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Wednesday, February 24, 2016

Question #8: How do you view enlightened leadership?

A Spiritual Slant on Leadership

Respect.  I’ve seen it demanded, refused, given, coerced, offered, ignored and embraced.  We’ve created rules outlining whom respect should be given to and who is entitled to it.

Regardless the rules and assumptions, I believe there is a key element needed to endorse respect in order for a person to fully wear its mantle.  

This key is reverence.  


As the harmonious balance between reverence and respect matures, an enlightened form of leadership emerges.  Nurturing the roots of this kind of leader is the soil of a deep and profound sense of esteem and appreciation.  


I like Deepak Chopra’s comment about spirituality and awareness in leadership...

“Enlightened leadership is spiritual if we understand spirituality not as some kind of religious dogma or ideology, but as the domain of awareness where we experience values like truth, goodness, beauty, love and compassion, and also intuition, creativity, insight and focused attention.”  
~Deepak Chopra



 How do you view enlightened leadership?


Let's skip a few rocks, and create some ripples...

~Asia

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