Eric Kaufmann, founder of Sagatica Inc. and board member at the San Diego Zen Center, discusses the art of conscious leadership. He emphasizes the importance of balancing achieving results while nurturing individual well-being. Notably, he shares his insights on embracing one’s shadow side, the courage to say no, and the significance of genuine communication in fostering psychological safety. With humor as a tool for wisdom, Kaufmann highlights how love, mindfulness, and courageous authenticity are essential for impactful leadership.
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Defining Conscious Leadership
Conscious leadership combines a commitment to results with regard for the human spirit.
It involves influencing and achieving goals while honoring the conscious element within, between, and around us.
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A Deeper Need
A manager chose to deny a loan to an employee needing to help her sick mother, opting instead for a coaching plan.
By addressing her deeper need for growth, he helped her achieve more than her initial request.
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Three Pillars of Conscious Leadership
The three hindrances to conscious leadership are ignorance, greed, and hate.
These form the ego, which can be countered by wisdom, love, and courage.
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Eric Kaufmann guides leaders to make better decisions and achieve better results. He has consulted for hundreds of leaders including executives and team leaders at Sony, TMobile, Genentec and Alcon Labs just to name a few. He is the founder of Sagatica Inc and he serves on the board of the San Diego Zen Center. In this episode, he and Eric discuss his work of teaching conscious leadership in the workplace.
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In This Interview, Eric Kaufmann and I Discuss…
How he interacts with his shadow side
The key to not making a situation worse
His practice of refrain and return
Conscious leadership
Unrelenting commitment to results with an unwavering regard for spirit
What someone says they want vs what they need
The courage it takes to say no
The 3 building blocks of our egoic state
The 3 pillars of being a conscious person
Wisdom = mistakes + time
Wisdom = Seeing below the surface and beyond the obvious
That being wise means being present and aware
How cultivating wisdom is a practice and how humor cultivates wisdom.
Courage is walking toward what you want to walk away from
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