The St. Luke’s Center for Leadership’s Lunch & Lead with SLS parents and Yankees General Manager and Vice President Brian Cashman drew a large group last week. Eighty Upper School students, faculty and staff listened as Cashman described growing up on a horse farm in Kentucky and playing baseball in his youth.
While Cashman is a lifelong baseball fan, he was not always devoted to the Yankees—but eventually changed his stripes. His years at the Yankees started with an internship, and he worked his way up from there.
“It’s okay not to have a game plan for your life,” Cashman said but quickly added, “But it’s not okay not to do your best. Whatever you’re doing right now, you have to do your best.”
A high point for the audience was when Cashman passed around his 2009 World Series ring. He encouraged the students to try the ring on (it’s one of five he has won with his team). One audience member asked Cashman about his job’s greatest challenges. Cashman responded that learning how to delegate and “not control everything” was a challenge for him.
Someone else asked, “What’s the best part of your job?” Cashman had a one-word answer: “Winning.”
New York Yankees General Manager Brian Cashman recently visited New Canaan’s St. Luke’s School.
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