Pause
How to Lead Brilliant Work in a Busy World
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Pub Date Aug 4 2026 | Archive Date Aug 14 2026
Simon Element | Simon Element / Simon Acumen
Description
“Gives you the tools you need to focus on the things that matter. Essential!” —Kim Scott, New York Times bestselling author of Radical Candor
Proven strategies to get your team’s best work in the most distracting environments.
Is the pressure to do more with less pushing you to burnout? Are you leading a team that’s busy but never at its best?
Most people don’t underperform because they lack talent or ambition. They underperform because their environment makes sustaining great work nearly impossible. But you don’t have to lose your team’s best work to endless distractions. With Pause, you won’t.
Pause gives you twelve ways to deliberately tap the brakes so your team can go faster and bigger on top priorities, even as AI turns up the pressure to overextend your team. Drawing from original research on over 150 major companies from Amazon to Google to LinkedIn, speaker and consultant Shawn Vanderhoven discovered that teams with leaders who pause spend triple the time on their biggest projects—regardless of the chaos that surrounds them.
With this actionable framework, you’ll learn how to:
- Protect focus by identifying and replacing crazy distracting messaging habits
- Generate momentum by turning fuzzy goals into crystal-clear targets
- Reveal the hidden workload that’s silently killing deep work
- Recognize when your people need your ear to increase their ability to concentrate
- Turn rumination into confidence by using mistakes to fuel growth
Through these practices and with captivating case studies, Pause gives you the strategies to cut through the noise, deliver remarkable results, and become the boss everyone wants to work for.
Advance Praise
“Shawn Vanderhoven names something every overwhelmed professional feels but often can't articulate: the invisible wake of digital detritus that managers mindlessly create for their teams. Pause is a sharp, research-backed argument for why the best leaders tap the brakes—and a clear guide for how to do it without losing momentum. Read it before your next meeting, and then cancel half the meetings on your calendar.”—Daniel H. Pink, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Drive, When, and The Power of Regret
"This book isn't just a theory. Shawn did the work to find out what leaders are doing to lead great work instead of driving teams to burnout.” —Liz Wiseman, New York Times bestselling author of Multipliers: How the Best Leaders Make Everyone Smarter
“I’ve spent years writing about the power of questions. But for good questions to make a difference, there needs to be space to hear them. This is the book you need to create that space .”—Michael Bungay Stanier, author of The Coaching Habit, the best-selling coaching book
"You can't get your team's attention if you yourself are driven to distraction. Vanderhoven gives you the tools you need to focus on the things that matter. Essential!"—Kim Scott, author of Radical Candor and Radical Respect
Available Editions
| EDITION | Other Format |
| ISBN | 9781668242285 |
| PRICE | $19.00 (USD) |
| PAGES | 288 |