I’ve heard these myths many times, but today I found all 3 of them in the same article. So here goes…
Apr 10, 2012 4:12:00 PM
I’ve heard these myths many times, but today I found all 3 of them in the same article. So here goes…
Topics: zen leader, the zen leader book, zen, meditation, the zen leader, flips, leadership, leadership development, whole leadership, zen leadership
Apr 4, 2012 3:31:00 PM
In this video, Ginny Whitelaw, author of The Zen Leader, discusses the importance of spending the effort and energy to lead like a Zen Leader.
Topics: zen leader, stress, the zen leader chapter 1, zen, the zen leader, leadership coaching, leadership, leadership development, managing energy, zen leadership
Mar 29, 2012 8:37:00 AM
"It was the first time in my own writing that I really felt I could get out of my own way. And I hope that same sense of inspiration comes across to the readers." - Ginny Whitelaw, author of The Zen Leader.
Topics: zen leader, the zen leader book, the zen leader, flips, leadership coaching, leadership, leadership development, whole leadership development, zen leadership
Mar 27, 2012 6:34:00 PM
Ginny Whitelaw, author of The Zen Leader, discusses what lead her to write this book.
Topics: zen leader, the zen leader book, zen, the zen leader, leadership, leadership development, zen leadership
Mar 10, 2012 4:21:00 PM
It’s almost painful to watch: Mitt Romney crossing the stage. His gait totters to hold a torso too stiff. His upright carriage looks nearly crackable as the questions come zinging in and he repeats what he thinks is the right answer – for this audience. I like Mitt Romney; his father was the governor of Michigan while I was growing up, so I think of him as a neighbor. I also share many of his personality traits. If you know anything about the 4 energy patterns of personality, you’ll know what I mean when I say we’re both Organizers: it’s important to us to do the right thing and do things right. But, for a good example of what getting in one’s own way looks like, look to Mitt Romney.
Topics: zen leader, Maslow's hierarchy, Mitt Romney, zen, zen leadership
Feb 27, 2012 11:13:00 AM
To answer this question, we first need to have an understanding of what zen brings to the leadership equation. In the simplest terms, zen is a state of being fully connected. Terms like "whole self" and "whole leadership" have been used to describe zen, which makes it seem that the path (and the payoff) to zen leadership is a bigger and more enlightened self, allowing us to lead fearlessly with all the tools of the universe at our disposal. This is absolutely true. But the paradox lies here: in order for us to let our zen leader emerge we must first get out of our own way. That means letting go of one of our most valuable possessions -- one that we have nurtured continually through our leadership climb -- our ego.
Topics: zen leader, whole leadership, zen leadership
Jan 23, 2012 11:01:00 AM
Last week I was at an intensive Zen training and did the opposite of what I normally do. Normally I bring Zen meditation and physical elements into leadership programs to accelerate “walking the talk” of learning. Last week I was asked to bring leadership skills to Zen trainees. What a wonderful experience! It showed me again why Zen and leadership belong together: not only does Zen take leadership to a new level, but leadership brings Zen into the world where it can do some good. It also showed me how the skill side of whole leadership – e.g., being strategic yet operational, results focused yet engaging people – paradoxical as it is, is still the easy part. The hard part is getting out of our own way, and that’s where Zen comes in.
Topics: zen, leadership, leadership development, whole leadership development, whole leadership, zen leadership
Jan 5, 2012 9:06:00 AM
Why Zen leadership and why this blog? Zen and leadership belong together. Zen brings leadership to its enlightened best, without the fears and smallness of ego getting in the way. Conversely, leadership brings Zen into the world where it can do the most good. Zen Leadership is not some model “out there” for you to emulate. Rather it is your own boundless, creative nature expressed in a way that adds value and inspires others to a better place. The Zen leader in you emerges through what I call “flips” in consciousness that transform your sense of self from separate to connected and, ultimately, one-with-everything. Along the way, these flips radically reframe leadership, for example from coping to transforming, from driving results to attracting the future, from the confusion of delusion to whole and awakened leadership.
Topics: zen leader, zen, meditation, leadership development, zen leadership
This blog is dedicated to the concepts described in the book The Zen Leader by Ginny Whitelaw. In this blog we discuss how these concepts are applied to a variety of current situations and applications, helping us all unleash the Zen Leader within us!
