Day 271 - Where Do We Go Now?
For the past twenty days, we have navigated the twenty qualities of heart-centered leadership.
It can be a poster hanging on your wall or you can choose to really have an impact in your own life and with those who you work with.
Leaders today ask me for help with emotional resilience. They have the corporate and leadership experience needed to fulfill their executive role, however, heart, love and leadership have not made it into business acumen language or the typical leadership playbook. It’s time.
I have been told since 1990 when I started my business this was improper, I was laughed at and here we are 33 years later and the world is embracing all that is leadership —full of heart.
It’s like buying a leadership book and leaving it on the shelf. Shelf help is not action.
Since March 2020, I knew it was time to fully lead with heart and I continue to do so and will for the rest of my work life.
Leading with heart for me has been:
Started imperfect: The Heart-Centered Leadership Podcast. I have interviewed over 220 leaders from all over the globe in every sector to show that heart does exist in leadership.
Helped 77 leaders transition to a different role or sector as they wanted to lead with heart and worked within a culture where it was not represented or believed it should be.
Created a leadership series for Fanshawe College Lawrence Kinlin School of Business demonstrating the different levels of leadership from heart-centered to transformational.
Created heart-centered leadership poster and card deck. Our poster has been downloaded 144,000 times and is in 22 languages. I never dreamed that this poster would travel around the world and be in so many languages and growing! You can download and share here.
Meeting leaders in six countries who want to lead from the inside out. Master emotional resilience and model self-care.
Speaking on heart-centered leadership from a soft-skill perspective - competence is one of many skills required.
Highlighting the imperfection that we all need to embrace, share and lead in all aspects of our life.
The creation of many tools to assist leaders with becoming, leading and mentoring with heart-centered leadership.
Corporate wellness has become pro-active and not defined through claims.
My skill set has become integrated. Something I never thought would happen. College professor, leadership coach and yoga teacher.
I am coaching, consulting, leading retreats, facilitating events and team-building exercises, and writing my first book on heart-centered leadership.
Together, we can transition to heart-centered leadership. 💜
I continue to write my daily blog and monthly newsletter Mastering the Art of Heart and I invite you to come along on this wonderful journey.