To be heart Leaders that inspire Courage, we have to be conscious. We must awaken from the spells that our autopilot modes have cast upon us.

From the place I have called spirit, our passion and enthusiasm allow us to be leaders because people have been empowered, inspired, influenced and impacted by us.

From this place of being our true self we can come to live the integrity of leadership that demands that we be true to others because we speak from our hearts. Spirit is our place of inspiration...

Globally, many organizations are managed largely from an unacknowledged and unspoken fear. This fear is non conducive to bringing forth our spirit to its full glory to guide our organizations, our communities and those within them to be their very best.

To be our very best requires us to take the path of Courage. To be our very best requires us to try new things, to transform and challenge our behaviors and beliefs from our old ways of thinking.

It demand moving forward when we know we are on the correct course even though we may not exactly know what lies ahead. Being our very best invites us to accept riskas part of life that can energize us rather than paralyze us.

When we choose to lead a spirit-respecting organisation, our first job is to learn To BE a leader. Regardless of where we are in an orgnaisation, what our formal role may, or may not be, or where we are on the organisational chart. We are Leaders Without Title with the ability to Influence, Impact and Inspire those we come in contact with. It's removing "the game face mask" by being the people we uniquely are.

All the insights shared in these Podcasts describe the path to a way of being that grows closer and closer to our real selves. Our maturing Wonder Child shines brightly with all our natural qualities rather than wearing the masks our egos may have created to protect us on the Path of Fear. We have the Courage To BE Heart Leaders in everything we do.....

Work is a spark that bridges a critical gap. It is a gap between two essential places: the spiritual place deep within each of us that is the source of our uniqueness, our creativity, and our courage, and the rational, thinking and productive world that we live in.

Where we develop our mental and physical abilities and produce things that we need to survive. Work is the bridge that brings wholeness and balance to life. The spark that ignites and sets us on fire with passion for work and life. The workplace we create is one that not only allows, but encourages us to be wholly present in our work, with passion in all aspects of our lives.

If we want to build a spirit respecting community and workplaces , the answers to these questions inevitably lead us to transform the role of the executive leader. We shift our thinking from focusing on the product, the task, or the tangible outcome to being in service of those who make the product, perform the task, or produce the tangible outcome.

We shift from being responsible for the production on one million widgets generating a multi million dollar/pound profit to being in service of those who do.

We shift our role from sustaining a system to being in service of the vision.

Heart Leaders have the consciousness, the commitment and the courage to see what they envision become a reality!

Continuous Improvement requires leadership at all levels with out organizations and communities. It needs Leaders Without Title to inspire, impact and innovate. We all have that capability if we have the faith and courage to take the first noble step....

On the path of Courage, leadership is seeing "things as you would have them be" and then have the courage to be the change you would create.

On the path of Courage, there is an instant in which the Heart Leader comes to know what is possible.

With spirit as guide, the leader believes all things are possible, and from spirit the leader knows that "if I can think it, it can happen"...

When our organizations choose to lead from the heart in the Path of Courage and build self-respecting communities/workplaces, there are also prices to pay as well as the rewards to reap.

We choose to:
* Give up being driven by events and accept being guided by our vision and values.
* Give up money today to invest in our guiding principles.
* Give up our negative beliefs in our people and accept our role in creating circumstances and outcomes.
* Give up our need to control people and outcomes and empower others.....

What is the Cost?
The ability to lead from the heart and live from spirit is the result of choosing to live consciously. Being committed to living consciously in a society that largely muddles through on autopilot isn't easy.

There is a price to pay for choosing to live consciously, and sometime it's a hefty price tag.
Our Wonder Child was born with spirit, and living from spirit is free... from birth before all the insulating walls, roadblocks, coping strategies are set in place. The price to be paid for returning to the Wonder Child spirit is the price of personal restoration.

Fear is going to be there; if we are to grow and learn as individuals, as organisations, as communities, it is essential to accept its presence.

On the path of Courage, Heart Leaders consciously acknowledge fear as a warning sign for what is a caution, not a stop sign. When we are able to look at fear consciously, we can talk about whether our fear is rational. When fear is rational, we can exercise caution and prudence merited by the situation.; when we are in denial of fear we often can't act prudently.

Acknowledging fear allows us to examine possible outcomes and discuss how we can turn each scenario into a winning situation.