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elib.tech Exclusive… sharing elsewhere will result in being banned!Class OverviewLeadership is an essential role in human groups of all kinds. Conscious leadership is a process of becoming – for the leader, the people she leads and their organization or community. (Check out the Top 10 Big Ideas from the class below!)Your ProfessorAs CEO of Working for Good, Jeff Klein activates, produces and facilitates mission-based, Stakeholder Engagement Marketing™ campaigns and Conscious Culture development programs.The Top 10 Big Ideas1. CommitWhatever you can do, or dream you can, begin it. Boldness has genius, power, and magic in it. Begin it now! ~ Johann Wolfgang von GoetheThe Conscious Leader’s power of inspiration and connectivity derives in good part from the attractive energy generated by deep commitment – to awareness, purpose, mastery and the well-being of others.2. CareLove yourself first, and everything else falls in line. You really have to love yourself to get anything done in this world. ~ Lucille BallConscious Leadership starts at home, by cultivating the behaviors you seek to evoke in others. By caring for yourself, you develop the capacity to persevere and flourish on the journey with physical, mental, emotional and spiritual vitality, and to care for others. And you model care as a behavior for others. 3. CultivateThe greatest discovery of my age is that men can change their circumstances by changing the attitude of their mind. ~ William James Knowing others is intelligence; knowing yourself is true wisdom. Mastering others is strength; mastering yourself is true power. ~ Lao Tzu, Tao Te Ching That which we persist in doing becomes easier for us to do. Not that the nature of the thing itself has changed but our power to do it is increased. ~ Ralph Waldo Emerson We are what we repeatedly do. Excellence, then, is not an act, but a habit. ~ Aristotle These brilliant insights have this one pretty well covered! 4. Deliver“To know and not to do is not to know.” ~ Wang YangmingConscious Leadership comes to life when you embody the values and principles you espouse. When you keep your word to others, actively pursue your own personal learning, growth and development, and produce exceptional results, you inspire others to do the same, and create the seeds of a Conscious organizational culture. 5. ConnectHuman beings are social animals. Connection between human beings – based on shared purpose, trust and respect – form the foundation of any organization. Vulnerability, deep listening and acknowledgement are essential to creating connection. 6. Collaborate“No one can whistle a symphony. It takes a whole orchestra to play it.” ~ H. E. LuccockNothing truly great is the work of one persona alone. We build on the work of our predecessors and we build in collaboration with others. The Conscious Leader is called to convene and conduct the symphony of his community or organization, to bring out the best in each of its members and to foster the unity of purpose and cohesiveness of Conscious Culture to generate extraordinary, innovative music. 7. FacilitateFacilitate means “to make easy” and in the context of individual and group processes, it means to support people to find flow in the process, to move through challenging passages, with relative ease and grace, caring for themselves and others, and generating desired and desirable outcomes.In this age of extreme and increasing complexity, one of the most potent and essential roles of the Conscious Leader is that of facilitation – activating and nurturing emergent processes, clearing the way for everyone – individually and collectively – to find ways to move to manifest shared purpose.8. Focus “If thine eye be single, thy whole body shall be full of light.” ~ Matthew 6:22- 23 The Conscious Leader understands the power of priorities and the concentration of attention, energy and resources to accomplish goals and move deliberately in a specified direction.9. Expand“Leaders keep their eyes on the horizon, not just on the bottom line.” ~ Warren G. BennisWhile the Conscious Leader exercises and cultivates focus, she also knows that her role is to keep a larger, more expanded perspective and to sense what is emerging within her organization and in the greater context. She cultivates awareness and is careful not to contract or to foster contraction in her team and team members. She tracks performance and guides an evolution of principles and practices to respond to a dynamic landscape.10. Integrate“When you tug at a single thing in nature, you find it attached to the rest of the world.” ~ John Muir“A man cannot do right in one department of life whilst he is occupied in doing wrong in any other department. Life is one invisible whole.” ~ Mahatma GandhiThe fact is, it’s all one. The Conscious Leader continually cultivates an embodied understanding of this essential truth, reflecting on new insights and understandings and shining the light of awareness to discover new opportunities for learning, growth and development. “I slept, and dreamt that life was joy. I awoke and saw that life was service. I acted and beheld that service was joy.” ~ Rabindranath Tagore