Shakti Leadership

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CULTIVATING FLEXIBILITY

A conscious leader is flexible. We define flexibility as “the capacity to switch modes seamlessly and to bend without breaking, as the situation or the context requires.” Examples of flexibility abound in nature. The bamboo tree gets its resilience from its ability to be flexible; it bends but doesn’t break in the wind. A chameleon knows how to change colors to adapt to its context in order to survive and thrive. Leaders also need to be able to bend but not break, adapting to circumstances in a principled way without sacrificing their core values.

POLARITIES AND PARADOXES

The constant and inexorable flow of life takes us through a continuous rhythm between polarities, which often show up for leaders as dilemmas. For ...