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Paul Ward shares his journey that has inspired his work in the leadership space. An impact that is traced back to childhood where he, at a young age, became very aware of life and death. This awareness partnered with conscious decisions, including separating from a strict religious sect, influenced his later life. His present work as a conscious leader and life coach, is reflected in the practical nature and academic approach that can be followed in the framework of his book.Tune in as Paul reveals the importance of confidence and the practices in his book “The Inner Journey To Conscious Leadership”.

In This Episode:

[01:20] Meet Paul Ward. Paul speaks about the inspiration behind his work with conscious leadership.
[11:00] An individual needs to trust that in the end, everything will work out. Paul speaks about confidence.
[12:35] Paul dives into his book “The Inner Journey To Conscious Leadership”.
[15:25] The pace of work is preventing leaders from becoming conscious. To show up in a calm and present way, we need to STOP, take a breath, observe what is going on, and perceive.
[20:55] Paul reveals the practices to set an intention.
[25:10] How conscious leadership is shifting during the pandemic. Plus, Paul talks about the evolution of human consciousness in the workplace.
[33:35] The importance of finding a mentor.
[39:55] It’s essential to share vulnerability with others in our lives. When we share, others will be more willing to share.

Key Takeaways:

Awareness means we are noticing what is going on inside ourselves and in the world at large.
Setting an intention means we are doing and being. Think about who you want to be, and work towards that.
Your organization will thrive when leaders reach higher consciousness levels by championing conscious leadership and enabling conversations that matter.
Confidence means we trust in ourselves. It’s essential to trust yourself first before you can trust others.

Resources:

Website: https://drpaulward.com
The Conscious Leadership Book: http://theconsciousleadershipbook.com
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drpaulgward/
Twitter: https://twitter.com/drpaulward
Podcast: https://drpaulward.com/episodes/

Meet Paul Ward

Paul Ward is a leadership and life coach, strategy execution consultant, adjunct professor, small business owner, and hot air balloon pilot.

He has masters and doctoral degrees in organization and management and has spent more than thirty years consulting to large and small organizations in Europe and the Americas. He divides his time between Portsmouth, England and West Palm Beach, Florida.

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Sarah L. Brightwood is the president of Rancho La Puerta, a world-renowned wellness resort and spa. She reflects on her upbringing and the privilege of being raised by a village in a nurturing and joyful pace of life. Sarah has the role of a dedicated healer with a profound connection to the land of the ranch, stewarding both the people and the flora/fauna with a spiritual touch. Her desire to ensure fairness and equity ripples outward from the Ranch and touches everyone-the Staff, guests, and community. She believes that taking care of the Staff , empowering them, and allowing them to grow within the Ranch will allow them to embody the Ranch’s culture, making the guests feel connected to the Ranch and nature.

In This Episode:

[01:43] Meet Sarah as she opens up about how her childhood and growing up in a mixed cultural heritage contributed to her being a conscious leader.
[10:38] Choosing the leadership that continues the culture, language, and DNA of the Ranch..
[17:57] It is important that leaders, especially during these vulnerable times, support, help, and lift each other up.
[23:08] The values of self that we learned going through COVID.
[27:45] The actions Sarah took with her Staff when COVID forced the Ranch to close.
[33:07] Having a holistic approach to running Rancho La Puerta

Key Takeaways:

There is no one right way to do things.
To start living in a culture of conscious awareness, you need to stop and look at the unhealthy patterns that are repeating themselves.
We need to strengthen our microbiomes and our digestive fire. We can only do that if we have some downtime, a place where we can hum to our Vagus nerve, and do all of those practices that bring us back to the center.
Having the ability to return to the center when you get thrown off, to respond, to change, adapt, and to listen to non-human instructions is much greater than any individual.
COVID has taught us that the illusion that we live in these separate boxes, in separate houses or separate bodies or separate countries, no longer holds.

Resources:

Website: https://rancholapuerta.com/
Rancho La Puerta LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/rancho-la-puerta/

Meet Sarah Brightwood

Sarah L. Brightwood is the president of Rancho La Puerta, a world-renowned wellness resort and spa located in Baja, California, Mexico. She is the daughter of the founders of the Ranch, Deborah Szekely and Edmond Szekely. Sarah spoke Spanish before English and was lovingly cared for by the Mexican families working at the Ranch. She continues the family legacy of tending to the same land for almost 90 years and continues to oversee major upgrades at the Ranch that have kept up with changing times. During the COVID lockdown, they worked on a huge project called The Residence, which is an eco-village that’s designed to support health and wellbeing.

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Dr. Mehrad Nazari is a consultant, teacher, facilitator, and speaker. Through teaching, Nazari had an eye-opening experience that led to a strong interest in the concept of negotiation. His interest, partnered with his exposure to such a diverse student body, led him to write on the subject.

The lack of awareness of what negotiation is has influenced how he looks at the subject. Interestingly, through his own life experiences, Dr. Nazari has drawn parallels with simple concepts and yoga practices, and the art of negotiation. Dr. Nazari has helped thousands of people worldwide elevate their personal and professional interactions by enhancing their negotiation skills.

In This Episode:

[00:00:46] Meet Dr Mehrad Nazari, born in Tiran, Iran, was enlisted in a compulsory military service for two years before going to London where he got his MBA. With the support of his family, he then went to the US to get a PhD.
[00:05:39] Many languages do not have the word “negotiation”. What is often used is “haggling”. It is important to understand the difference between these two terms.
[00:12:08] Dr Mehrad explains how every single type of communication has a different mindset and different skill set.
[00:17:30] Research has shown that givers are more intelligent than takers.
[00:20:20] People need to change their mindset from “haggling” to “negotiating.”

Key Takeaways:

Negotiation is whenever there is the expectation of exchange.
Set your attention on your intention. Realize that there is always an opportunity for growth in every interaction.
Excellent negotiators care about the success of the other party as much as they care about their own.
A leader that is equal centric and aware that we are all connected, can energize and inspire people towards righteous action.
We need to “AKT” – Awareness, Knowledge, Transformation.

Resources:

Website: https://www.enlightenednegotiation.com/dr-nazari/
Dr Nazari’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drmehradnazari
Email: drnazari@enlightenednegotiation.com

Meet Mehrad Nazari, PhD, MBA

Rarely does one find such a unique background and expertise as Mehrad Nazari. His unprecedented body of work is the culmination of his quest over three decades. He stands with one foot in the world of business, one foot in the world of academia and research, with his sight on human potential. Using 5000 years of ancient wisdom and the latest scientific findings in social sciences and human behavior, Dr. Nazari’s methods interweave the best of all worlds, helping organizations of all sizes achieve extraordinary and permanent success. His captivating presentations disrupt the conventional linear style, resulting in unparalleled organizational performance.

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A conscious leader has the capacity to embrace disturbance, to stay open to new ideas and to step into a broader perspective.

Karen Wilhelm Buckley founded Communicore Consulting LLC in 1979. Her passion is centered around wisdom and leadership. She has been working with leaders and their organizations for decades and she loves to see them find the capacity to change. She is a published author and experienced speaker on different aspects of leadership. She has worked with multi-nationals, government systems, privately held companies, non-profit organizations and communities.

In This Episode:

[00:02:20] Karen shares about her journey and what she has experienced over the decades of facilitating leadership development.
[00:10:13] Karen explains how building on a foundation of sufficiency helps the organization.
[00:17:00] She discusses how people are missing the real mission for business and organizations.
[00:20:30] Karen observes that leaders and organizations are starting to place value and attention on wisdom as opposed to knowledge.
[00:40:10] Karen shares how people can lead with love.

Key Takeaways:

Conscious leadership is the capacity to know what matters most to you.
A conscious leader has the capacity to embrace disturbance, to stay open to new ideas and to step into a broader perspective.
Start building on your strengths and capabilities before dealing with your weaknesses.
Trust what matters most to you – whether that's in your neighborhood or your community or your company or the world – and turn it into a commitment.
List down the things in your life that are in alignment with that commitment and those that are not.

Resources:

Website: https://communicoreconsulting.com/

Karen’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karenbuckley

Meet Karen Wilhelm Buckley

Karen Wilhelm Buckley, Communicore Consulting LLC, is an Executive Coach and Consultant to leaders and organizations, bringing expertise and experience to professional and organizational development. Her clients develop wise leadership – the skills, strategies and presence to cultivate committed performance and effectively drive change.

For over two decades Karen has partnered with executives, teams and business leaders in a wide range of organizations in leadership development, sustainable organization growth, leadership transitions, multi-stakeholder strategic planning, and collaborative change initiatives. Past clients include DuPont, Clorox, Santa Clara County, EPA, McEvoy Ranch, Summit Engineering, and Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute.

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Before founding the Conscious Business Institute (CBI) in 2005, Peter Matthies worked as a Principal in one of the world’s leading Private Equity and Venture Capital firms, Apax Partners & Co. He learned from his own experience how people are searching for purpose and satisfaction in their jobs. He saw the need for more vibrant companies that will make a sustainable difference.

The Conscious Business Institute aims to help people break out of old traditions and impart relevant business concepts that will lead to a fulfilled and happy workforce and a successful organization. Tune in as we talk about how Peter started his journey and the Conscious Leadership program.

In This Episode:

[00:02:06] Peter witnesses the dysfunctions within the organizations and sees the need to reset the way businesses operate.
[00:07:02] What the four quadrants and the Conscious Leadership paradigm is all about.
[00:12:08] How the structured approach on health leadership and team leadership is critical in changing the consciousness of the entire organization.
[00:26:29] How people miss out on the opportunity that COVID brings because of holding on to the old ways.
[00:39:21] What’s in store for Conscious Business Institute.

Key Takeaways:

Knowing your purpose in life and fulfilling it gives true satisfaction.
It’s not about business, it’s about people. Meeting the emotional needs of your people creates a better and healthier culture inside the organization.
Give the people a strong sense of ownership. It inspires them to work harder and leads to better performance.
Be authentic. Understand who you really are, what you want to do and how it can make a difference.

Resources:

Website: https://consciousbusinessinstitute.com/
Peter’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-matthies-7986/

Meet Peter Matthies

Peter Matthies is a former Venture Capitalist and founder of the Conscious Business Institute (CBI). Before founding the CBI, Peter was a Principal for a globally leading Private Equity and Venture Capital firm, Apax Partners & Co, and for b-business partners, a $ 1 billion pan-European VC fund.

Peter co-founded an IT company and started his career at Accenture in Germany. He published 2 books and several dozen articles on business, finance, leadership, martial arts, and technology. The Conscious Business Institute provides a step-by-step system for building more inspiring, conscious organizations, including the Conscious Business Culture Assessment™ and the Conscious Business Culture & Leadership Programs™, which can scale to serve any number of users across the world. CBI’s programs have been applied in organizations from 1 to 100,000 employees, including Starbucks, BMW Group, Siemens, Alllianz, Intel, and others.

Peter is a faculty member of the Goethe Business School in Frankfurt, fellow of the World Business Academy, serves as a global advisor of the Climate Prosperity Alliance, and is on the board of several for-profit and non-profit organizations. He lives in Santa Barbara, California, and gets a kick out of Aikido, Capoeira, sailing, and a good dance with his wife.

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Gina Hayden has been developing organizational talent and leaders for more than twenty years. Her key focus is the growth of conscious, responsible leadership shaping business as a force for good in the world. She has a strong desire to promote a responsible and sustainable business that is profit-driven as well as purpose-driven, and she is particularly interested in how leaders develop their capacities to think in more complex and inclusive ways while bringing their hearts to what they do. Listen in as we talk about how COVID has enlightened consciousness as individuals and leaders, understanding connections, and the reality of being conscious leaders working from home.

In This Episode:

[01:16] Meet Gina Hayden. Learn about how COVID changed her views of herself and how she found herself in the Conscious Leadership space.
[10:27] The concept for Me to We to the World.
[18:55] How leaders and organizations can scale up their impact.
[29:14] Figuring out what “Connection” means to us.
[30:37] Changing the mindset around “Work-Life Balance”.

Key Takeaways:

Don’t say yes to things that don’t feel right for you.
If we're more conscious as leaders, we can start getting into what the impact is that our business can have on the world around us.
Different people are ready for different things.
Conscious leadership is being aware of ourselves and our values and how it transfers to our relationship with others and work.
Work is part of life. It was just a false sense that we could separate the work cell from the rest of our lives.
Use your values, connections, and what you love as a guide to living your best life.

Resources:

Gina’s Email: gina.hayden@gcfcl.com
Gina’s Website: www.gcfcl.com
Gina’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/ginalhayden/
www.consciousleadershipconsultancy.com www.becomingaconsciousleader.com

Meet Gina Hayden

Gina Hayden is an executive coach, team and leadership program facilitator, and business advisor. She is the author of Becoming a Conscious Leader: How to Lead Successfully in a World that’s Waking Up. She co-founded The Global Centre for Conscious Leadership, the Conscious Leadership Consultancy, and was a founding director of the Conscious Capitalism UK Chapter. Based in London, she works internationally with a range of global corporate clients to bring cutting edge development to their senior leaders, specializing in the skills needed to win in the marketplace through outstanding client relationships, positive impact, successful influencing, and authentic leadership.

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Dr. Kim Byas, Program Director, Union Institute & University's Master of Science in Health Care Leadership degree, explains that he is focused on improving individuals' and populations' health. He trains and works in organizations that have an impact on broader policy issues. Then, Dr. Kim dives deep into conscious leadership – he says that the most significant aspect of conscious leadership is awareness of relationships. A conscious leader will take that awareness and interact with others in meaningful and deliberate ways. Tune in as Dr. Kim reveals how we can make necessary changes to the healthcare system, the ways we need to have conversations around conscious leadership, and the importance of effective communication.

In This Episode:

[00:55] Meet Dr. Kim Byas. Dr. Kim reveals the overt racism in the healthcare industry and speaks about conscious leadership.
[11:45] About Dr. Kim’s journey to health policy.
[17:40] The most effective ways to change the healthcare system.
[23:05] How to prepare people for conversations around conscious leadership.
[32:40] The complexities of relationships in the healthcare industry.

Key Takeaways:

Conscious leadership is the awareness of your relationship with others. Effective leaders will choose to exercise that awareness and interact with others in a meaningful way.
To make changes in the healthcare system, individuals need to leave the healthcare system.
Whatever your industry is, conscious leadership requires both consciousness and leadership.
Not everyone is ready for conscious leadership. Most people don’t take the time to figure out how they will live as a conscious leader.

Resources:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kim-byas-sr-phd-mph-fache-6b5a898/
Email: kbyas_sr@hotmail.com
American Hospital Association: https://www.aha.org

Meet Dr. Kim Byas

Dr. Byas is Program Director, Union Institute & University's Master of Science in Health Care Leadership degree. Prior to accepting this position, he served for more than 16 years as the regional executive with the American Hospital Association working with hospitals on federal advocacy, health care system transformation, and health policy.

He has more than 40 years of successful leadership and innovation in health care settings ranging from his role as the interim president/CEO, Institute for Diversity in Health Management; CEO of Kailo Alliance—a health care strategic consulting company; executive director of a multispecialty physicians group; and as adjunct faculty with DePaul University's Master in Public Administration program and Loyola University of Chicago's MBA in Healthcare.

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Jill Ratliff is an Author, Executive Coach, and Leadership Speaker with more than 20 years of Fortune 100 Human Resources Management experience. For Jill, conscious leadership is all about taking one-hundred percent responsibility for your life. Leadership is like going into a mansion, and there are millions of ways to think about it. However, trust and collaboration are the front door of that mansion. People are better together, and no one does anything brave alone. Tune in as we talk about how joy is all around us, the importance of simplicity, and understanding your purpose.

In This Episode:

[00:50] Meet Jill Ratliff. Jill gives her definition of conscious leadership.
[15:05] Collaboration and trust are solutions to leadership problems.
[22:50] How people can understand collaboration and trust better.
[32:40] Why behavior change loves simplicity.
[39:45] Learn from real examples in the workplace, not simulations.

Key Takeaways:

Conscious leadership is taking 100% responsibility for your life.
Learn how to master your moments by knowing how to stay present in the moment.
Planet Earth is dominated by spirituality; find a spiritual practice to ground yourself.
Many valuable things are hard.
There can’t be conscious leadership without collaboration and trust.

Resources:

Jill’s Website: https://jillratliffleadership.com

Jill’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jill-ratliff-78312113/

Meet Jill Ratliff

Jill Ratliff is an Author, Executive Coach, and Leadership Speaker with more than 20 years of Fortune 100 Human Resources Management experience. She is author of the new book Leadership through Trust and Collaboration. Jill also is a longtime mentor with Pathbuilders, an organization that helps high-performing women accelerate their careers. Learn more at jillratliffleadership.com

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Gerrard Schmid is President and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf, a role he has held since February 2018. As a conscious leader, Gerrard likes to be present; for him, it means being self-aware of what's going on in their organization and very keenly attuned to what their employees are saying and feeling. Plus, being present means he is attuned to what their customers are saying or doing; the same holds true for their investors. As a leader, it is critical to understand what factors you control. During Covid, we have learned how very little control we all have. Tune in as we talk about the importance of courage, vulnerability, and self-awareness for conscious leaders.

In This Episode:

[01:00] Meet Gerrard Schmid. Gerrard speaks about how he became a conscious leader.
[07:00] How a conscious leader can be vulnerable in the workplace.
[15:00] What Gerrard has learned as a leader during Covid.
[22:25] The importance of self-awareness in conscious leadership.
[27:30] How organizations can create a safe working environment for their employees.

Key Takeaways:

Vulnerable leadership is something teams need to fuel their future success.
During Covid, there is little we can control as leaders; the one thing a leader can control is how they choose to show up for their employees.
Learn to be present more often; adopt a meditation practice to help you on your self-awareness journey.
Conscious leaders make difficult decisions using empathy.

Resources:

Diebold Nixdorf: https://www.dieboldnixdorf.com/en-us

Gerrard’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/gerrard-schmid/

Meet Gerrard Schmid

Gerrard Schmid is President and CEO of Diebold Nixdorf, a role he has held since February 2018. Prior to joining Diebold Nixdorf he served as chief executive officer of D+H Corporation, a $1.7 billion global fintech company. Under his leadership from 2012 to 2017, the company evolved to a global leader in real-time payments and lending software. He joined D+H in 2007 as president and CEO of the company’s Filogix business unit. Prior to D+H, he managed a $3 billion retail banking business at Lloyds TSB in the United Kingdom. From 2001 to 2005, he was executive vice president and chief operating officer for retail banking at CIBC, one of the “Big Five” Canadian banks. In 1997 he joined McKinsey and Company, Inc., working across financial services, e-commerce and technology before joining CIBC. He began his career in finance at Citibank in 1995. Mr. Schmid is currently a member of the Advisory Board of Difenda, Toronto, Canada (a cyber security company).

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Ify Walker, CEO of Offor, the talent broker company, explains how she helps people see their personal narratives. We are so often taught to give the most significant thing we have done, but it's not necessarily the most meaningful thing that we have experienced. There is a difference between meaningful and significant. Listen in to learn more. Tune in as Ify reveals the importance of culture, how leaders respond to grief, and the systems we can implement to ensure equity in the workplace.

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Aaron Hurst’s goal is to activate conscious leadership and develop values-based leadership on a global scale. The idea of the more conscious we are, the greater impact we can make not only on a global scale but also in our daily lives. Being conscious is to notice the contradictions, the forces that pull you in different directions, and the things that trip you up. It is what enables you to go down the correct path.

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Marti Glenn, co-founder and Chief Education Officer of Ryzio Institute, conducts professional trainings and intensive retreats internationally that make it possible for leaders to move beyond coping into thriving. Awareness is the most critical skill that leaders can develop. With awareness, we have a choice. Tune in as we talk about love, safety, and trust in the workplace.

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Peter Bregman is an executive coach to CEOs and senior leaders in many of the world’s premier organizations. Peter joins me to talk about getting rid of the noise to focus on the most important things & improve leadership. Peter has been running his business for twenty-two years, continually pivoting and making significant changes. Peter speaks about the importance of DEI in the workplace, the future of organizations in the new normal, and how leaders can get it “right” during these uncertain times.

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This week, Dr. Tiffany Jana joins the show to talk about equity gaps in the workplace - ensuring that everyone has the tools they need to succeed. Is everyone in your workplace just as likely to succeed and get a promotion?

Leaders and companies have all the tools to make things right that were once wrong in service of greater justice for all. By optimizing workplace culture through diversity, equity, and inclusion, your employees will feel a fantastic sense of belonging. It’s essential to understand the areas of opportunity to improve diversity and inclusion in the workplace. Listen to the episode as Dr. Tiffany Jana talks about how leaders should build space to create inclusion and create greater diversity to cultivate a healthy workplace.

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During John Montgomery's time in the startup world, he realized that there was a certain charisma of all the best leaders – they would emanate a field of consciousness and create a flow state. When your business is in a flow state, you attract all of the best employees, customers, and investors. An infectiously positive work environment will be a complete game-changer for any business.

While observing these CEOs and organizations, John learned that companies that adopt sustainable principles provide five points greater return per year to investors than their conventional peers. Plus, businesses that lead from the heart will have more engaged employees and half of the turnover as their competition. For show notes & more visit: http://impacteffectnetwork.com

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As we navigate through COVID-19, this week's episode is an encore episode featuring The Impact Effects exclusive CEO Roundtable interview. In this episode, conscious leaders discuss how their organization has been affected by COVID-19 and the decisions they have had to make. We discuss the need to preserve cash, concerns about organization culture following Staff reductions and fears resulting from COVID-19. CEO's Bob Chapman, Cory Smith, Sarah Mehler, and Karen Short each share the decisions they've made, the impact on their organization, and how they as a leader have been challenged.

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This special edition episode is a compilation of 13 CEOs and Leaders answering the question, “What is Conscious Leadership?” along with sharing their takeaways for action oriented next steps. This compilation is pulled from informative interviews with a range of Conscious Leaders and change agents who know that true leadership comes from the inside out. This episode features Jim Dethmer, Rose Fernandez, Eric Kaufman, Runa Bouius, Gary Shapiro, Diana Chapman, Cory Smith, Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati, Bob Chapman, Rich Fernandez, John Renesch, David Helfant, and Leif Cocks.

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This week's episode features Leif Cocks, a zoologist, and world-renowned orangutan expert. Leif is a passionate campaigner for orangutans and has been the President of The Orangutan Project since its formation. Leif hopes to create a world where conservation organizations are no longer needed.

Through working with orangutans, Leif has discovered that Orangutans are entirely independent and confident. As he shares “when you meet and become close friends with an orangutan, you see the humanity in their eyes.” In this episode, Leif provides his take on conscious leadership, what he has learned from Orangutans, and how he utilizes conscious leadership in a conservation organization

Show notes and more: http://impacteffectnetwork.com/podcast/ep-14

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This episode features David Helfant, an entertainment attorney, who specializes in music, motion picture, television, and video production and distribution. David encourages his clients to get involved with charitable organizations to develop their brand and give back to their communities.

David always asks his clients how they want people to remember them. Do they want to be remembered as someone who makes money, or do they want to be remembered as someone who changed the world? When David’s clients think about these questions, they tend to understand that wealth has a broader definition. Listen to the episode for David’s take on how the American entertainment industry shapes the rest of the world, observations about conscious leadership in the entertainment industry, and surviving cancer.

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This episode features John Renesch, advisor, mentor, futurist, and writer on matters of social and organizational change. Learn why he believes that commerce holds the key to bringing about a global shift of human consciousness thus creating a future of tremendous possibility for humankind. We have a conversation around making an urgent collective choice: to opt for responsible adulthood over the largely adolescent ways we have been relating to one another and our planet Earth demonstrating that it is not too late to create the future we all say we want for our children and our children’s children–a future that is environmentally sustainable, spiritually fulfilling and socially just. Later, John reveals the qualities of a conscious leader; he describes the future of conscious leadership and reveals the biggest crisis in our world.

Key Takeaways:

Consciousness cannot be defined.
When you are conscious, responsibility takes on a sacred role.
Consciousness will become the way everyone starts living and leading.
There needs to be a world that works for everyone. Our society will realize the highest priority is the wellbeing of everyone.

Meet John Renesch

John Renesch is an advisor, mentor, futurist and writer on matters of social and organizational change. He believes that commerce holds the key to bringing about a global shift of human consciousness thus creating a future of tremendous possibility for humankind – the possibility that will allow humanity to transcend the inevitable future that can be projected from current trends.

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ebook:The Quick Start Guide to Conscious Leadership

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Rich Fernandez, Ph.D. dives deep into his background and explains how he finds mindfulness personally and professionally. Rich explains that a leader is someone with influence. So, leadership can be based on your role and authority. However, just because you have a specific purpose in an organization doesn’t mean you will be an effective leader. Learn about rewiring our brains and how to train our awareness and train our attention, we can grow the grey matter in our minds using contemplative practices. Later, Rich explains how to become a conscious leader – it involves practicing awareness and turning our lens on the impacts we have on others.

Key Takeaways:

A leader is somebody who has influence. Leadership can be based on role, authority, and influence.
Just because you have authority doesn’t mean you will be an effective leader. A leader needs to demonstrate a positive influence to create an ethical outcome.
Meditation has powerful effects on our physiology and our brain.
Contemplative practice is a way to turn the lens inward and turn the lens on our impact on others; awareness is a skill we can grow and cultivate.
We are just at the beginning of integrating conscious leadership into organizational culture.

Meet Rich Fernandez

Rich is the CEO of SIYLI. He was previously the director of executive education and people development at Google, where he was also one of the first SIY teachers. Rich previously founded Wisdom Labs and has also served in senior roles at eBay, J.P. Morgan Chase and Bank of America. He received his PhD in Psychology from Columbia University and is a frequent contributor to the Harvard Business Review.
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Resources:Search Inside Yourself Leadership Institute: SIYLI

Tom Eddington's eBook

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Cory Smith, Co-Founder, and CEO at Wisdom Labs joins the show to talk about meditation, mindfulness, and creating resilience in the workplace. He has spent over 20 years aligning purpose, entrepreneurship, and social good to create companies that have a positive impact on people and the planet. With chronic stress and loneliness rates going up each year, Wisdom Labs focuses on the mental, emotional and social wellbeing at work. In this episode, Cory describes why we need to build resiliency with people in organizations, the growing market for Wise@Work, trends in conscious leadership, and how Cory shows up as a conscious leader at work.

Key Takeaways:

Organizations need a community where they learn social awareness.
Any room can turn into a mindfulness room.
Chronic stress and loneliness rates are going up each year.
Meditation and mindfulness are essential tools in battling chronic stress.
We need to find a way to navigate burnout in leadership.

Meet Cory SmithCory has spent over 20 years aligning purpose, entrepreneurship, and social good to create companies that have a positive impact on people and the planet. Previously, Cory was CEO of Impact Hub Bay Area, CEO of the Social Capital Markets Conference, the first Innovation Fellow for the San Francisco Mayor’s Office, CEO of Webcast Solutions (acquired by StarMedia/France Telecom) and Co-founder of MediaCast, the first on-location webcast company.
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Resources:

Wisdom Labs
Wise@Work the Podcast

Tom Eddington's Ebook

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How has COVID-19 affected the way your organization is run? In this special episode, conscious leaders discuss how their organization has been affected by COVID-19 and the decisions they’ve made as a result. We discuss the need to preserve cash, concerns about organization culture following staff reductions and concerns resulting from COVID-19. CEO's Bob Chapman, Cory Smith, Sarah Mehler, and Karen Short each share the decisions they’ve made, the impact it is having on their organization, and how they as a leader have been challenged.

Key Takeaways:

If we don’t have a good business model and that business model fails under various economic conditions, we’re going to hurt the very people that we care about.
There is no work life balance, there’s just life.
It’s a period of resourcing from within and resourcing in ways one didn’t really need to before as a leader.
We need to be thought leaders and help shape what the future will be like.
What can we learn from this and do better next time because this could happen again.

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This episode features Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D, Secretary-General Of The Global Interfaith WASH Alliance and President Of Divine Shakti Foundation. Sadhvi gives us powerful insights on how she teaches meditation, provides counseling, and oversees multiple charitable and humanitarian projects and activities.

Sadhvi was completing her Ph.D. when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for 23 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service. Before she had gone to India, she did nothing on any conscious or spiritual level. Once Sadhvi arrived in India, she experienced unexpected awakeness, truth, and divinity. We need to learn how to appreciate and enjoy the experience of our duality. When we feel true serenity, we relieve ourselves of stress and freely live in the present moment. Sadhvi explains why our purpose is to get out of the way of what we think we are, we need to experience who we are and what we know.

Key Takeaways:

Appreciate the creation – we have five senses to experience the creation.
Serenity comes when there is nothing you have to do.
Learn how to become a vehicle for the divine to flow through without the ego.
A conscious leader needs to know where they are going.
Our purpose is to get out of the way of what we think we are. We need actually to experience who we are and what we know.

Meet Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswatiji, Ph.D

Sadhvi was raised in an American family in Hollywood, California and graduated from Stanford University. She was completing her Ph.D. when she left America in 1996 to live at Parmarth Niketan in Rishikesh, India. She has been living there for 23 years, engaged in spiritual practice and service. Hear her powerful insights on how she teaches meditation, provides counseling and oversees myriad charitable and humanitarian projects and activities. LinkedIn

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Sadhviji.org

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In response to COVID-19, leaders are being asked to make critical decisions that impact their workforce and basic survival of the business. Faced with a similar situation after the 2008 economic collapse, many leaders had to make challenging decisions. This week's episode features Bob Chapman, Chairman and CEO of Barry-Wehmiller Companies, Inc., a global manufacturing business with 11,000 team members. While leading the business for over 40 years, Bob has applied a unique blend of strategy and culture in the workplace. He realizes companies such as Barry-Wehmiller, can be a powerful positive influence on our society.

Understanding that leaders have a massive responsibility for their employees, Bob works to improve relationships between employees and leaders. He views leadership as a privilege to create human and economic values and he believes his employees should feel valued. If an employee lacks meaning and purpose, they will not be present in other aspects of their life. This episode discusses measuring success within an organization, the importance of having a robust business model, and why economic value and human value can work together in harmony.

Key Takeaways:

How we treat our employees will directly affect how they treat their family members.
Business could be the most potent force for putting good into the world.
We need to create human value within an organization.
The most significant cause of stress is work. We need to help companies learn how to care.
Economic value and human value can work together in harmony.

Meet Bob Chapman

Recently named the #3 CEO in the world in an Inc. magazine article, Bob Chapman is very intentional about using his platform as a business leader to build a better world.

Chapman is Chairman and CEO of St. Louis, MO-based Barry-Wehmiller, a $2.5B global manufacturing business with 11,000 team members. The company began as a small pasteurizing and bottle washer business in 1885 and, through acquisition and organic growth, has grown into 12 business units (10 in the US) serving primarily the packaging, paper converting, sheeting and corrugating industries. Chapman became the senior executive of this private company in 1975 at age 30 when the 80-year-old business had $20 million in revenue, outdated technology and a very weak financial position. Despite the obstacles, Chapman applied a unique blend of strategy and culture over the next 40 years in leading Barry-Wehmiller through almost 90 successful acquisitions. LinkedIn

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The Barry Wehmiller Network

Book: Everybody Matters: The Extraordinary Power of Caring

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In this episode, Diana reveals her dedication to the personal and global expansion of consciousness and how that led to the creation of Conscious Leadership Forum, where she and her co-founders are spearheading a movement to propagate new models of leadership based on personal and collective empowerment. Diana teaches us about re-languaging in the corporate setting. Once you change the language, it’s essential to stick with it. The corporate language should be as mainstream as possible so new employees can understand it. Listen to the episode to learn additional ways to become more present, how to receive feedback, and which daily practices cultivate conscious leadership.

Key Takeaways:

Conscious leadership is to be here in a nonreactive state.
To cultivate conscious leadership – when you find yourself being adverse, stop, and look at what the threat is under the aversion.
Start your day with gratitude and appreciation.
Notice your patterns and play with them to see what’s underneath it.
Ask for feedback from others regularly.

Meet Diana Chapman

Diana is a cofounder of the Conscious Leadership Group and has been a trusted advisor to more than 700 top-tier organizational leaders and many of their executive teams, guiding them into and through pivotal transitions in life, business, and consciousness.

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In this episode, Gary shares with Tom how he is seeking and implementing solutions of sustainability for local people through education and innovative collaborative projects, which is the key to saving Indonesia’s great red ape and other species. Gary reveals his background and how he interacts with the natural world. He explains how humans fit in with the primate species, dating back forty-million years ago. Humans like to think they are the only ones who use language. Gary set out to prove that orangutans can use signs to communicate. Eventually, Gary became a father to an orangutan – he even began to act like the orangutans. He has dedicated his entire life to saving the species. Working closely with orangutans, Gary learned about human communication. Later, Gary speaks about the competencies of leadership, putting aside our egos, and tips on working with volunteers.

Key Takeaways:

Keep a journal so you can remember the little things that happen throughout the day.
Everybody starts out as a leader of their own body. As children, we learn how to become a leader through social influence.
Training and personal development will be essential to become a leader.
We can create the happiness we have – we do not need to wait for permission from anyone else.
Don’t give so much that you sacrifice the relationships in your life.

Meet Gary Shapiro

Gary began his involvement with orangutans 44 years ago in the field of primate cognition and learning. He was the first person (1973-1975) to teach a symbolic communication system to an orangutan and the first person to have taught sign language to orangutans in the species’ natural environment.

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Orang Utan Republik Foundation (OURF)

Orangutan Project

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What is grounding, and can it improve your health? This week Tom sits down with Runa Bouius, Founder of TRUE Power Institute. Whether you are familiar with conscious leadership or not, you will value all of the advice that Runa has to offer! An Interview with Runa Bouius, Founder, TRUE Power Institute, is available on The Impact Effect Podcast, where we give you engaging and powerful insights on Conscious Leadership.

In this episode, Runa inspires, engages, and discusses how to empower leaders as they open people’s hearts and minds, one person at a time. She explains how we can get back to wholeness; if we are not whole in the workplace, then we are not contributing optimally to the organization. As the founder of the TRUE Power Institute, Runa describes the inspiration behind the Institute and how we can reach our full power. True power is something that allows us to be present and let go. Listen to the episode to learn more about presence & energy, the choice we have over our thoughts, and the importance of grounding.

Key Takeaways:

• Conscious leadership means being awake to our thoughts
and feelings.
• Wholeness means power. When we are in full wholeness,
then we are in full power.
• True power is a presence and energy that is coming through
us from a more significant source.
• Stay open to what tomorrow will bring you – it may bring
something much more expansive than something you can
imagine.
• We can choose to let go of our thoughts and replace them
with something more uplifting and positive.

Meet Runa Bouius

Rúna Bouius is a leadership influencer — a visionary business
leader and wisdom guide who bridges traditional business with
the emerging business paradigm and techniques to uncover a
renewed vision of a regenerative and balanced world for all.
Over the course of her career, Rúna has mentored and coached
hundreds of leaders and uplifted and inspired thousands of
people around the world through her speaking, facilitation, and
writing, and through the social-impact platforms in Los Angeles
she has co-founded, including the Conscious Capitalism LA
Chapter and the TOGETHER! Network for purpose-driven female
entrepreneurs. Rúna sits on a number of advisory boards and has spoken at conferences such as The International Conference on Business and Consciousness, Women’s International Networking (WIN), and the Conscious Capitalism Institute Conference. She has a reputation as a Conscious Leadership influencer, a tireless ambassador for raising social consciousness, and a Change Agent on a mission to evolve humanity’s relationship to power.
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Eric Kaufmann has been coaching and training leaders and executives since 2000. His earliest leadership lessons were in the water, not in the office – when he was a Scuba Diving Instructor he learned to organize and influence people to learn new skills, work together, venture into the unknown, and have fun in a process that is inherently dangerous. Tom and Eric have a lively discussion on Eric being a Thought Leader at Harvard’s Institute of Coaching, the author of Four Virtues of a Leader, and a life-long Zen practitioner.

Key Takeaways:

Conscious leadership is moving from the ego to a life-focused service position with awareness.
The first virtue of a leader is focus. The world is our reflection.
Wisdom, love, and courage are essential features of leadership.
Courage is the most absent characteristic of a leader. It is easier to walk away; we use it as a defense mechanism.
With age, there becomes more to lose than there is to gain.
Business leaders are now shaping our society.

Meet Eric Kaufmann

Eric has been coaching and training leaders and executives since 2000. His earliest leadership lessons were in the water, not in the office – when he was a Scuba Diving Instructor he learned to organize and influence people to learn new skills, work together, venture into the unknown, and have fun in a process that is inherently dangerous. Tom and Eric have a lively discussion on Eric being a Thought Leader at Harvard’s Institute of Coaching, the author of Four Virtues of a Leader, and a life-long Zen practitioner.
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Sagatica Wisdom YouTube
The Four Virtues of a Leader: Navigating the Hero’s Journey Through Risk to Results Book

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Rose Fernandez, joined Algenist as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, and now serves as its Chief Executive Officer since 2018. Rose describes some qualities of conscious leadership. Being open and willing to share is essential to becoming a conscious leader. Rose loves to provide context to her team; she tries to be as consistent as possible with her transparency. Overcommunicating is also essential. Rose makes sure to tell things to multiple people multiple times. Rose trusts her employees; she allows them to choose their own hours. If someone doesn’t want to be there, then they will work themselves out. Later, Rose speaks about becoming the CEO, being confident, and her time with Women’s Wear Daily. Learn how Tom has had an impact in Rose’s career and hear her tips for staying true to herself while she builds and grows a strong team at Algenist.

**Key Takeaways**

Be consistent with your transparency as a leader.
There is so much uncertainty in the world. Create context for your team and let them know what you know.
Use a town hall to bring in your corporate team and make people understand your decisions.
Trust your employees. Allow them to choose their own hours.
As a woman CEO, you need to be confident in your decisions.

Meet Rose Fernandez:

Rose Fernandez started her career in the beauty and skin care industry as a Regional Sales Director with Murad, the first known clinical skincare line developed by Dr. Howard Murad, where she eventually became the Senior National Sales Director, US and Canada. She was the Vice President of Sales at Kate Somerville Skin Care; VP and General Manager, North America at Jurlique, and in 2016 she joined Algenist as Senior Vice President, Global Sales, and now serves as its Chief Executive Officer since 2018.

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Algenist
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WWD Beauty Summit

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Jim Dethmer, Co-Founder of Conscious Leadership Group inspires and activates audiences through a rare combination of provocative insights, humor and highly relatable examples based on the latest leadership research and decades of coaching top leaders. In this episode, Tom and Jim bring a radical new leadership conversation to the organizational world.

Key Takeaways

Support teams by lessening their desire to prove they are right. Instead, increase their desire for curiosity.
For trust to be lasting, you have to trust yourself first.
Soft skills make a difference in a team setting.
Our physical bodies are actually the first line of awareness.
Take the time to notice what is going on in our bodies. Pay attention to thoughts and physical sensations

Meet Jim Dethmer

Jim inspires and activates audiences through a rare combination of provocative insights, humor and highly relatable examples based on the latest leadership research and decades of coaching top leaders.

The Conscious Leadership Group (CLG) is a consultancy founded by Jim Dethmer and Diana Chapman. Brings a radical new leadership conversation to the organizational world through coaching, consulting, forums, events, keynotes, and online resources.

“You are either leading above the line or below the line. If you’re above the line, you’re in a state of trust. If you’re under the line, you’re in a state of fear.” – Jim Dethmer

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The 15 Commitments of Conscious Leadership: A New Paradigm for Sustainable Success

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