This is a summary of the book titled “Leader as Healer” written by Nicholas Janni and published by LID Publishing in 2022. This book is an interesting take on leadership from a person who emphasizes spirituality, mental healing, mindfulness, consciousness and peak performance from a Zen-like state. He is unusual as a business leader and author because he teaches acting and heads his own theatre company. He says that innovative leaders should tap into enlightened consciousness. Today’s problems require a heightened awareness and leaders who are aware and empathetic can be more than just executors. They can become emotional and spiritual healers and the journey begins with self-care and leading a purposeful life.
Technology has transformed the world, and heightened consciousness can transform individuals. CEOs and senior executives must invest their energy in innovative, mindful leadership to address today's challenges. Major disruptions are impacting industries, and society must prioritize communal, intuitive, and metaphysical principles over greed, self-interest, and competition. To fix today's problems, leaders must cultivate higher awareness and become emotional and spiritual healers.
Leaders who practice elevated thinking, being, and acting can become emotional and spiritual healers, inspiring others and transforming fragmented organizations into "coherent wholes." They can reawaken a company's vitality, build internal connections, and imbue an organization with energy. The "Leader-as-healer" model is an advanced leadership construct that replaces the outdated "Leader as executor" model, which prioritizes profits, compelled action, and discipline.
In today's fractious times, innovative leaders and a radical attitude adjustment are needed to address the challenges and promote a more compassionate and sustainable world.
The "Leader as executor" role is outdated and should be replaced by "Leader-as-healer." This model prioritizes profit, discipline, and action, but does not address the human side of business. Leaders-as-healers have practical wisdom and recognize the value of giving focused attention to their leaders, providing a "coherent presence" and showing employees that they are always ready to help.
To cope effectively with today's complex, disruptive world, leaders and employees must practice self-care, paying close attention to their emotional, spiritual, and physical needs, including their health. True leadership sometimes requires excising moral and spiritual tumors from organizations or nations. To tune into one's body and emotions, consider following a somatic mindfulness practice, paying close attention to breathing, and focusing on the body's inner and outer sensations.
Simple awareness exercises can help develop significant personal insights and rewire neural pathways, allowing leaders to better understand and navigate the challenges of today's complex world. By practicing self-care, leaders can become more receptive to new ideas and maintain an open spirit.
Self-care means paying close attention to one’s emotional, spiritual, and physical needs, including one’s health. When leaders do this, they develop significant personal insights and this helps to deepen the scope of their leadership. Mindfulness is practiced by focusing on their minds with contemplative exercises such as meditation which dates back to pre-Colombian civilization, early Hebrew mystics, Indian yogis, and Native American shamans. We set aside 20 minutes daily for meditation, taking notes on our inner emotional, mental, and physical state.
Lead a life of purpose – the right purpose – to avoid navigating life like a ship in stormy waters without a compass or rudder. A leader who operates unemotionally, based only on rationality, might translate purpose as increased profits and productivity, but their life's purpose should be internally worthwhile. Define your values and consider the contributions you can make to improve the world.
A strong sense of purpose is crucial for navigating life effectively. A leader should focus on internal, worthwhile goals rather than external ones. Emotions are the gateway to deeper humanity and a richer, more heartfelt relationship with life and leadership. Leaders should embrace their emotional side and abandon archaic thinking that has failed in the past. They should practice enlightened leadership that fortifies organizations and employees by combining thinking and feeling facets of themselves.
#codingexercise
Position eight queens on a chess board without conflicts:
public static void
positionEightQueens(int[][] B, int[][] used, int row) throws Exception {
if (row == 8) {
if (isAllSafe(B)) {
printMatrix(B, B.length,
B[0].length);
}
return;
}
for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++) {
if ( isSafe(B, row, k) &&
isAllSafe(B)) {
B[row][k] = 1;
positionEightQueens(B, used,
row + 1);
B[row][k] = 0;
}
}
}
public static boolean isSafe(int[][] B, int
p, int q) {
int row = B.length;
int col = B[0].length;
for (int i = 0; i < row; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < col; j++) {
if (i == p && j == q) {
continue; }
if (B[i][j] == 1) {
boolean notSafe =
isOnDiagonal(B, p, q, i, j) ||
isOnVertical(B, p,
q, i, j) ||
isOnHorizontal(B,
p, q, i, j);
if(notSafe){
return false;
}
}
}
}
return true;
}
public static boolean isAllSafe(int[][]
B) {
for (int i = 0; i < B.length; i++) {
for (int j = 0; j < B[0].length;
j++) {
if (B[i][j] == 1 && !isSafe(B, i, j)) {
return false;
}
}
}
return true;
}
public static boolean isOnDiagonal(int[][]
used, int r1, int c1, int r2, int c2) {
boolean result = false;
int row = used.length;
int col = used[0].length;
for (int k = 0; k < 8; k ++) {
if (r2 - k >= 0 && c2 - k >= 0 && r1 == r2 - k
&& c1 == c2 - k) {
return true;
}
if (r2 + k < row && c2 +
k < col && r1 == r2 + k && c1 == c2 + k) {
return true;
}
if (r2 - k >= 0 && c2 +
k < col && r1 == r2 - k && c1 == c2 + k) {
return true;
}
if (r2 + k < row && c2 - k >= 0 && r1 == r2
+ k && c1 == c2 - k) {
return true;
}
}
return result;
}
public static boolean isOnVertical(int[][]
used, int r1, int c1, int r2, int c2) {
boolean result = false;
int row = used.length;
int col = used[0].length;
for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++) {
if (c2 - k >= 0 && c1 == c2 - k && r1 == r2 )
{
return true;
}
if (c2 + k < row && c1
== c2 + k && r1 == r2) {
return true;
}
}
return result;
}
public static boolean
isOnHorizontal(int[][] used, int r1, int c1, int r2, int c2) {
boolean result = false;
int row = used.length;
int col = used[0].length;
for (int k = 0; k < 8; k++) {
if (r2 - k >= 0 && r1 == r2 - k && c1 == c2 )
{
return true;
}
if (r2 + k < row && r1
== r2 + k && c1 == c2) {
return true;
}
}
return result;
}
Sample output:
1
1 2 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 2 1 1
1 1 1 2 1 1 1 1
1 2 1 1 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 1 2
1 1 1 1 2 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1
2 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
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