Leadership from the Inside Out: Book Presentation

As I reflected on Cashman's eight facets of leadership mastery, I found numerous subsumption points in my cognitive map with memories of happenstances and life lessons that spoke to these points.

Personal Mastery took me to my school days. Our school motto was 'Excelsior.' Leading in character was my preferred option as against leading by coping.

Story Mastery reminded me of a quote by Alexander Dumas when reflecting on the end of his life he said:" When death comes to me, I shall tell her a story, and she will be kind to me."  There is power in each of our stories!

Purpose mastery reminded me of my first Ph.D. and the exciting school improvement projects I worked on with K-12 teachers.

Interpersonal Mastery took me back to my reading of Ken Blanchard's book 'Whale Done.' Accentuating the positive is always my focus in my interactions with students and colleagues.

Change Mastery brought back memories of the recent biopic on Elvis Presley that I had watched. When we fear change we allow ourselves to be vulnerable to negative forces.

Resilience Mastery resonated with Anthony DeMello's fable of the thousand temple bells that could only be heard  when there is deep immersive concentration on the task at hand.

Being Mastery meant enjoying life in the present moment, being grateful for my family, friends and myself.

Coaching Mastery reminded me of Margaret Mead's quote that a small group of committed thoughtful citizens can change the world.

This was truly an experience of understanding leadership from the inside out!

Ph. D standard 1 shone brightly through this entire assignment.

Ph. D. Standard 1:

Program completers understand and demonstrate the capacity to promote a visionary mindset, and continuously develop, advocate for, and enact a mission, and core values that are shared with and supported by organizational stakeholders.