The Way Ahead Group

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The Way Ahead Group is launching a network of people who are passionate about Mindful Leadership. The first meeting to be held at the end of this month is to explore ways in which mindful leadership can help speed change in the big issues the planet confronts.

What do you need to be a mindful leader?

1 you need to be able to be fully present in any moment: equally those of joy, celebration, success as those of sadness loss or failure. 2 you need to be fully who you can be, living a life that is truly aligned with authentic values that you have healthily chosen. 3 you need to be energetically intelligent: not just the shorthand of IQ, but emotionally, physically, spiritually and creatively. 4 you need to be passionate and compassionate, filled with drive and love 5 you need to be reflective, able to stop, be silent, be with yourself to reflect and learn from thought, word and deed 6 you need to know yourself: where you have come from, what has formed and informed who you are, how you think about yourself, others and the world, how you feel and behave and why 7 you need to be informed and engaged with the world 8 you need to be alert and alive to connection 9 you need to be open and flexible 10 you need to be still and active 11 you need to be keen to find a meaning and narrative, for yourself, for what just happened, for others, for the world 12 you need to be sustainable, using your own and the world’s resources wisely and with compassionate, tender loving care 13 you need to be ethical and empathic 14 you need to have a psychological understanding and acceptance of yourself and others 16 you need to desire a better, fairer world where all can be fully themselves

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