Soundview Executive Book Summaries to Host Webinar with Kevin Cashman

March 6, 2013 - PRLog -- We live and lead in an increasingly volatile, uncertain, complex, and ambiguous world. But paradoxically, Kevin Cashman contends that leaders today must not merely act more quickly but pause more deeply. In this Soundview Live webinar, Step Back to Lead Forward, Cashman will detail a catalytic process to guide you to step back in order to lead forward in three critical growth areas: personal leadership, development of others, and fostering of cultures of innovation. You and your organization will learn to move from management speed and transaction to leadership significance and transformation. Learn more at http://www.summary.com/track/_/Step-Back-to-Lead-Forward.

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®, referred to as the “Mayo Clinic” of executive development by Fast Company magazine.  He also founded LeaderSource, 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.

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 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 in corporations.

Attendees will learn how to:

• An antidote to our addiction to speed and transaction.

• Real tools and practices to make pause a pragmatic practice of deep, reflective inquiry for focused problem-solving and for engendering creative insights.

• When, why, and how to step back, and how to gain your innate power to go to higher levels.

• A catalytic process to guide you to step back in order to lead forward in three critical growth areas.

• To move from management speed and transaction to leadership significance and transformation.

About Soundview Executive Book SummariesFounded in 1978, Soundview pioneered the concept of distilling the key points and ideas of full-length business books into easy-to-read 8-page text and 20-minute audio summaries, helping readers maximize their time and business intelligence. They have continued to enhance the summary content with author interviews, interactive author webinars, and video interviews with executives. Soundview’s 100,000+ subscribers worldwide include CEOs, government leaders, entrepreneurs, business consultants, academics, and students. Soundview is a part of the Philadelphia, Pa.-based Concentrated Knowledge Corporation. Visit http://www.summary.com/new for more information about Soundview Executive Book Summaries.