The Conscious Leadership Advantage

What is the Conscious Leadership Advantage?

In a pre-flight safety briefing, you may remember you’re instructed to put on your own oxygen mask first, before helping anyone else with their mask.

This captures the concept of the Conscious Leadership Advantage.

The Conscious Leadership Advantage comes from leading by example. Conscious leaders ‘walk the talk;’ they work on themselves to more effectively lead their team.

Conscious leadership moves people from reactive, default leadership to a responsive, deliberate approach which considers multiple perspectives and views the team and organization as a connected system.

Conscious leadership requires self-awareness, reflection, empathy, taking responsibility, learning and growth, and honest action which is aligned with your values.

Do these soft skills translate to business outcomes?

In over two decades of working with audiences from a variety of industries, they tell me their concern that the soft skills required for conscious leadership will mean they are perceived as, "weak, a job risk, or unworthy of projects and leadership roles."

In fact, the opposite is true. Conscious leaders create an inclusive working environment and support their team’s professional development. Their open and honest communication increases team psychological safety. As a result, employee engagement, performance and retention rates are higher, and people are more committed to the organisation.

How I can help

The good news is everyone can become a conscious leader. There are work-appropriate, proactive ways to create a high-trust and mutually respectful workplace where empathy drives innovation and engagement, and self-awareness boosts financial performance.

I help people gain the Conscious Leadership Advantage at work through simple, practical strategies. These strategies are built on a solid foundation of psychology, neuroscience and leadership research.

I share Conscious Leadership Advantage insights as part of a wider methodology and an ongoing process that can create an inclusive, rising-tide culture serving all involved.