Tag Archives: spirituality

Leadership, Ubuntu and Evolving the WEIRD Mindset

Posted on January 1, 2023 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

January 2023 People do not perceive worlds but enact them. Different mindsets bring forth different worlds. –Susanne Cook-Greuter and Ntyatyambo Sibanda “I am because we are“ I recently attended a fascinating Growth Edge Network community presentation – materials from which … Continue reading →

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Nature, Human Nature and Leadership

Posted on May 1, 2022 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

May 1, 2022 [T]here is great solace in remembering that what we call human nature, with all of its terrors and transcendences and violent contradictions, is a humble subset of nature itself: In nature, where stars are always being born … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — “The Science of Life and Wellbeing: Integrating the New Science of Consciousness with the Ancient Science of Consciousness” by Frederick Chavalit Tsao (Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, Vol. 18, 2021)

Posted on February 1, 2022 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

February 2022 [S]o, with a higher elevation of awakening of consciousness, with the practice of mindfulness toward oneness, and with the new worldview that is arising, by the year 2030 we are going to be looking at systemic change quite … Continue reading →

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Cosmic Mischief in the Leadership Context

Posted on January 1, 2022 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

January 2022 In rivers and streams across the globe lives a tube-shaped carnivore. It paralyzes and captures prey with a crown of tentacles, then draws it in through its mouth (which also serves as its anus). – “Hydra DNA Reveals … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — “Waking Up” with Sam Harris: Introductory Course

Posted on September 1, 2021 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

September 2021 “The purpose of meditation isn’t merely to reduce stress or to make you feel better in the moment—it’s to make fundamental discoveries in the laboratory of your own mind.” –Waking Up website What are the big take-aways? Writing … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — “The Pause Principle: Step Back to Lead Forward” by Kevin Cashman (Berrett-Koehler, 2012)

Posted on July 1, 2021 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

July 2021 All real change begins with self-change; pause is a catalyst of self-change. – Kevin Cashman I loved Cashman’s previous leadership handbook, Leadership from the Inside Out, which I previously reviewed here in the Leadership Library and wrote about … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library: “You Make the Path by Walking”

Posted on October 1, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

October 2020 “You Make the Path by Walking” A favored quotation of poet David Whyte’s is this one from the 19th-century Spanish writer, Antonio Machado: Pathmaker, your footstepsare the path and nothing more;pathmaker, there is no path,you make the path … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review — A Trifecta of Soul Balms: Three Books for Autumn in the Pandemic

Posted on September 1, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

September 2020 “Joy is the kind of happiness that doesn’t depend on what happens.” –David Steindl-Rast A Trifecta of Soul Balms: Three Books for Autumn in the Pandemic Are you nervous about the fall and winter? I am. Perhaps like … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review: “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” by John Lewis

Posted on August 1, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

August 2020 “Together, You Can Redeem the Soul of Our Nation” by John Lewis (New York Times, 7/30/20) “Democracy is not a state. It is an act, and each generation must do its part to help build what we called … Continue reading →

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Leadership Library Review: “Love in Action”

Posted on January 2, 2020 by Susan Palmer Consulting, LLC

January 2020 “Love in Action,” Krista Tippett Interview of Congressman John Lewis (OnBeing.org, updated 1/26/17) I want to open 2020 by honoring Congressman Lewis and by lifting up the practice of “love in action” he described to Krista Tippett in … Continue reading →

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