Angela Cusack

As John F. Kennedy said, “Leadership and learning are indispensable to each other.” The essential ingredient to both is Executive Reflection. Yet, it is undervalued and underutilized by executives, business owners, and entrepreneurs unless they find themselves in a challenging situation. A pause suddenly happens without thinking. The situation forces leaders to recalibrate, reprioritize, and reconsider.

Women leaders, me included, yearn for deeper and more satisfying relationships with one another and our male counterparts. We often feel frustrated by the countless misunderstandings and struggles of finding the right words to express ourselves and build connections that lead to the ultimate sense of belonging, where we freely express our thoughts, offer our perspectives, and share concerns.

A high-performing team resembles a beautiful work of art — an awe-inspiring overall composition created by the precision of each stroke. We are captivated by its significance and brilliance, knowing that capturing such a performance is rare.

Depending on your vantage point--as a Babyboomer, Gen Xer, Millennial, or Digital Native--the vast array of technology available to us today can be overwhelming, awe-inspiring, or just the reliable norm. In this relative context, how do we bridge the gap between those who are tech savvy and those who are technology-blind? How do we retain the wisdom of our elders while honoring the imagination and potential of our young people? Is it possible to embrace all of this technology and still remain… Show more

Depending on your vantage point--as a Babyboomer, Gen Xer, Millennial, or Digital Native--the vast array of technology available to us today can be overwhelming, awe-inspiring, or just the reliable norm. In this relative context, how do we bridge the gap between those who are tech savvy and those who are technology-blind? How do we retain the wisdom of our elders while honoring the imagination and potential of our young people? Is it possible to embrace all of this technology and still remain human? Then again, what might we lose if we are unwilling to shift toward the future and accept the opportunity that all this innovation invites?

In this unique book, thought leaders from our time explore these very questions. Each contribution--whether presented in the form of an essay, poem, letter, dialogue, or fairytale--reveals valuable nuggets of wisdom to ponder as the human race shifts seemingly ever faster toward our future.

In the 21st century, we have the potential to be more connected with each other, not less.
Life before Facebook and mobile texting wasn’t better, just different.
The imagination of today drives the technology of tomorrow.
Love is always at the center.
Written from the perspective of multiple authors, this book speaks from a powerful collective voice of individuals who gathered and wrote together at the CAMalot 2012 conference (www.camalot2012.com) in Braselton, Georgia. Inspired by speaker and futurist David Houle (author of "Entering the Shift Age"), these professional coaches, nonprofit leaders, ministers, and more took the spirit of the conference and conversation--along with their own deep life and professional experience--and poured it into this book.

Read it fast, or digest it slowly. Then read it to someone younger than you or gift it to someone older. We are all in this together. Let the dialogue between today’s thought leaders and the world’s next generation of leaders begin! Show less

The most dangerous move in business is the failure to see the space between. What's the greatest crisis among leaders today? According to HBR, April 2020, leaders are living in a crisis with no modern-day precedent. Governments, corporations, hospitals, schools, and other organizations need now, more than ever, are "real leaders" people who "help us overcome the limitations of our individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get… Show more

The most dangerous move in business is the failure to see the space between. What's the greatest crisis among leaders today? According to HBR, April 2020, leaders are living in a crisis with no modern-day precedent. Governments, corporations, hospitals, schools, and other organizations need now, more than ever, are "real leaders" people who "help us overcome the limitations of our individual laziness and selfishness and weakness and fear and get us to do better, harder things than we can get ourselves to do on our own.

Like most, real leaders are not born; having the ability to help others see the space between is not written into our genetic code. Many leaders forged in crisis. Prime Minister Winston Churchill encouraged his people to keep the faith: "We shall not fail or falter; we shall not weaken or tire. Neither the sudden shock of battle, nor the long-drawn trials of vigilance and exertion will wear us down. Give us the tools, and we will finish the job."

this book provides today's leaders with the tools to get the job done, and the skills to see the space between. Challenging conventional wisdom, self-imposed limitations, and abstract obstacles, global business coach and leading keynote speaker Angela Cusack dares you to Discover the Matrix. Show less