Media Releases

Brett Kirk: Leading from the heart

Herald Sun (www.heraldsun.com.au)
Nikki Tugwell | August 30, 2009

Kirk, 32, has put his own stamp on captaining at the elite level, earning the respect of all-comers.
He speaks about the importance of Buddhism in his life, including his early-morning yoga and meditation chants in which he reaffirms his values as a person as well as a footballer - and about leading the Swans with his heart.

"For me as a leader, I lead from my heart," he says. "Your heart takes a risk; your heart is the gambler. Your mind can be a bit more cunning; you can think about things and maybe work them your own way because you can get controlled by your ego.
"But your heart is really pure, that's the way I live my life, that's the way I play my footy and that's the way I want to lead the footy club."

Michael Rennie, McKinsey & Company: Integrating Head & Heart

New Paradigm Newswire
Jeff Hut | February 15, 2008

About ten years ago, I attended a conference in Mexico with a title that seemed almost surreal, Business & Spirituality. As one of the conference speakers, Michael Rennie a partner at McKinsey & Co, told the story of his amazing personal journey, I sensed that his visionary work would help transform his firm, their clients and business. As it turns out that’s exactly what’s happened.

Michael's talk illuminate his journey from terminal cancer patient through his chance meeting with a healer who would help him reconnect his head and heart, his miraculous conscious healing process and the development of a curriculum his firm is today delivering to clients around the world with outstanding results. McKinsey is known for their 3000+ high-powered clients and their strong analytical and strategic planning capabilities. Michael’s little known story helps illuminate another aspect of their work and offers insights into the difference one person can make in a 10,000 person organization and in helping business become a more balanced discipline.

The Conscious CEO:

Third Sector Magazine
Steven Bowman | July 2009

What makes a CEO stand out as a true leader – one who has charisma, who is decisive yet takes into account all points of view, who is able to ask questions or find solutions that have eluded everyone else, who forges incredibly strong and long lasting strategic visions and systems? The one underlying factor in this type of leader is the choice to be conscious.

Consciousness exists on a continuum, and thus the CEO can choose where on that continuum they want to be: conscious, unconscious, or even anti-conscious.

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