Leading from Within as an HR Professional

Organizational leaders and managers, like other staff, gain external skills, experience, and knowledge of their industry, and build expertise as they advance in their careers, says Kevin Cashman, consultant, coach, and author of several books, including the published second edition of Leadership from the Inside Out: Becoming a Leader for Life.

He adds: “What doesn’t often grow commensurately, except in world-class leaders, is awareness—interpersonal awareness, inner agility awareness, and so on. If we’re growing on the outside, we need to grow internally as well. We lead by virtue of who we are.”