From Coping to Transforming – Zen Leadership
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from coping to transforming

Chapter 1 of The Zen Leader
by Ginny Whitelaw, Ph.D.

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From Coping to Transforming

The Zen Leader does not encourage you to just “be peaceful.” Neither does it suggest you work harder, faster, or ignore the pressure. Quite the opposite: it’s about using the pressure to propel “flips” in consciousness that create transformational leaders, leaders who create the future with joy and enthusiasm, rather than drive themselves and their people to exhaustion.

The very first “flip” that The Zen Leader walks you through takes you from coping to transforming. Coping mode immobilizes us. It keeps us stuck in the present situation. “Accepting ‘it is what it is,’ the Zen Leader in us flips from defensiveness to curiosity, from resistance to creative engagement. What can we learn from it? How do we fix the damage, change the game, or leverage larger forces at work,” asks The Zen Leader. In this mindset, we allow the flip to happen.

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