Episode 25: Pamela Weiss On Leading With Clarity, Courage, And Curiosity [The Amiel Show]

Pamela Weiss is an amazing coach and teacher. She has one foot in the corporate world and another in the world of Buddhism. In fact, she spans so many domains that sometimes I think she must have three or four feet. That’s why I invited her to join me for this historic (play drum roll) episode 25 of the podcast.

In this interview, we talk about three important qualities of leadership: clarity, courage, and curiosity. These are qualities of bodhisattva leaders, “wise feeling beings” who are “dedicated to supporting the welfare of others.” Pamela challenges us to deepen our understanding of what it means to lead in the world.

Before the interview, I introduce a new feature to the podcast: the Jedi Leadership Trick. This week we explore one called Two Feet, Five Breaths. It’s pretty nifty.

Highlights

0:30 Jedi Leadership Trick: Two Feet, Five Breaths
5:20 Introduction of Pamela Weiss
10:40 Leadership: role or way of being?
13:40 Bringing bodhisattva leadership into the vernacular
20:15 Clarity, courage, and curiosity
33:00 This isn’t easy…and it’s not meant to be
35:30 The Personal Excellence Program (PEP)
38:30 Selecting a quality to focus on in your leadership
44:30 Refining your capacity to observe
49:30 Why lack of self-care is often a symptom of something else
52:00 Building authentic connection and the power of group coaching
58:00 What Pamela is deliberately practicing in her life

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I’d like the term bodhisattva to be as commonplace in our language as cappuccino.

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Our world is a mess. There’s so much we could help with. What’s most important to me?

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