As we move into a rapidly changing future, there are increasing demands on each person leading the way. Like no other time in history, the course of our personal evolution is essential to possibilities for our collective evolution. Vitality, resilience, balance, emotional intelligence, intuition, and purposeful living are all important in helping us live a joyful life.
Many people think of alchemy as an ancient art, a precursor of science. Yet its quest is the same as ours—transmuting one thing into another. In every organization there is lead that can become gold. The new alchemical skills are things such as perceiving that which may not be obvious on the surface, fusing unlike things, incubating new forms, putrifying what is no longer necessary, precipitating missing elements, symbolizing in ways that provide enabling meaning to events, connecting, energizing, and purifying. Alchemical leaders approach reality as a set of mutable possibilities rather than an unalterable series of circumstances.
Good agreements are almost impossible to break—they take so much into account there’s very little that can break down.
Presence is what allows us to shift a room, inspire a group, and precipitate change—by simply showing up. Presence is how we inform a space—without saying a word.
All spaces and situations have an ambient energy level. In general, if the energy of the space is higher than your personal energy, there is a transfer from the space to you.
The Alembic is a program designed to help talented leaders move into their highest potential. Every organization has individuals who excel at everything they do—and enrich every environment they enter. But individuals with extraordinary potential are usually given only ordinary development opportunities.
I work with people wishing to explore avant-garde areas not commonly a part of executive coaching. A few of these are described in the sections below.
This is a chance to explore joy. To talk with each other - share ideas - and play. Design a joyFULL life!