06: Shakti Leadership – A Transformational Path To Self-Mastery and Success, Conscious Business, Intuition VS Strategy, The Power Of Presence – NILIMA BHAT

Whether you are looking to step into your leadership or not, this episode is a must listen for anyone interested in conscious business and spirituality. It will give you a whole new perspective on leadership and success, and leave you inspired to follow your inner wisdom as a way to step into your Higher power. For me, this conversation was rich in "a-ha" moments and left me with a profound feeling of connection to divine guidance. I hope you find something valuable (and maybe life-changing!) in this episode for yourself. 

In this episode, we talk about:

• How inviting feminine energy into the corporate environment can help companies become more balanced and integrated
• Shakti Leadership as a new paradigm of leadership through the work of inner transformation and self-mastery
• An embodied solution for creating success and impact from a consciousness of life-giving creativity and sustainability
• The importance of bringing the body into the conversation about leadership
• The balance of feminine and masculine in business 
• What leadership has to do with spirituality, yoga and Star Wars
• The power of presence and how to become embodied
• Intuition VS strategy
• The role of social media and technology in creating success and elevating consciousness
• A practice you can do anytime to feel present and embodied

Resources mentioned in this episode:

• Shakti Leadership website
• Shakti Leadership book
• Oct 2018-Jun 2019 Shakti Fellowship Program (Scholarship available)
• 12-minute Presence Practice (works right away, I tried it!)

About Nilima Bhat: 

Nilima Bhat is a visionary, international speaker, facilitator and coach in the fields of Personal Mastery, Leadership, Gender Equality and Wellbeing.  Her extensive and pioneering body of work is encompassed in her two books, Shakti Leadership – Embracing Feminine and Masculine Power in Business and My Cancer Is Me – The Journey from Illness to Wholeness. Together they outline new and cutting-edge holistic and integrated approaches to Leadership and Resilience. Needed to create a world that works for all.  An active supporter of Conscious Capitalism and Women’s International Networking (WIN), Nilima serves on the board of Peace Through Commerce and MixR. She is currently focused on building The Shakti Fellowship: a global network of women change agents and social innovators who collaborate to create peace, prosperity, and beauty through the exchange of multiple forms of capital Nilima led Corporate Communications for an ITC Hotel, Philips, and ESPN STAR Sports before co-founding Roots & Wings, a leadership consultancy in 2004. She has delivered leadership training and facilitation for Microsoft, Whole Foods Market, Etsy, Genpact, Tata, Societe Generale Bank, Vodafone, and YPO, as well as academic institutions and developmental organizations such as Babson College, University of San Diego, and SKS Microfinance.  An expert in Indian wisdom and wellness traditions, she is a trained dancer, certified Sivananda teacher and practitioner of the Integral Yoga of Sri Aurobindo & The Mother.

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