Leaders must look within to go beyond
You cannot be conscious in your leadership if you are not firstly conscious with yourself.
It is all about inner work not outer work!
Your consciousness is not found outside of yourself, and yet we live in a world where we are taught that all the answers we seek are found outside of ourselves, we are taught to be external seekers.
To be conscious in your leadership requires a commitment to inner reflection, coming into the art of being, requires stillness, and silence to allow the inner voice to speak, to be heard and to be felt.
My approach focuses on the individual and the company.
We explore many concepts for consideration, which starts with you, the leader. How you are being?
We deep dive into your values, your purpose, your ability to relate, your ability to create, your fulfilment, your wholeness, your potential, your thoughts, your feelings, your perception.
We identify what needs to stop and what needs to start.
We transform any pain into gain.
This connection inwards with your own inner intelligence force is a requirement in the very first instance and although this sounds simple, how many of us, especially those of us in corporate leadership, ever have the time to do this?
I know I never had time to pause for thought nor did I feel the need to, for everything aligned with my definition of success, was do, do, do, go, go, go, more, more, more.
In fact, we live in a world were being a fast decision maker is a CV worthy accolade. In our 24/7 fast track world silence, stillness, is not considered.
In my experience you cannot have a sense of anything when you are on the treadmill of the corporate system, it strips and segregates you from and to your Self. To survive an environment that places a mechanical demand upon people to deliver profit like a machine, requires a switching off of the senses.
And conscious leadership requires a switching on of ALL the senses.
In a world of stress and strain we have forgotten the power in the pause.
To stop.
Which is what I did.
a new MANNER of thinking bEYOND CURRENT AWARENESS is needed
Don't just take my words for it! to quote the words wisely spoken by Albert Einstein, (considered to be the most scientific creative genius of modern times)
"we shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive"
This is a new manner of thinking, that will require you to move beyond your current awareness through a connection to your own higher consciousness, to acknowledge and release the being within, so that you can consider and consolidate the changes that will be presented to you.
Equilibrium is the most important rule of chemistry and creation, balance plays a huge part in this new way of being. (feminine and masculine energy that balances power) For it is only when we come into unity within the Self that we can start to consider and consolidate a new way of being in business, we become open to consider another, and this naturally leads to unity in life and in leadership.
Today we are all out of balance. This creates out of balance power, the out of balance creates pain and fear, which leads to control. When these are the conditions of leadership there is never any true sense of fulfilment or success, which leads to the energy of fear, our world is saturated in fear. As energetic beings we are all affected, directly and indirectly. The other very wise philosophy that underpins all religious teachings is true "what you do unto another, you do unto yourself."
The senses of the being are switched off to avoid the pain, in this we disconnect, we separate from each other and in order to survive the conditions set, the ego self grows to defend itself, leading to the 'out for oneself' mentality in order to survive in the dysfunction. When leadership is underpinned by out of balance, mind fed (all external, so fear based) and ego led, you can see that where we are at now, global crisis, chaos and uncertainty was an inevitable outcome.
Over centuries of time the out of balance has led to a misplaced control and a misuse of an out of balance concept of power, this is why the world is the way it is. People are in pain, the ecology of the species is being destroyed and the planet in is pain, there can be no winners in this game!
And I don't want us all to be losers! I think we are too intelligent, I think that we are all magnificent beings. Even those that are truly misguided in their leadership, I have compassion for, for we are all lost and what they do to others they do unto themselves, their pain must be very great to have switched off all emotional and intellectual consciousness. I would like to help them consider a new way that turns their pain into gain.
The good news is that it does not have to be this way, we can return to a way that it once was.
I know these ways, they underpin my change consultancy. If we reconsider and re define the concepts of leadership aligned with a new manner of thinking, just like Albert says, we can play a different game - one of conscious leadership. Wouldn't that be nice?
To quote another genius John Lennon "imagine all the people, living life in peace" you may say I am a dreamer! but more good news, I know I am not the only one, these are times of a evolving consciousness, more people understand and feel the need for change.
Coming into unity, where everyone is simply allowed and supported to be the unique being they are regardless of gender, creed, colour, race or religion is the evolution of humanity and it must start within leadership.
You in your own leadership are an influencer, a trail-blazer, a role model, a changemaker, you carve and weave the path for others to follow, and you set the stage for change.
This new paradigm is calling for a new you, to lead in a new way.
You will need a strong and solid foundation, to find your own structure, solidarity, support and your spirit!
A switch in consciousness is needed to take the journey to become a conscious leader.
You cannot consider the change if you remain in an old way of thinking.
Conscious change is needed to transform leadership
The current workplace and leadership culture that I have experienced, often places people and their potential into dis-ease.
In many of the workplace and leadership concepts and structures today there is a loss of individual potentiality through the loss of being able to relate to ourself and to others. It has created a disease that creates pain, it is a corporate and company curse that comes from fear:
- a fear from the loss of identification and connection with your true Self and purpose
- a fear to be authentic, in your sense of Self and in your leadership
- a fear to question the definitions of the concepts of the systems and structures within the workplace that do not fit with your own values, ethics or morals and you know only serve the bottom line.
- a fear to stand out and stand up and be different - to be a leader not a follower!
When fear is prevalent it becomes conflictual, there is a lack of clarity, there is conflict, there is crisis, there is challenge and when this is in the workforce, pain is also prevalent. When there is limited health in the workplace it breeds a culture of dis-ease, and this disease becomes a prominent dynamic.
Through my own painful experiences in the workplace, I became aware of the dissatisfaction, the dis-ease, the pain, the anxiety, the stress, the disassociation, the denial, the fear, and the diminishment of human potential through the way it is. I knew that the mindful illness that was all around me was through losing a state of being, a sense of being, a sense of Self. The pain increased the further one climbed the corporate ladder in direct correlation to the increase in pressure to conform to a way of being, adhere to a set of predefined expectations, that are not aligned with the natural attributes, persona, personality of a person, a way of leadership that holds no intellectual or emotional consciousness. The pain was through losing the concepts, that I now ask my clients to consider for change.
In our world of analysing, psychology, psychotherapy, (and whilst I do not dispute the power of these philosophies) there is success in simplicity. Through setting time and space and seeking inwards, the being in the human knows the answer, the intellect is inside and often does not need the therapy.
I was certainly unconscious in my leadership and so I am so delighted and excited, to see a growing collective conscious leadership movement. These are exciting times to be leading in, for we are experiencing a paradigm movement within leadership and the world of business, there is a growing awareness of the need for change and an expanding thought process of the need for a new way of business leadership, governed by the current economic climate.
These changing times are calling for a different way of leadership which creates productivity and profit by bringing out the potentially of people.
Conscious change requires conscious leaders who understand that they are the driving force of change.
Change in beliefs, thoughts, attitudes, feelings, behaviours and actions. Change that puts people before profit! (and the wisdom to know this approach naturally leads to more profit anyway)
We do not need AI, we need HEI!
To return to Human Emotional Intelligence, which already exists in every one of us.
I know that the symptoms and the circumstances of my experiences must be erased if certainty in any company is to survive.
Eradication is the word, alleviate, elevate, evolve!
Evolve into company values of connection, community, and creation where there are opportunities for all.
Shared initiatives, incentives, added bonuses, team building, the acknowledgement of basic human needs, not to survive but to thrive. For beyond thriving is the activation of potential, beyond emotional and physical safety.
The Art of Being in Business is the education, is the consultancy, that creates a leadership change legacy.
It is complete company change.
It is conscious leadership.
AT THE HEART OF THIS NEW WAY IS HOW YOU RELATE
As a female leader with over 20 years experience within global Fortune 500 companies, I saw a need and felt a calling for change. The focus of my corporate career was in the field of Relationship Management and therefore perhaps not surprisingly, a new way of how to relate forms the heart of my company.
As we enter this new paradigm of business dynamics, in your leadership role you will be called to work differently, with an expanded consciousness and awareness, to return to leadership that is grounded in the principles of how YOU RELATE.
This is a way of relating that weaves wealth for everyone, a new understanding of how to relate is the new wealth!
For unless you can relate in a different way, that promotes an energetic frequency through a sense of belonging, UNITY, as you work beyond fairness, where the ego false sense of self is left behind, and the spirit of your wisdom comes forth, that knows how to create in a way where everyone gains, there will be no change.
You do not need my words to know that radical, drastic change is urgent.
This is a way that brings kindness, compassion, community, consideration, connection and a creation that provides for everyone, that places people before profit.
That brings prosperity to all, potential to all and purpose to all, it is not an ‘out for myself’ approach.
I work with you through a 5 step conscious change process - to help leaders achieve:
- Exponential business success by increased productivity and sales, through promoting the potential of all people.
- Ensuring business sustainability and certainty, by investing in complete company change.
- Building a new company structure upon a foundation of the 4 core change principles for conscious leadership, that enables you the leader and every employee to thrive.
- Implementation of a new marketing mix that sits at the heart of your communication strategy and enables a new way of relating, your sales are no longer pushed for.
- We look at systems and processes and ways of relating, we consider where the out of balance in your company is felt, we pinpoint with precision pain points that need addressing
- We set a culture of unity far beyond equality and D&I targets, where everyone including you thrives.
A new way of being in business will be a demand
In this new business paradigm that is emerging, there is a calling for businesses to work differently, and, at a deeper level, for human beings to be different!
For business leaders to understand and explore their own being, the inner intelligence, wisdom within, for the art of being, leading to more productivity and more profit, does not lie within the business systems and structures, that have until now, sustained a false sense of Self.
For business leaders to know that there is so much more to themselves and their leadership positioning and to seek this and the depth of meaning and purpose, their WHY, so that they can thrive and flourish and lead in a completely new way.
For business leaders to stop identifying with the human programming that places everyone into a box, for boxes create separation and divide. A box where everyone has to be the same, act the same, think the same.... if we are all in a box, there can be no out of the box thinking! This way is calling for leaders to lead, not follow.
To step away from the fear based structures and systems that have created out of date definitions of success, and a robotic concept of leadership that leads to a false sense of Self, a limited Self, a diminished Self, for in this there is pain that creates stress, distress, dis-ease, depression, and feeling unable to continue to function. Where there is no flourishment in the conditioned concepts that the leader is conditioned and controlled to become, the sense of being is depleted into those emotions that eventually affects mindful health. In this new business paradigm and changing times this is no longer acceptable.
I offer leadership change consultancy and education through unique strategies that are an interception of spirituality and business that seeks to return the true spirit of success to business leadership. I work with CEOs, influential leaders, decision makers and entrepreneurs through their pain into their purpose to bring out the potential within. That potential is to be a different person, to be a different professional and create from a completely different dynamic.
To create success, sustainability and certainty, through a five-step navigational process that places the investment in productivity and profit onto the leader and the people, through the promotion of potential, which leads to complete company change.
The art of being in business is a unique spirited strategy that offers a new strategic approach and a new marketing mix. If you want to be a conscious leader this strategy will elevate your consciousness which is a requirement to lead and create a workplace that works this way.
The strategic outcome is business profitability, sustainability and success.
It is the only strategy you need for ensuring business certainty in these uncertain times.
HOW - relating with honesty openness and humanity
Freedom from fear only comes from leading from your spirit, which requires the depth of change to be considered and this is such a challenge. For it is an interesting truth for we all fear change and yet as science proves, we are all constantly changing from one microsecond to the next, just like the planet that sustains us and yet we fear it.
From a spiritual perspective we fear it because we live and lead the way of the ego, the false self that is the control you are in and the control that you are, it exerts governance over you to enable you to survive in a fear based world. We have an ego because we are separated from the truth of who we are, we no longer walk the way of the spirit which imparts the opposite energy of fear, that knows exactly how to relate, that doesn't need to control becuase when you walk the way of the spirit there is no fear. The foundation of change requires a different way and my work is in these realms.
Doubt is a fear-based energy. When you programme it in, it suffocates the Soul.
Debilitates it’s movement and strangulates it’s breath.
We remove ourselves from the beauty and purity of our own uniqueness and inner intelligence of what we truly relate that may assist another. When we relate this way, we become all the same, mundane, fearful and false at the core, this is not the source of intelligence, conscious creativity, or change.
And so, here I am, showing up with the truth of ALL of my experience, which whilst I can appreciate that what I share in these digital pages is different and you may be considering me rather sceptically! For a start this website is different! too wordy isn't it? You want one that you can just glance over, see if it offers you the quick fix, because you are too busy to read all this :-)
It is only when we share and speak from the core essence and the truth of who we are, from our own core wisdom and heart-felt experience, and not from our conditioned mind that makes us all the same, mundane, and our learnt intelligence, our so called expertise, that we really are able to assist another.
Wisdom is earnt, intellect is learnt.
Wisdom is seriously lacking in leadership!
When we create from the mind and the ego we form an agenda, we separate ourselves from our Self, from others, from purpose, from planet and from the infinite intelligence that guides us all. From all the 5 major relationships that enable us to excel.
When we create and relate from the ego self we become guarded, fearful to speak, to be too different, to share our experiences of our life lessons, of pain, of gain, of fear, of faith, of strength, of hope, of the learnings, unless they fit the global concept of success...self-doubt sets it. Our social media platforms are saturated in influencers, changemakers, experts, but how many are sharing it all with raw authenticity and vulnerability (true strength) many are now using AI to present their profiles as leading edge thinkers! How many have no agenda behind their posts, are they sharing wisdom or just seeking the next sale?
Such an overload of so much communication and yet are we really any wiser? Language is an art form, words create emotions, they have the power to transform.
The focus is also placed on the delivery - word perfect rehearsed presentation style speaking. Why?
It is no wonder public speaking and business presentations are so high up the fear scale, it is all fear based all based upon judgement and performing against predefined concepts, that you are compared and benchmarked against. I consider what is wrong with just relating and communicating in the world of business as yourself with a focus only on why and what you are speaking about. And so we guard how we relate, which leads to limited transformation, for the energy behind the words is always felt.
If you speak from the heart and with a pure intent, to be of service and an offering for good, nothing else is required. It does not need to be so complicated and thought out. Those you are meant to serve through your business services will feel a connection to you. We over complicate everything by living in a world of boxes that we all must fit into.
I ask you to consider who created the boxes, who set how many we need, how many eons ago were they set? Who defined the concepts by which we live and lead by, who set them, who agreed them, who reviews them?
Times change, the world keeps on turning, when we did we last stop, pause for thought, take a review and check in with the boxes, check in with the concepts and definitions? Are they still fit for purpose?
You would not continue to operate your business platforms on old software without a regular performance review, and yet the global software model we are running the world on and are plugged into, clearly needs a reset, a reboot! We need to switch it off and on again, change the energy supply and I am not referring to that of Net Zero.
If we changed the energy that we are all feeding upon, I imagine we would easily achieve Net Zero.
There is a lot to consider for change!
It's time to get out of the box so we can think outside of it, as Einstein said "we shall require a substantially new manner of thinking if mankind is to survive" I think it is evident that time is now!
Truth can be seen, truth can felt, it can be expressed, identified and evidenced.
There is a growing need for truth and accountability in leadership and for each of us to take a personal responsibility to wake up and to take action.
I am inviting leaders, whether in a corporation or their own business to define their own standards, their own core ethics and values. Not to be a lip service but be integrated and conscious within everything they do. It is no longer acceptable to say this is what you stand for, when you do not stand for that.
It is simply not the truth and to not be your truth, not be integrated with this level of transformation that is offered, is yesterday's consciousness and will not provide security, certainty, success, or sustainability in the new paradigm of business dynamics.