My CEO clients have many success stories to share after they have transformed into more conscious leaders after coaching. I would love for everyone to have the same experience.

Big changes like paradigm shifts in society force us to transform. The question is, how can we keep up the speed in such a fast-changing world? I believe personal and spiritual transformation is vital for those of us who want to be relevant in our time.

What Is Transformation?

I distinguish transformation as a radical shift, happening out of a conscious choice to develop oneself in a certain area of life, to take on a challenge and walk over the gap. The result is a new way of perceiving the world that opens the way for possibilities we could not see before.

Phenomenons in nature are often used to symbolize transformation. The larva that one day flies away as a beautiful butterfly. An egg becomes a bird. A seed grows into a flower. Energy transforms when the sun’s ray lights become heat. The heat can melt ice. Water that becomes hail or snow. Electrical energy in cables and batteries transforms to create motion, light, and heat. The food we eat transforms into energy for our bodies to move and think.

Or the digital transformation in businesses: start selling on the web and taking advantage of all new technologies, digital tools and robots that get developed.

We as humans also have an endless possibility to transform ourselves. 
Let’s have a closer look at how.

Be, Do, Have — Transform as a Leader

The Doing is easy to understand. Every skill we learn will make a difference. The child that one day can stand up and walk, not only crawling. Big effort, and many trials and errors before that happens. Continues with learning to balance on a bicycle, driving a car or skiing. And then a profession. You start as a student to become more and more experienced until you one day master that area.

Habits are part of the doing. Excellent leaders act differently than losers and victims. They keep their word, are trustworthy, open and curious to the new. Part of their day is about practising and refining the skills needed.

Having is about the material — money, houses, cars, things, businesses. It will transform you as a human being to be the one who knows you can make it. To earn our living is a fundamental skill for all of us.

I remember how confronted I got by coaches from the US focusing on wellness in all areas of life. As if life was about stuff. Who wants a bikini with jewels? I later realized it was not about the bikini, but rather the energy and quality involved. Even in the material world, we can talk about transformation. The first attempt is a prototype that gets refined and refined until it expresses excellence. It takes a master to create and recognize quality.

Being then — how do we transform ourselves as beings? How do we come back to the openness that a newborn baby expresses? Enlightenment is the highest state of a being, as Jesus or Buddha.

Long before the highest state of consciousness, we must drop our ego and be humble. An important step on this journey is to be leaders in our lives – to create and live a life we ​​love. An entrepreneur must be brave and creative, find and stand up for and offer what he or she believes the world needs. Blaming others or external circumstances is not an option for a leader.

Another step is to open up the spiritual channel. Recognizing ourselves as being part of a much bigger energy field. When we are open, we experience and feel with our senses. In this presence we easily make connections, are engaged, alive, saying yes and taking part in life. We are in touch with the fullness and richness of life, feeling whole. Celebration is becoming easy.

Transformation in Coaching

I have been working as a professional coach for over twenty years. CEOs, senior leaders and business owners are my target group. They are mostly very busy, with outer stuff, than their development. Like meeting the quarterly goals, selling more, and finding new markets. Or find out how to string along with the speed of the technical and digital transformation. Many say they don’t have time for their development.

The thing is that their capacity and consciousness as leaders impact a lot on the success of the company as well as the fulfilment in their own life. We need a higher consciousness to create new solutions to problems. I have singled out nine inner leadership challenges that I often have met when coaching. They are the ones my clients transform. The best part is that what seemed to be a problem on one level disappears when we raise our consciousness.

For example – if the manager or CEO is insecure, not trustworthy and has a lot of conflicts, it is not the best for the company. If this person gets grounded in his values, starts having integrity and learns how to handle conflicts – understanding the dynamics in development – it will be a much different situation.

What do you think is your challenge right now?
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Enjoy, it is all there is!

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