Take the Eastern approach to business, says Chopra
Western companies can learn more from an Eastern approach to business, according to Deepak Chopra, who says that corporate leaders should strive to encompass a 'differentiated consciousness', which will hold the key to soulful leadership.
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Chopra explained that 'thoughts, feelings, emotions, dreams, fantasies, electromagnetic storms' - are all transmitted through our synapses via 'messenger molecules.' When people become aware of the connection between mind and body, oneself and others, spirituality can manifest itself in all areas of life, from personal to business to political.
One of the most inspiring speakers in the world, Chopra will make his first live appearance in Bahrain when presenting his Soul of Leadership programme to a business audience on December 11.
He will provide the tools to help leverage today's leadership deficit. He will coach executives to get in touch with the deepest part of themselves and explain how synchronicity (or the 'good luck factor') works.
The event is under the patronage of HE Sheikh Ahmed Ateyatalla Al Khalifa, Bahrain's Minister of Cabinet Affairs. The event is the second in a series on leadership by Global Leaders, following the full-day programme with Ken Blanchard, author of One Minute Manager, in March.
Awareness is the key to successful soulful leadership, says Chopra. Most humans are a mixture of dark and light, with a little bit of tyrant and saint - the complementary aspects of any complete entity. After all, he said, 'the sinner and the saint are merely exchanging notes'.
According to Chopra, this can be used in the context of leadership once we understand that being aware is half the battle. If a leader fails to become aware of his role as the soul of a community, they will not be able to lead effectively because ego and self-indulgence will corrupt them and they will lose followers.
'Some people live their entire lives without ever catching a glimpse of their soul.' The leader/follower paradigm is 'co-arising' and interdependent. 'Followers and leaders co-create each other,' he said. 'States of consciousness are all interwoven' and 'determined by self-conception, beliefs, values, memories, meanings, context, relationships, and archetypal themes of a culture.'
The Soul of Leadership
So what exactly is The Soul of Leadership? Dr. Chopra's leadership programme enables people to create - or rediscover - the drive to exceed their capabilities. By unlocking the desire to succeed, and the ability to inspire similar growth in others, his words will have a direct result on a corporation's effectiveness and success. Chopra has specifically channeled his teachings on wellbeing into the corporate world, into 'The Soul of Leadership' programme. The programme is leveraged by corporate and political leaders as a means to fast-track development.
The Soul of Leadership can be broken down into three important pillars:
• Making the crucial choice to become a leader
- Can you be the soul of a collective consciousness, either at work, in the family at home or anywhere else?. Leadership in this respect is about great responsibility (not power or money) but to affect change and allow everyone to express their potential.
• Setting out to become a leader by looking inward;
- To know yourself and develop your own 'soul' profile
Do you have a vision for one day, one week, one month, one year, five or 10 years from now, and what would you like your legacy to be?
Looking inward takes courage, practice and discipline and significant leaders of our time always take time to reflect. Reflection is one of the most important aspects to great leadership.
• Finding wisdom amid chaos.
- How can you be the enlightened businessperson of the future?
You need to be willing to relinquish the known and step into the unknown. You need the vision and flexibility in response and have be intuitive in the moment. You have to present total flexibility as a leader to bring about change otherwise you're merely a manager. The more you can expand awareness the more you can manage change.
The full-day seminar will mix strategy and motivational speaking with practical exercises, to ensure delegates are empowered to work his principles into their day-to-day business life.
These exercises will include understanding how responses match needs and situations and evoking these responses spontaneously; and putting the theoretical concepts discussed into practice through specific real-life situations.
The event will be held at The Ritz-Carlton Hotel, Bahrain on December 11, 2007.
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Deepak Chopra: The Soul of Leadership
December 11, 2007
The Ritz-Carlton, Bahrain.
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