
Stepping Back to Move from Management Speed to Leadership Significance
May 5, 2014
Kevin Cashman
Senior Partner
CEO & Executive Development
Korn Ferry International
Kevin.Cashman@kornferry.com
www.CashmanLeadership.com
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Keys to Unlock
Transformative
Leadership …
What Will We
Cover Today?
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Sometimes
Transformation
Happens
Unexpectedly…
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Transformation Key One:
Pause Powers Transformation
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Where Do You
Get Your Best
Ideas?
• 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
• Hurry sickness is epidemic: “Most
of us are going everywhere but
being nowhere!”
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High Complexity
Hyperactive
Transformative
Low Complexity
Degree of Dynamic Complexity
The Pause Principle®
Transactive
Hypoactive
Low Pause/Reflection
High Pause/Reflection
Degree of Pause/Reflection
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Transactive Management
Content
Transformative Leadership
Context
Speed
Significance
Accuracy
Authenticity
Critic
Efficiency
Control
Doing Things Right
Short Term
Expertise
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+
Coach
Effectiveness
Contribution
Doing the Right Thing
Long Term
Humble Inquiry
Transformation Key Two:
Leadership Development is Inside-Out and Outside-In
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Inside-Out
Outside-In
Development
Development
Transformative Leadership
Development
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Transformation Key Three:
Leaders Must Pass Through the Lens of Success
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MAJOR Transition Point:
The Lens of Success
Uni-Focused/
Task-Focused
Leadership –
Has the
answers
Multi-Focused/
Strategic and
Participative
Leadership –
Asks the
questions
Source: Harvard Business Review, February 2006.
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Transformation Key Four:
Flip the VUCA
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olatile
What is
VUCA?
npredictable
omplex
mbiguous
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“Managing complexity
is the #1 leadership
challenge today...”
“Dealing with Ambiguity
is the #1 competency in
shortest supply in
leaders...”
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powered by LOMINGER
Daniel Vasella, M.D.
Former Chairman & CEO,
Novartis, the #1 most
admired life sciences
company globally
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“We need to
‘manage complexity’
and ‘deal with
ambiguity’
but NOT too long!”
ision
olatile
Transformative
Leadership
Flips the
VUCA…
nderstanding
npredictable
larity
omplex
mbiguous
gility
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Transformation Key Five:
Balance Drive & Connection to Go Beyond What Is …
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Transformative
Leaders Balance
DRIVE and
CONNECTION to
Go Beyond What Is…
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Transformative
Leaders Balance Drive
and Connection to
GO BEYOND
What Is…
Managers Improve What Is…
Managers Enhance What Is…
Managers Move Forward What Is…
Leaders Go Beyond What Is…
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Transformation Key Six:
Transformative Leadership is Multi-Dimensional
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Key Dimensions of Transformative Leadership
Authenticity Dimension
“Leaders Must be the Change They Wish to Create…
Self-Awareness Impacts Sustainable Financial Performance.”
Service Dimension
“Authentic Leaders Move from Self to Service.”
Purpose Dimension
“Has Performance Become Your Purpose?”
Will Dimension
“Leaders With High Will Have 10X the Influence…”
Energy Dimension
“Leaders Multiply Energy… By Leveraging Stories & Questions.”
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Pause for Questions
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Transformation Key Seven:
Growth IS the Key
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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
transformative leadership. 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
Business Book of the Year Finalist by both ForeWord Reviews and CEO-READ.
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. John’s University and is an adjunct
professor for the University of Minnesota Executive Education program. He is a Board
Member for HR.com; a Senior Fellow in the Caux Round Table, a global consortium of
CEOs dedicated to enhancing principle-based leadership internationally; and a Board
Member for the University of St. Thomas’ Center for Ethical Business Cultures fostering
ethical leadership worldwide.
www.CashmanLeadership.com
@Kevin_Cashman
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