Ginny Clarke is a former Partner at Spencer Stuart and Director of Executive Recruiting at Google, now a conscious leadership expert, speaker, author, and executive coach. With over 35 years spanning executive recruiting, talent management, and entrepreneurship, she's assessed thousands of leaders and pioneered the concept of Fifth Dimensional Leadership. Her mission is helping leaders remember who they are and lead from that awareness to rehumanize the workplace.
In this episode, we explore how business as a spiritual path can create sustainable mastery while others burn out. Ginny shares her revolutionary framework for conscious leadership that emerged during her time at Google, where she witnessed brilliant people who weren't always the best leaders. We dive deep into her Five Dimensions of Conscious Leadership: Know Yourself, Speak Your Truth, Inspire Love, Expand Consciousness, and Activate Mastery. Ginny reveals how self-awareness became the foundation she discovered while interviewing executives, and why leading with love are practical and powerful.
Who This Episode Is For:
• Entrepreneurs and business leaders feeling burned out by traditional leadership models
• Anyone interested in integrating inner work for entrepreneurs with professional excellence
• Leaders seeking sustainable approaches to human potential and peak performance
• Executives wanting to create more conscious, love-based workplace cultures
• People exploring how business as a spiritual path can drive both results and fulfillment
What You'll Learn:
• The five dimensions of conscious leadership and how they build sequentially
• Why self-awareness is the foundation of all effective leadership
• How to distinguish between management and leadership roles in practice
• Practical ways to integrate expanded consciousness into daily work decisions
• Why leading with love produces better business outcomes than fear-based approaches
• How the awakening process can transform your approach to mastery and achievement
For full show notes: https://podcast.scottbritton.me/p/the-new-paradigm-of-fifth-dimensional-leadership-ginny-clarke
Go Deeper:
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• Join my email list for ongoing insights on consciousness, spirituality, using business as a spiritual path and human potential.
• My book Conscious Accomplishment: How to Use Personal Achievement for Spiritual Growth
• My company Conscious Talent - where business leaders and companies who value both inner work and professional excellence connect.
Chapters:
(00:00) The Genesis of Conscious Leadership at Google
(08:28) Management vs Leadership: The Brené Brown Distinction
(14:54) Fifth Dimensional Leadership Framework Explained
(25:11) Leading with Love in Business Settings
(37:33) The Future of Workplace Consciousness and AI
(45:39) Ginny's Current Projects and Community Building
