I’m totally thrilled to have my manifesto published by the ChangeThis team. They do an awesomely good job at producing powerful content, and it’s been a long time dream of mine to have something published by them.
I’m in good company this month – The ReWork manifesto by Jason Fried is fantastic, and in fact I interviewed him today in preparation for his book of the same name coming out next week. Watch for that interview soon as part of the Great Work Interview series.
It’s the day before Do More Great Work’s official publication. How I’m coping (or not coping) provides the grist for this one-minute Stop the Busywork tip
My friend Jonathan Fields recently gave us a tour of his office. I thought I’d follow in his footsteps and show you how I’ve set up my office – and the tools and structures I use to do more Great Work.
Great Work Interview: Kevin Cashman, author of Leadership from the Inside Out
Kevin Cashman’s Leadership from the Inside Out was published in 1998 and has firmly established itself as a classic in the leadership genre. It really covers a wide approach to thinking about what are the areas of mastery you need to look at and approach to step into your full power as a leader, whether you’re at the top of the tree or just starting out on your career. Kevin is the Senior Partner of Leadership and Talent Consulting at Korn/Ferry International, one of the really big players in the HR and executive and talent consultancies in the world. He and his team have done coaching work for thousands of senior executives and senior teams in more than 50 countries world wide and Kevin was recently named one of the top 15 leaders in the world by Executive Excellence magazine.
In this interview we discuss:
The one question at the one moment that gave Kevin clarity and focus
How our accomplishments can obscure something more important about who we really are
There’s something very useful about hearing from people in the “c-suite” – those senior leaders in an organization that are often responsible for articulating what Great Work might mean to an organization and inculcating a culture that allows it to flourish. Bob Hughes is one of those people. He’s the Managing Director of CIGNA Healthcare Benefits, and has recently come to that position having been with CIGNA for more than twenty years. Prior to being MD, he was the CFO for CIGNA International. In this interview we talk about:
How he managed to guide decentralized global teams back to interacting and engaging with one another
The importance of opening up “white space” to let Great Work flourish
Finding the right balance as a senior leader to work “on the business” rather than “in the business”
And why it’s never too early to start thinking and acting strategically
The interviews are all between 25 and 30 minutes long.
You can either download them here as mp3s, or go to iTunes, type in “Great Work Interviews” and you’ll see them all there.
Kevin Cashman’s 