An Invitation to Contemplative Leadership
This era calls for a different kind of leadership.
QUALITIES YOU’LL CULTIVATE
Self-Awareness
Having a greater sense of self-awareness is an essential component of emotional intelligence and effective leadership.
Empathy
Empathetic leadership allows us to understand the needs of others and be cognizant of their emotions and overall wellbeing.
Presence
The quality of being present allows leaders to be more in the moment and available to themselves and their employees.
Releasing Ego
leaders navigate a fine balance between confidence and humility. Understanding the ego and how it affects leadership is crucial for leading from a place of poise and presence. .
Topics Covered in the Book
An invitation to contemplative leadership
Something within you is calling upon you to listen intently, to hear your heartbeat and to listen to where it is leading you, to pay closer attention, to notice, and to lead with insight.
Leading in the Crucible of Change
Like most things in life, leadership requires a balance between instinctive action and steady thoughtfulness, and so we must learn to strike a calm balance between the immediacy of reactive leadership and the sustenance of reflective leadership.
Contemplative Practices
All contemplative practices encourage a sense of wholeness and unity with self. They help to cultivate feelings of stillness, self-awareness, attention, empathy, improved self-regulation, and stress reduction, among other benefits.
Qualities of Contemplative Leadership
How a leader perceives, behaves, interacts, communicates, and ultimately leads is shaped by the leader’s inner being and their relationship to that being.
Towards a Contemplative Work Culture
When operationalized, a contemplative leader’s practice can help shape a more mindful culture as a whole. As a leader brings contemplative practices into their own life, their behavior sends ripple effects throughout their organization.
Leading with Intuition
In today’s fast-paced culture, many of us are simply overwhelmed by the sheer velocity of mental chatter. This cacophony of inner noise drowns our most valuable resource: the small voice within us that is our intuition.
Visioning
In order for leaders to lead organizations beyond their present realities, they need a new vision for the future. It is necessary, then, to find a higher vision and an expanded reality that can transcend the familiar.
Re-imagining the Future of Leadership
No MBA or executive training could have prepared us for the degree of disruption and unpredictability we face, and these times require very different leadership capabilities if we are to steer our organizations and people towards a future we want.
SPEAKER
Speaking events that facilitate opportunities for organizational and individual transformation.
FACILITATOR
Facilitation that inspires dialogue, critical self-reflection, and transformation
COACH
Transformational coaching for leaders and teams to build resilience and expand inner capacity.
A Moment of Stillness
5-minute musical meditation