Zen Leader 1

Leading with Energy and Connection

How can you use challenges, paradoxes and even your own weaknesses to breakthrough to new possibilities and a boundless sense of self? How can you embody essential wisdom and realize your goals?

Here’s your foundation.

Flip around conventional thinking and discover the bigness, effectiveness and joy of living and leading with energy and connection.

  • Flip problems to opportunities

  • Release tension and extend energy

  • Move from “either-or” to an all-embracing “and”

  • Get out of your head and discover the power of hara

  • Cut the chattering of mind and explore the stillness of meditation

  • Discover the go-to energy patterns of your personality and the
    freedom of not being bound by them

  • Stop trying to persuade and instead learn to influence

  • Quit trying to drive results and instead attract a future

  • Apply all of these flips to a real challenge or opportunity facing you now

Research and Results:

Higher Energy Levels

Participants report up to 50%
more physical, emotional, mental
and spiritual energy coming
out of our programs than
they felt going in.

Stronger Skills

Pre- and post-program measures show participants come away better able to transform challenges, influence others, and lead with agility and resilience.

Quieter Mind

EEG studies show that the physical practices in our programs foster less noise and greater coherence in brainwaves during meditation as well as in daily activities.

Greater EQ

The mind-body practices central to our programs are shown to be more effective than concept training alone in cultivating EQ, particularly self-regulation and empathy.

“The Zen Leader program could not be more pressing or timely… I leave with joy and a renewed sense of purpose.” 

Glynnis Rengger, Founder The Immersion Labs

“If you want to amplify your presence, your work or your life, take this journey.” 

John Sigmon, CEO

“The integration of Zen training, concrete strategies to ‘flip’ challenges, and an intentional community led to deep and transformational change.” 

Amber Smith, Somatics Coach

How does it work?

An immersive, online weekend of Leading with Energy and Connection

  • Starts Thursday at 7 pm CT, runs through the weekend, and finishes Sunday at noon CT; approximately 25 hours of training

  • Options in the schedule plus recordings as needed enable participation from any time zone.

along with with these resources:

  • A comprehensive workbook

  • Your personal FEBI report

  • Practical ways to apply 5 of the “flips” of Zen Leadership to a challenge you’re facing

  • Breathing exercises and physical practices you can apply daily

  • Professional guidance in Zen meditation

Post-Program Support:

An Enriching Community

Join in monthly gatherings where we take Zen Leadership Off the Cushion (ZLOTC), plus engage in peer coaching, social media, special interest groups and other events.

Advanced Courses

Continue on your journey through the remaining 5 ‘flips’ of the Zen Leader in ZL2: Leading Fearlessly, Transforming Relationships and ZL3: Leading Transformation.

Ongoing Zen Practice

Train with us daily in online Zen meditation through our sister organization, Chosei Zen. If Zen training calls you, you’ve found a limitless, world-class pathway into it.

Access to Videos

You’ll have access to a rich archive of practice and instructional videos, as well as other resources from The Zen Leader, reviewing the learnings you experienced and taking you further.

Register Now

We are now accepting registrations for:

Regularly $599; Register now for $449

Dates don’t work? CLICK HERE to be added to our waitlist and we’ll notify you when the next program is scheduled.

Scholarship Opportunities

We want to make our programs available to all who are eager to join. If resources are a barrier, you may apply for a partial scholarship.

If you can help make our programs more available by donating a little extra or gifting a program, we and those whom it benefits thank you!

Frequently Asked Questions

  • We design our online agendas with options, so that they work with time zones around the world. When necessary, we also record sessions so that no one has to attend beyond midnight local time.

  • No worries, we can transfer your registration forward to a future offering or you may be eligible for a refund. See our cancellation policy here.

  • You still qualify to attend the program. If you’re committed to making a positive difference in your personal or professional life, you fit our definition of leader, and we’re here to help you do it better.

  • No, our training is compatible with any religion or none at all. We introduce physical Zen training, including meditation, to help you break through barriers and free the mind. We don't ask you to believe anything; our training is more like a foundation for enriching your life.