Sometimes the fastest way forward starts with a pause. In our hyper-paced world, today''s teams face relentless demands, endless distractions and intense pressure to deliver more with fewer resources and in less time. Overwhelmed with an endless stream of tasks and the constant ping of emails, our workplaces leave our teams buried in chaos, while we as managers unintentionally scatter our employees'' efforts with unclear priorities and the pressure to overcommit. Now, in Pause , speaker and consultant Shawn Vanderhoven turns conventional thinking about productivity and leadership on its head. Drawing from the latest research and real-world insights from top-performing teams at industry giants like Amazon, Google and LinkedIn, Vanderhoven reveals that the most effective leaders don''t chase action for action''s sake. Instead, they pause. In Pause , Vanderhoven explores how to effectively filter out all the noise - from magnifying what matters most by identifying truly urgent tasks to buffering out busy through reducing common distractions like excessive emails - so your team can finally focus on the right priorities at the right time. Pause is the counterintuitive approach to productivity you need, to unlock your team''s highest potential through slowing down.

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Shawn Vanderhoven is a Partner at The Wiseman Group leading their development practice for senior executives and emerging leaders. He works with top brands like Apple, Johnson & Johnson and Tesla, building strategies to leverage their greatest assets: talent. He lives with his wife, Anne, in Menlo Park, California.

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Unlock your team's best work - even in the most distracting environments.

Is your team busy but rarely at its best? Is the pressure to do more with less pushing your people to burnout?

Most employees don't underperform because they lack talent or ambition. They struggle because their environment makes sustaining great work nearly impossible. It doesn't have to be that way.

In Pause, speaker and consultant Shawn Vanderhoven reveals 12 leadership practices to deliberately slow things down so your team can speed up where it matters most. Drawing from original research on over 150 major companies from Amazon to Google to LinkedIn, he shows you how to:

• Protect focus by replacing distracting messaging habits
• Generate momentum by turning fuzzy goals into clear targets
• Expose the hidden workload undermining deep work
• Turn rumination into confidence by using mistakes to fuel growth

Packed with compelling case studies and actionable tools, Pause equips you to cut through the noise, deliver exceptional results and become the boss everyone wants to work for.