Conscious Leadership and Love

Lance Secretan in his book "One: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership" writes:

I define Love as the place where my heart touches your heart and adds to who we both are as persons. When we connect with others heart to heart, it doesn't mean that we are weak, and it does not require anyone to "submit" to someone or "give up" anything. In a dialogue that comes from the sweetness of your heart to that of another, there are only winners, not losers - there is, simply, oneness.

Conscious leaders who have the courage to be humble, forgiving, and loving - and therefore authentic - are much more inspiring and effective leaders, because they use their hearts to engage the hearts of others. There is deep wisdom and power in opening our hearts and using it to relate to others. These are the relationships that inspire, because they are heart to heart and cause us to feel and connect as one.

Considering that the greatest human need is to love and be loved, it is disconcerting that so many leaders have themselves lost their connection to myth, mystery, and magic and therefore to their hearts. Rediscovering love could inspire them and others.

Lance goes on to add:

When we discuss the word "love" in our organizations, some people's eyes roll, and some think that love is an emotion and a feeling that has no place in the work environment. But we are whole human beings, our lives are not separate, disconnected pieces - we are one - and we yearn to be loved and to love in every part of our whole lives, whether at work or at home.