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Noticing what is going on

Ten behaviors of aspiring conscious leaders who are Listening with all the senses. Conscious leaders are waking up and becoming more aware of themselves, of others, and of their environment. They are listening generously with all their senses, feeling all their feelings, and creating space for becoming more mindful and noticing what is going on […]

Cultivating Commitment with Wise Leadership

In my Conscious Leadership in Action conversation with Karen Wilhelm Buckley, we explored how leaders can cultivate commitment with wise leadership. During our conversation, Karen said that unless we are grounded and centered in what matters most, our leadership is not employed with as much veracity, as much strength, or as much power. Aligning with […]

Off Self, On Purpose

In my recent Conscious Leadership in Action conversation with Josh Perry, Josh talked about three principles he has learned on his journey from Pro BMX athlete to multiple brain tumor survivor and inspirational speaker. Josh almost died because doctors thought his headaches were quite normal and it wasn’t until a routine brain scan following a […]

Increasing Your Gut Intelligence

Susan Wehrley is the author of recently published Yogi Executive, 7 Principles to Improve Your Gut Intelligence and Become a More Clear, Calm and Confident Leader. During our conscious leadership conversation, Susan talked about the yogi executive as somebody who’s practicing groundedness and awareness.  We get grounded through our breath, through the practices of meditation […]

Developing the Conscious Leadership Mindset

Leaders as Elders, Stewards, and Tuning Forks is one of the chapters in Jeffrey Deckman’s award winning book, Developing the Conscious Leadership Mindset for the 21st Century. Jeffery writes, “elders are not in pursuit of leadership roles they’re in pursuit of consciousness.” In our Conscious Leadership in Action conversation, Jeffrey talks about the role of […]

Exploring Consciousness

Different states of awareness or levels of consciousness exist in our universe. In this Conscious Leadership in Action conversation, Charlie Efford relates these levels of consciousness to octaves on a musical scale, each having a number of notes within it. Higher octaves mean higher levels of consciousness. During our conversation, Charlie provided a fascinating description […]

Wake Up, Get Real, Be Happy – Becoming Your Authentic Self

Every CEO, when you’re behind closed doors, and they’re being honest with you, they all have confidence issues, and they’re all afraid that they’re not doing it right. That they’re not smart enough, that they’re going to be found out, that they’re a pretender, that they don’t have all the answers. And yet, that fear […]

Conscious Leadership: So much more than Recycling

In this Conscious Leadership in Action podcast conversation, Eric Kaufmann suggested a distinction between conscientious leadership and conscious leadership. During our conversation, Eric said: Being conscientious means To Do the Right Thing. So, recycling, diversity, inclusion, fair trade, those are the right things to do. We applaud that. Recycling is really critical, the environment is critical, […]

Unleashing Your TRUE Power through Conscious Leadership

Conscious Leadership is about waking up to our own wholeness. So says Runa Bouius, Founder & CEO, TRUE Power Institute, in this Conscious Leadership in Action conversation with Paul Ward. Runa talks about her conscious leadership apprenticeship as being very shamanic and including teachings about the medicine wheel. At the center of the medicine wheel […]