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Prologue

1. James Flynn, Are We Getting Smarter? Rising IQ in the Twenty-First Century (Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2012).

2. Mirra Alfassa, Rays of Light: Sayings of the Mother (Pondicherry, India: Sri Aurobindo Ashram Publications Department, 1997), 169.

3. Martin Luther King Jr., “I Have a Dream” speech, delivered August 28, 1963, at the Lincoln Memorial, Washington, D.C., http://www.americanrhetoric.com/speeches/mlkihaveadream.htm (accessed December 2015).

4. Amy Adkins, “Majority of U.S. Employees Not Engaged Despite Gains in 2014,” Gallup, January 28, 2015, http://www.gallup.com/poll/181289/majority-employees-not-engaged-despite-gains-2014. aspx (accessed December 2015).

5. Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal Experience (New York: Harper Perennial Modern Classics, 2008).

6. Chakras.net, “Shiva and Shakti,” http://www.chakras.net/yoga-principles/22-shiva-and-shakti (accessed December 2015).

7. Swami Shankardev Saraswati and Jayne Stevenson, “What Is Shakti?” Big Shakti, August 19, 2015, https://www.bigshakti.com/what-is-shakti/ (accessed December 2015).

8. Swami Nischalananda Saraswati, “Shiva & Shakti—The Twin Realities,” Yoga Magazine, March 1991, http://www.yogamag.net/archives/1991/bmar91/twins.shtml (accessed December 2015).

Chapter 1: Seeking Shakti

1. Sally Kempton, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, March 16, 2015.

2. Lynne Twist and Teresa Barker, The Soul of Money: Reclaiming the Wealth of Our Inner Resources (New York: W.W. Norton & Co., 2006), 48–55.

3. Sally Kempton interview, op. cit.

4. Caryl Stern, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 2, 2015.

5. Casey Sheahan, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 1, 2015.

6. Jean Kilbourne, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 1, 2015.

7. Ibid.

8. Ibid.

9. Ibid.

10. Jason Fonceca, “12 Top Feminine and 12 Top Masculine Traits That Could Change Your Life,” Ryze Empire Design for Ambitious Creatives, January 31, 2012, http://ryzeonline.com/feminine-masculine-traits/ (accessed December 2015).

11. Ibid.

12. Sally Kempton interview, op. cit.

13. Colleen Barrett, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 29, 2015.

14. Judy Sorum Brown, “Welcoming the Feminine Dimensions of Leadership,” Reflections: The SoL Journal Vol. 4, No. 4 (2003): 49–54.

15. John Gerzema and Michael D’Antonio, The Athena Doctrine: How Women (and the Men Who Think Like Them) Will Rule the Future (San Francisco: John Wiley & Sons, 2013), 256.

16. Lynne Twist, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, March 27, 2015.

17. Christopher Vogler, The Writer’s Journey (Studio City, CA: Michael Wiese Productions, 2007). This is based on general principles of individuation (Jung) and other psychological schools such as Eric Berne’s Transactional Analysis.

18. Vijay Bhat, unpublished work, June–September 2015.

Chapter 2: Leading with Shakti

1. Frank J. Williams, “The Women in Lincoln’s Life,” in The Lincoln Forum: Rediscovering Abraham Lincoln, ed. John Y. Simon and Harold Holzer (Bronx, NY: Fordham University Press, 2002), 25.

2. Leigh Buchanan, “Between Venus and Mars: 7 Traits of True Leaders,” Inc. magazine, June 2013, http://www.inc.com/magazine/201306/leigh-buchanan/traits-of-true-leaders.html (accessed December 2015).

3. Lynne Twist, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, March 27, 2015.

4. We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Vinit Taneja, Vijay Bhat, Arjun Shekhar, Gagan Adlakha, Arul Dev, and Kiran Gulrajani to the development of this unpublished model.

5. Judy Sorum Brown, “Welcoming the Feminine Dimensions of Leadership,” Reflections: The SoL Journal Vol. 4, No. 4 (2003): 49–54. Used with permission of author.

6. Ron Shaich, panel discussion at Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit, Austin, TX, October 12, 2011.

7. Casey Sheahan, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 1, 2015.

8. R. Edward Freeman, panel discussion at Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit, Austin, TX, October 12, 2011.

9. John Mackey, panel discussion at Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit, Austin, TX, October 12, 2011.

10. Fred Kofman, panel discussion at Conscious Capitalism CEO Summit, Austin, TX, October 12, 2011.

11. Ping Fu, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 1, 2015.

Chapter 3: Presence: The Master Key

1. Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (London: Fontana, 1993), 44.

2. We would like to acknowledge the contributions of Vinit Taneja, Vijay Bhat, Arjun Shekhar, Gagan Adlakha, Arul Dev, and Kiran Gulrajani to the development of this unpublished model.

3. Jenna Goudreau, “Do You Have ‘Executive Presence’?” Forbes Online, October 29, 2012, http://www.forbes.com/sites/jennagoudreau/2012/10/29/do-you-have-executive-presence/ (accessed December 2015).

4. The Enneagram is a personality-typing framework with nine types of personalities. When we lose presence, three personality types of the nine tend to go to the gut and get in a defensive mode. Three personality types go to the heart and get into the mode of self-promotion. The last three personality types go to the head, and get into fear. See https://www.enneagraminstitute.com/ for more details.

5. Caryl Stern, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 2, 2015.

Chapter 4: The Heroic Journey

1. Joseph Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces (London: Fontana, 1993), 219.

2. Sally Kempton, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, March 16, 2015.

3. Steve McIntosh, Evolution’s Purpose: An Integral Interpretation of the Scientific Story of Our Origins (New York: SelectBooks, 2012).

4. Campbell, The Hero with a Thousand Faces, back cover.

5. Maureen Murdock, The Heroine’s Journey (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1990), 2, 187.

6. Ibid.

7. Clarissa Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves: Myths and Stories of the Wild Woman Archetype (New York: Ballantine Books, 1997); Sylvia Brinton Perera, Descent to the Goddess: A Way of Initiation for Women (Toronto: Inner City Books, 1981).

8. Murdock, op. cit.

9. Penelope Lively, introduction to The Mythical Quest: In Search of Adventure, Romance & Enlightenment, by Rosalind Kerven (Portland, OR: Pomegranate, 1996), vii–ix.

10. Jason Fonceca, “12 Top Feminine and 12 Top Masculine Traits That Could Change Your Life,” Ryze Empire Design for Ambitious Creatives, January 31, 2012, http://ryzeonline.com/feminine-masculine-traits/ (accessed December 2015).

11. Adapted from Murdock, op. cit., 5.

12. Ibid., 48–60.

13. Ibid., 48.

14. Men, on the other hand, tend to return to their original tribe and go on to transform it.

15. Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2013), 221–235.

16. Pinkola Estés, Women Who Run with the Wolves, 394–397.

17. Bruce Lipton, “Imaginal Cells in the Dying Caterpillar,” YouTube video, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DLokOQZlag (accessed December 2015).

Chapter 5: Becoming Whole

1. Casey Sheahan, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 1, 2015.

2. Center for Integral Wisdom call, August 11, 2015, archived at http://www.ievolve.org/.

3. This material is adapted from Vijay Bhat and Nilima Bhat, My Cancer Is Me: The Journey from Illness to Wholeness (New Delhi: Hay House, 2013), 41–43. Adapted with the permission of Hay House Publishers India, New Delhi.

4. Michael Gelb presentation at Bentley University Conscious Capitalism Conference, May 17–18, 2011.

5. C. G. Jung, Collected Works, Vol. 9, Part II (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1959).

6. This is a distillation of Carl Jung’s teachings.

7. Maureen Murdock, The Heroine’s Journey (Boston: Shambhala Publications, 1990), 4.

8. Ibid., 160

9. Murdock, The Heroine’s Journey, 161.

10. Bhat and Bhat, My Cancer Is Me, 86–87. The following is extracted from My Cancer Is Me, “The Wounded Inner Child,” as we believe this material maps onto the Shakti leadership journey in its entirety. Extracted with the permission of Hay House Publishers India, New Delhi.

11. Brian Skea, “Jung, Spielrein, and Nash: Three Beautiful Minds Confronting the Impulse to Love or to Destroy in the Creative Process,” in Terror, Violence and the Impulse to Destroy: Perspectives from Analytical Psychology, ed. John Beebe (Einsiedeln: Daimon, 2003) (Kindle Location 5744-5973).

12. John Beebe, ed., Terror, Violence, and the Impulse to Destroy: Perspectives from Analytical Psychology (Einsiedeln: Daimon, 2003).

Chapter 6: Cultivating Flexibility

1. Presentation at Bentley University Conscious Capitalism conference, May 18, 2011, inspired by Rosabeth Moss Kanter.

2. Polarity mapping is described in detail in Barry Johnson, Polarity Management: Identifying and Managing Unsolvable Problems (Amherst, MA: HRD Press, Inc.). http://www.polaritypartnerships.com (accessed December 2015).

3. Lynne Twist, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, March 27, 2015.

4. Mabel Collins, Light on the Path (London: George Redway, 1888). Adapted from original quote: “Intelligence is impartial; no man is your enemy; no man is your friend. All alike are your teachers.”

5. Stephen B. Karpman, “Fairy Tales and Script Drama Analysis,” Transactional Analysis Bulletin, 7.26 (1968): 39–43.

6. Betty Ann Heggie, “Making the Most of Your Energy Archetype,” lecture, WIN Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 1, 2014.

7. Sally Kempton, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, March 16, 2015.

8. Betty Ann Heggie, “Making the Most of Your Energy Archetype,” lecture, WIN Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 1, 2014.

9. Adapted from Caroline Turner, “A Balance of Both Masculine and Feminine Strengths: The Bottom-Line Benefit,” Forbes, May 7, 2012, http://www.forbes.com/sites/womensmedia/2012/05/07/a-balance-of-both-masculine-and-feminine-strengths-the-bottom-line-benefit/ (accessed December 2015). See also Caroline Turner, Difference Works: Improving Retention, Productivity and Profitability through Inclusion (Austin, TX: Live Oak Book Company, 2012) and http://www.difference-works.com (accessed December 2015).

10. Avivah Wittenberg, “The Company of the Future,” lecture, WIN Conference, Berlin, Germany, October 2, 2014.

11. The four stages of competence learning model was developed by Noel Burch at Gordon Training International, http://www.gordon-training.com/free-workplace-articles/learning-a-new-skill-is-easier-said-than-done/ (accessed December 2015).

12. Cindy Wigglesworth, SQ21: The Twenty-One Skills of Spiritual Intelligence (New York: SelectBooks, 2012).

13. Eva Selhub, The Love Response: Your Prescription to Turn Off Fear, Anger, and Anxiety to Achieve Vibrant Health and Transform Your Life (New York: Ballantine Books, 2009).

Chapter 7: Achieving Congruence

1. Leigh Buchanan, “Between Venus and Mars: 7 Traits of True Leaders.” Inc. magazine, June 13, 2013, http://www.inc.com/magazine/201306/leigh-buchanan/traits-of-true-leaders.html (accessed December 2015).

2. Casey Sheahan, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 1, 2015.

3. From video shown by Joanna Barsh at Bentley University Conscious Capitalism conference, May 17–18, 2011.

4. Don Richard Riso and Russ Hudson, The Wisdom of the Enneagram: The Complete Guide to Psychological and Spiritual Growth for the Nine Personality Types (New York: Bantam, 1999), 48.

5. Debashis Chatterjee, paper in progress.

6. Casey Sheahan interview, op. cit.

7. Ibid.

Chapter 8: The Promise of Shakti Leadership

1. Sally Kempton, Awakening Shakti: The Transformative Power of the Goddesses of Yoga (Boulder, CO: Sounds True, 2013), 1.

2. From video shown by Joanna Barsh at Bentley University Conscious Capitalism conference, May 17, 2011.

3. Evidence of these is well summarize in Arianna Huffington’s book Thrive: The Third Metric to Redefining Success and Creating a Life of Well-Being, Wisdom, and Wonder (New York: Harmony Books, 2014).

4. Chris Maddox, “The School of Nature,” The Wild Women Project Blog, July 22, 2015, http://thewildwomanproject.com/2015/07/the-school-of-nature-wild-woman-initiation-lesson-1/ (accessed December 2015).

5. Caroline Myss post on Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/201192805715/photos/a.230879760715.284307.201192805715/10154475822725716/ (accessed December 2015).

6. Faith Popcorn at Bentley University Conference on Conscious Capitalism, May 17, 2011.

7. Marti Barletta, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, May 28, 2015.

8. Ibid.

9. Alanis Morissette onstage interview at Success 3.0 Summit, Boulder, Colorado, October 31, 2014.

10. Including “The Tao of Facilitation” by Kiran Gulrajani and a women’s circle by Valerie Gremillion.

11. The Mother (Mirra Alfassa), http://www.auro-ebooks.com/the-mother/ (accessed December 2015).

12. Robert Moore and Douglas Gillette, King, Warrior, Magician, Lover: Rediscovering the Archetypes of the Mature Masculine (New York: HarperOne, 1991).

13. John Kay, “Good Business,” Prospect Magazine, March 1998.

14. C. G. Jung, “Mysterium Coniunctionis,” Collected Works, Vol. 14 (Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1955/1963).

15. Lynne Twist, interview with Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, March 27, 2015.

16. Neela Saxena, interview by Nilima Bhat and Raj Sisodia, April 3, 2015.

17. Kumar S. Sharma, The Age of Ananda: Conscious Evolution to the Life Divine (Los Angeles: Para Vidya Publishing, 2011), 192.