Leadership Development
The easiest and most cost effective way for you to have an agile, innovative and engaged workforce
is to use Ancient Wisdom Leadership Skills.
The leadership development of the last 20 years must be missing the mark!
Why?
“Employee engagement at 33%”—Gallup
“51% of workers are looking to leave their current jobs”—Office Vibe
“16% of employees are actively disengaged—they are miserable in the workplace and destroy what the most engaged employees build. The remaining 51% of employees are not engaged—they’re just there.”—Jim Clifton Chairman and CEO Gallup
And…
“40% of workers report their job is very or extremely stressful.”—Survey by Northwestern National Life
We could probably fill a book with statistics that indicate there’s a huge problem. But, I’m not going to waste your time with any more statistics…
These statistics alone indicate a shift in focus is needed in leadership development today. Right now!
Indeed, leadership development has been trying to evolve, but not fast enough. As I will reveal in this article,
the major focus still isn’t on the skills that matter. The skills that every great leader, and loads of research have indicated, have the most impact on results.
Without a shift in leadership development it’s difficult to see how you and I will be relevant in the very near future…
Consider these points from a McKinsey Global Institute report…
By 2030, as many as 800 million jobs could be lost worldwide to automation!
“Almost half the activities people are paid almost $16 trillion in wages to do in the global economy have the potential to be automated by adapting currently demonstrated technology.”
I have a question for you…
Is it reasonable to expect the absolute best outcome for your career, your company and those you lead through this time of accelerated change…
Without resolving the challenges we have now in the workplace?
Is it reasonable to expect…
That we can lead younger people, and groom more leaders to effectively handle the big decisions ahead,
if we don’t bring the focus back to people and develop their skills?
Develop their skills to…
Think critically…Use emotional intelligence…Make sound decisions…Avoid instant gratification and build for the long term…Consider the needs of the people they lead ahead of themselves.
Looking back on my 35 year career in leading people in business I have come to a realization regarding leadership development…
One I wish I would of had way back when I started!
The most important investment I could make in myself, in my career, in my company and in our collective future is to invest time and energy in leadership development.
And leadership is about people!
Here’s a little more on this realization.
Marketing is leading people to new opportunities.
Sales is leading people to making a decision to get what they want.
Fulfillment and customer service is about leading your whole organization into having the admiration and respect of your clients and customers.
And…Senior Leadership is most effective when it inspires and motivates your entire organization into unwavering commitment to fulfill a vision!
When you look ahead to our future…
And you consider the issues we have now with employee engagement and stagnant productivity…
When you consider…
Research indicating that people skills and the skills of emotional intelligence are largely responsible for success in leadership…
How these are the skills that currently can’t be automated by artificial intelligence…
When you consider…
The major displacement automation will cause in the workforce and how leadership is needed for the best outcome with Artificial Intelligence…
We need a different approach in leadership development. One where we use a new set of leadership techniques and skills to stay relevant!
We need an approach that brings the focus back to people. An approach that brings people together to create a workplace where people are proud to spend the majority of their waking hours fulfilling a common vision and purpose.
That’s what this article is about. It’s about how to do just that…
Let’s discuss your transformation as a leader…
Because, as we’ve already established,
a thorough and dramatic change is needed in leadership development today…
Transformation will ensure you continue to develop as a leader and drive results regardless of who or where you lead.
I’ve lead teams in a variety of industries over the years. As I did so I came to the realization that the most important investment I can make in myself, is to develop myself as a leader…
I also realized that leadership development is really a journey of transformation. My transformation. Continual transformation is a necessity to stay effective as a leader.
Because being great at guiding people to work together to achieve an outcome… Inspiring them to want that outcome as much as you do, is a fluid situation, it’s always changing, sometimes drastically…
As people change…
As technology changes…
As the personal influences in their lives change…
As the pace of change, and the amount of work a person can accomplish in one day has accelerated exponentially, stress in the workplace has become an epidemic.
Due to all of these factors, and we haven’t even mentioned any of things that happen in your life…
It’s of great benefit for you to be a leader who has a fluid approach to work and life… Without this fluidity it will be extremely difficult for you to stay ahead of the curve.
Consider how the Millennial generation approaches work differently per this Gallup report…
“Millennials don’t just work for a paycheck — they want a purpose. For millennials, work must have meaning…”
“Millennials are not pursuing job satisfaction — they are pursuing development.”
“Millennials don’t want annual reviews — they want ongoing conversations.”
There’s a lot more insight for you in this report. I encourage you to check it out…That being said it illustrates an important point…
As a leader you can’t afford to be locked into any perception on what’s the best way to work with people. If you are, you won’t be fluid enough to change…
Without this fluidity…good luck on getting this generation to want to come to work for you. Let alone motivate them if you do!
Now let’s get back to what’s of great importance. Your transformation as a leader…
This transformation is about mastery. Where your development as a leader becomes a journey into mastery. Mastering the art of working with people to have them come together and fulfill their potential to achieve an outcome…
And achieve that outcome as quickly as possible while using the least amount of resources…
To do this consistently, and always continue to get better at it, you’ll need these key leadership skills..
Be able to inspire, motivate and coach every different type of personality and generation.
Be able to think critically, strategize and resolve problems in most any situation without overwhelm or stress.
Be able to maintain your focus, inspiration and passion while leading everyone.
And, be able to shut it all off and take care of yourself.
When you consider these key leadership skills and everything else we’ve discussed, you can see why your continual transformation is so important…
The leader you are today is not the leader who needs to lead 1 year, 5 years or even as little as 6 months from now!
There is one ability. It’s also an approach to leadership, that myself and the people I coach, have found to be of the utmost importance…for having and using the leadership skills you need now and in the future…
That ability is fluidity of perception.
Fluidity of perception is a warrior’s term that means, “An ability to look at, and perceive anything, from any point of view, without ego or emotional bias.”
This is a leadership skill you must develop and maintain to stay relevant in our rapidly changing world…
Here’s another way to look at fluidity of perception as a leadership skill…
It’s the ability to take in an enormous amount of input, hold onto a vision, and lead everyone to the fulfillment of that vision without the blinders of personal bias.
This process of transformation, this process of mastery that is ‘fluidity of perception’ will ensure…
For the rest of your life you will become more and more open so you continue to learn and adapt, and it’s easy for you to do so.
You’ll be able to think differently, and better, than most people with increasing amounts of clarity and wisdom.
You won’t have the fatal flaw of letting “your stuff” hinder your success, and the success of those you lead.
As a leader, or an aspiring one, I trust you’ll see the value for you in how a warrior obtains fluidity of perception for your development as a leader…
It is a process of transformation people have been using for 1000’s of years to master the human experience!
Here’s the process…
Train yourself to operate at work and in the rest of your life without stress…
Change all of your relationships so they become growth focused and quit wasting so much time…
Remove all pain and suffering from your past so you clearly access its wisdom and experience with clarity…
Let’s start with operating without overwhelm and stress. The fascinating part about this piece of the process…is its simplicity!
This is about staying present in every moment so you don’t miss those little things that often become very important…
The average person misses these at work because they’re stressed and overwhelmed. Therefore they’re thinking about 100 things at once. Except what they’re currently engaged in!
The way to eliminate this stress and overwhelm is to ground and center yourself in the present moment with a focus in your body…
This focus in the body is why exercise and meditation are so effective to relieve stress.
And, I believe, a big reason for the huge success of yoga in western culture…
When you maintain your focus in your body…
You can truly listen effectively. And, listen intuitively!
You will find it easy to be a source of calm inspiration for those you lead.
You’ll have clear instant access to the totality of your knowledge and experience.
And, you’ll conserve your energy and power to maintain your focus for what’s important.
Before we get to your next step of transformation,
which is to change your approach in all of your work relationships, so they quit wasting time and become growth focused…
Just so you have it handy, here’s a link to a Free Training on our Instant Mindfulness Method™ … It will guide you step-by-step on how to stay present and operate without stress and overwhelm…
Relationships that are growth focused is the second piece of the Ancient Wisdom process for your transformation….
This brings us squarely back to the essential component of leadership that has and maintains a focus on people…
Continue You’ve probably heard this exact same thing said about business… Business being all about relationships is why such an emphasis is placed on emotional intelligence… In study after study a high EQ has been shown to be the one common factor that determines the highest level of success! That’s because your ability to navigate the emotional complexities of work relationships is a huge component of being successful in leadership… Let’s look at all of this from the perspective of being a great leader as opposed to an ordinary leader… People are in it for themselves. They have needs. They’re always subconsciously assessing whether what they’re involved in… Is going to make their lives better…leave their lives basically unchanged…or negatively impact their lives. This doesn’t necessarily mean they’re selfish. It’s actually more of a natural threat assessment left over from the survival instinct… Therefore as a leader, to get everyone on the same page, and have them working together to go above and beyond to achieve an objective or goal… Each person needs to see and feel that achieving the goal is going to fulfill their needs… And a paycheck is just a part of their needs! A small part. What people need from work goes way beyond earning a paycheck… The good news is I’ve made this real simple thanks to the Ancient Wisdom teachings. What I’ve done is used them to identify 3 powerful needs in relationships… As you can see from the testimonial these have been found to work like magic in motivating people at work… Because, they’re based on 3 things everyone wants to know about their lives… The 3 needs are… Doesn’t it make sense that if you want to inspire and motivate people to go above and beyond…to fulfill their potential, that you should show them that they’re going to get so much more than just a paycheck by doing so? What myself and the other business leaders have discovered, is that when we meet these 3 needs at work people are inspired, make less mistakes and they create way less time wasting drama… In our Wisdom Leadership Academy we dive deep on using the 3 needs in relationships and also how to work with mirrors in relationships to ensure… You can also see from that list why it’s so important to have the Business Warrior’s “fluidity of perception” we discussed earlier. Now that we’ve covered how to lead and work without Stress and Overwhelm. How to change your relationships so they’re growth focused… It’s time to move onto a unique aspect of leadership development I haven’t found anywhere else…It’s a central leadership skill of a True Business Warrior! Continue Because it’s such a good list of how leaders think differently, and it will save you some time, Here are the 10 ways listed in that article: This list makes sense. But here’s the question I have for you… That’s right. How? How do great leaders think differently when others lack the presence in those busy and often stressful moments to do so? Each of the 10 items above actually represent moments in time at work when you need to be present enough to choose to think differently! This is where myself and other Business Warriors have found the processes on the path of the Toltec warrior to be so helpful… As Dena details below in what she said about our Instant Mindfulness Method™ “For me the mental chatter has been pretty much relentless, and I’m finding that after only a week of doing the audio training I’m able to stop it, which is pretty cool!” – Dena Carlson Co-Founder Carlson Glass This is the process we use to eliminate stress and overwhelm. It gets you out of your head and into your body to stay present. Then you can choose to think intentionally… Now let’s get onto the piece of your transformation as a leader so you can think differently, intentionally, no matter what is going on around you… This is the piece that gives you instant access to all of your experience. Clear access to your knowledge and wisdom. And, it ensures you do so without any baggage from your past. Baggage that often holds people back…often without them knowing it’s doing so! Imagine for a moment, having clear access to the totality of your knowledge without it triggering any of your emotional stuff! This is about using what a Business Warrior, a person who leads with the power of heart, calls the True Nature and Power of Mind… I wrote an article about it. For now let’s just say that you can have stillness and clarity of mind so what you need, in any moment, “comes to mind”… From your experience…Your knowledge….Your wisdom Your observation of the situation and surroundings. Without you having to stress, worry or obsessively think about it… It’s how you can think differently. And, according to the Ancient Wisdom Teachings of many cultures, it’s defined as the true process of thinking… Since I’ve written extensively about the True Nature and Power of Mind in other articles, in this one I’m going to give you the process of transformation to get you there… Let’s go a little deeper on #3 from the list above… Each one of us paid a price to obtain our knowledge through experience. That price often has had some type of emotional impact that has been dramatic and sometimes even traumatic… It is the drama and trauma, the negative emotional impact, that we want to remove from our experience, so we can access our knowledge without any baggage from our past… The process of shedding your story to remove your emotional baggage…and using a focus in your body to operate without stress, is how a Business Warrior obtains and uses the power of “fluidity of perception.” This will allow you to lead people through a crisis, or a tense situation, without overwhelm and stress. You’ll be able to use inspiration to motivate those you lead… Your team will be inspired by your calm centered presence and operate with greater efficiency because they won’t be overwhelmed and stressed…Because…people can feel if you’re overwhelmed or stressed. No matter how well you think you might hide it! And, you’ll be relieved and proud as you and your team operate better than everyone else through the challenges of business today. Due to the clarity of operating this way, you’ll create less drama and crisis going forward! Since you and I have made it this far together you’ll definitely be interested in our unique leadership development that transforms you as a leader into a true Business Warrior… A servant leader who leads with the courage and the power of Heart…A leader who has fluidity of perception and is able to operate without stress and overwhelm… The business leader you are today is not the person who needs to lead 5 years, 2 years or even as little as 6 months from now… This is what our Wisdom Leadership Academy is all about. Your transformation. So you can lead with your full potential today and in the future… For your journey into mastery, We use 3 pillars in a 3 pronged approach with the leadership development in the Wisdom Leadership Academy… As soon as you join you’ll be placed in a group of your peers without any direct competitors… A group of business leaders who learn together, grow together, and support one another in becoming True Business Warriors… Men and Women who lead with Heart! These Warriors… Take control over how they think and feel about anything, thereby giving them the power to stop their stress…Not control it… Actually stop the stress response in their physical bodies… They use the Ancient Wisdom principles and techniques of the warrior as servant leaders to love and support their teams into… Engaging fully at work and fulfilling their potential… They continual transform themselves as leaders. A renewed passion and excitement for leading, work and life returns… These Business Warriors change their relationship to their past so they have the wisdom, knowledge and power of their experience in business… Without… Its baggage! Without overwhelm, stress and the baggage of their past they excel at critical thinking and emotional intelligence… They support one another in a very unique leadership community to fulfill their greatness in the important area of leading people at work! Perhaps it’s time for you to make the leap into the power of being a Business Warrior with our transformational leadership program… Should you decide to join us, there’s something you need to understand first… Everyone in the academy is highly motivated to fulfill their potential and they’re willing to transform themselves to do it… Actually, secretly, they’re motivated to be the best at what they do. Not just great…but to be the best… If you don’t have that type of desire then this isn’t for you…If you do have this type of drive. Join us… If you want to step up and have that level of desire, then you’re welcome to Join us, but just know…We’re going to insist on your best! Real quickly should you decide to become a True Business Warrior here’s what you can expect… Stay a member as long as you like. You can cancel anytime. And with our “Bold as Business” Money back guarantee…there’s no risk to you! Even though this leadership development is unique and people focused, it’s a fraction of what you’ll spend for leadership development anywhere else… For now, we’ve come to the end of our time together. Regardless of the choice you make right now you have the 3 pillars of a True Business Warrior…To use as a 3 pronged approach to fulfill your potential as a leader. A new foundation of a whole new approach in leadership where the focus is on you and who you’re becoming… Where the focus is back on the people you lead and giving them what every person wants out of life…Love & Respect! Currently we have plans to train other facilitators to run Wisdom Leadership Academy groups, but for now I’m the only one on our team who does… Obviously, I have limited availability on the number of groups I can facilitate. To maintain our focus on developing impactful relationships… Each group has only 10 to 12 participants. Act now and let’s get you started with becoming a True Business Warrior! I’m sure you have a very busy schedule… Everyday you wait is another day you increase the odds of becoming an ordinary leader just simply because… Most people never achieve “fluidity of perception” work and live without stress, or use the real power in relationships without the warriors path… Everyday you wait is another day without the support of a community that is driven to be great leaders… To the possible instead of the probable,
You can see yourself clearly and make adjustments to your behavior before it holds you back.Keep evolving as a leader.Determine how to inspire and motivate all the different types of people you lead.
As soon as you join you’ll be taken to our private membership area containing 7 modules of our unique leadership development.You’ll be contacted by our Chief Relationship Specialist, because we want to develop a powerful relationship with you. We want to discover what you need now and which group will best suit your needs.All memberships and what is discussed in our groups is confidential.You’ll be placed in a group without direct competitors.Bi-weekly mastermind calls with your group!Two Free tickets to the Wisdom Leadership Mastery Event. ($2000 value)
John English
Our Mission
Using Ancient Wisdom principles we transform organizations into spirited cultures of purpose!
We achieve this by empowering individuals to become charismatic, mindful & passionate leaders.
Our Vision
To create a bridge to a new workplace where people are engaged, courageous & fulfilled in today’s world