Why lead with only half your power?

Why lead with only half your power? The New Leadership and Business Culture where everybody matters and everyone wins

Nilima Bhat -----------------

SEED & SOIL NGG Global Consulting Solutions Tel Aviv 21 November 2017

www.shaktileadership.com

“The roots of modern leadership lie in conflict, territorialism and the exercise of power”

It is time for a New Leadership Model • Crises everywhere • • • • •

Environmental degradation Mistrust in governments and governance Corruption and VUCA in Business Epidemic of stress, depression and burnout Gender, racial and religious violence

• Current hyper-masculine business, governance and leadership model inadequate • Feminization needed to restore balance • Women are critical to the Economy, Ecology and Peace Process

• It is time to end the battle of the sexes and become fully human. We urgently need leaders who are • Conscious (Show self-mastery and selfless service of a higher purpose) • Integrated (Express mature Masculine and Feminine values and behaviours).

It is time for a New Business Model

THE TENETS OF CONSCIOUS CAPITALISM HIGHER PURPOSE

STAKEHOLDER INTEGRATION

CARING CULTURE

CONSCIOUS LEADERSHIP

A model for Conscious Leadership To drive Conscious Capitalism

Shakti: The Invisible Feminine

Source: New Yorker

SHAKTI

The Power of Presence Regenerative & Creative, it fuels Evolution, animates Consciousness and drives Change

What is your Power-base? True Power

False Power

• Win-Win (Power With) • The force for greater good • Shakti

• Win-Lose (Power Over) • The force of narrow self-interest • Privilege

• Internal source • Unlimited • Cannot be taken away from you

• Lasts

• External source • Finite • Can be taken away from you

• Fails

The Dual Nature of Things Feminine/Yin Masculine/Yang Shakti (Energy) Anima Right Brain Relationship Feeling Intuition Estrogen Relaxation Divergence Grace

Shiva (Consciousness) Animus Left Brain Task Thought Intellect Testosterone Concentration Convergence Will

A Conscious Leader is ‘Whole’

The purpose of Polarity

Masculine & Feminine Power Traits Releasing SHAKTI

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Clarity, Assertiveness, Focus, Direction, Order, Discipline, Structure, Discernment, Strength, Convergence

Empathy, Gentleness Inclusion, Nurturing Openness, Creativity, Variety/Flavour, Trust, Vulnerability, Harmony FEMININE

MASCULINE

Smothering, Sentimental, Needy, Dependent, Exploited, Unfocused, Irrational, Weak, Manipulative

Aggressive, Cruel, Mechanical, Arrogant, Insensitive, Violent, Power-hungry, Spiritually empty _

_ Blocking SHAKTI

Adapted from Barry Johnson; www.polaritypartnerships.com

From Love ...

... & War of the Sexes

To reconciling the two within & maturing into Wholeness

Holy Family Reunion Parent

Inner Woman

Individuated Self

Child

Inner Man

The “Wise Fool of Tough Love”!

Inner Wedding: The Dance of Love & Power

The Hero learns to say “YES”, opens boundaries up to Vulnerability and finds Love

Heartful Man Mindful Woman

The Heroine learns to say “NO”, creates boundaries to gain Security and reclaims Power

Power Over Or Power With? • Think of a key relationship in your life. How do you exercise power in this

relationship? Is it mostly power over or power with?

•Think of a person who models power-over leadership and someone who models power-with leadership. What can you learn about your own relationship with power? •How can you watch for power-over dynamics and shift to power-with dynamics from now on? •Notice how and when you may be giving away your power or unconsciously tend to lose it. Why do you think this happens? How can you prevent it?

The Journey through

The Five Elements of Shakti Leadership 1. Presence 2. Shakti 3. Wholeness 4. Flexibility

Congruence

Presence

5. Congruence

Shakti Wholeness

The Heroic Journey

Flexibility

The Shakti Leadership Symbol

In Closing The New Leadership exercises Power gracefully - SHAKTI, NOT Privilege - ‘Power With’, NOT ‘Power Over’ - Masculine AND Feminine Power, NOT Masculine OR Feminine Power

Whole Man – Whole Woman WHOLE PERSON, WHOLE LEADER

Join Us! The Shakti Fellowship Program Step In, Step Up, Step Out 8 June 2018 - Mar 2019 -----------------------------It’s time for Gender Reconciliation Let’s #Riseinlovetogether 8 Mar 2017 – 8 Mar 2018

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Nilima Bhat [email protected]

Raj Sisodia [email protected]