Podcast appearances and mentions of nicholas janni

What if true leadership is more about presence, healing, and deep connection than endless action and strategy? Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Nicholas Janni, a transformational coach and leadership expert whose groundbreaking book "Leader as Healer" challenges the traditional leadership paradigm. Nicholas is the Co-founder and Programme Director of The Matrix Development, where he catalyzes the future by working with CEOs and senior teams globally. He also teaches at two of the world's leading business schools, pioneering a new vision and practice of leadership.Today, Nicholas shares his insights on the importance of vulnerability, emotional intelligence, and true leadership's healing power. Whether you're a seasoned executive or aspiring to make a bigger impact, we invite you to listen in and learn more about the holistic, embodied, and soulful approach to guiding organizations and communities.In this episode, we cover:Background and Early InfluencesTransition to Leadership ConsultancyThe Concept of Real Presence and Flow StateTransformational Coaching and Vulnerability in GroupsEmbodiment Practices and Daily IntegrationThe Role of Leaders in Creating a New ParadigmThe Impact of Isolation and Need for ConnectionThe Role of Men in Addressing the FeminineUpcoming Programs and the Leader as an Institute Helpful links:Nicholas Janni - The Matrix DevelopmentNicholas Janni: Monthly Inspirational Dialogues - Online event with Special Guests on Feb 26, 2025 - Register nowLIBERATING THE FEMININE LEADER - A retreat for women in Puglia, South Italy, June 20th to 24th 2025 - For updates follow Nicholas on Instagram @njanni and LinkedInThomas HüblDavid Lynch - Transcendental MeditationLiving Tantra Retreat: 6 days in-person retreat at the Art of Living Center at Blue Ridge Mountains, NCSubscribe to the Museletter on SubstackFind Rosebud Woman on Instagram as @rosebudwoman, Christine on Instagram as @christinemariemason Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Nicholas Janni is a pioneer in executive development, having co-founded Olivier Mythodrama Associates, where he created leadership programs based on Shakespearean stories. He continues to work globally with leaders and organizations through his consultancy, Core Presence, and his innovative 'Leader as Healer' program, which promotes integrated, conscious leadership. How can the ancient practices of spirituality and modern leadership development intersect to create transformative experiences?   In this episode of “Voice with Vervaeke,” John Vervaeke and Nicholas Janni explore this question through a conversation about leadership, spirituality, and human connection. Nicholas shares his transformative journey, from his school days to his encounters with Tibetan Buddhism and immersive theater, which led him to develop a unique approach to spiritual and embodied leadership. They discuss the importance of leaders connecting with their bodies, emotions, and the transpersonal, and the role of practices like bodywork, deep breathing, and poetry in facilitating this connection. Their conversation also explores the metaphysical realm, including prayer and spiritual guidance, and their impact on leadership. John and Nicholas discuss the cultural implications of their work and stress the importance of leaders who can promote this holistic approach to leadership and foster supportive communities for transformative experiences.  Dive deeper into the journey of personal growth and meaning by becoming part of our Patreon community, where shared wisdom fuels transformation.   —   00:00 Introduction: Convergence of Spirituality and Leadership  11:25 From Theatre to Leadership Consultancy 16:40 The Birth of 'Leader as Healer' 23:35 Reawakening Non-Propositional Thinking 43:40 The Transformative Power of Poetry 48:05 Therapy vs. Transformational Work 51:10 Integrating Awakening and Healing 01:02:55 Addressing the Modern Meaning Crisis 01:15:50 Embracing Prayer, Reverence, and Connectedness 01:24:30 Concluding Thoughts: The Imperative to Wake Up     —   The Vervaeke Foundation is committed to advancing the scientific pursuit of wisdom and creating a significant impact on the world. Become a part of our mission.   Join Awaken to Meaning to explore practices that enhance your virtues and foster deeper connections with reality and relationships.    —   Ideas, People, and Works Mentioned in this Episode   Nicholas Janni, Leader as Healer Heinrich Päs, The One: How an Ancient Idea Holds the Future of Physics Vivian Dittmar Richard Olivier Shakespeare's Globe Theatre Shakespeare, W. Henry V. Shakespeare, W. Julius Caesar. Shakespeare, W. The Tempest. Malidoma Somé  Michael Meade Patrick Connor Charles Taylor David Wyatt Mary Oliver, Wild Geese. Plato René Descartes   Relevant Episodes Exploring the Transrational: A Journey into the Realms of Consciousness with Vivian Dittmar Transpersonal States: Awakening, Enlightenment, and the Ego | Vivian Dittmar Exploring Emotions and Transrational Wisdom with Vivian Dittmar   Follow John Vervaeke: Website | X | YouTube | Patreon   Follow Nicholas Janni: Website | Email | LinkedIn    —   Thank you for listening!  

How much does empathy play a role in your leadership style? Are you ‘old school' and think anything like that is a bit too soft to merit serious consideration? Were you brought up with leaders who were definitely more ‘tell don't ask' rather than ‘ask don't tell? For you, is any discussion of feelings awkward? Well, you might be interested in the business book of the year is called ‘Leader as Healer' and I've been lucky enough to study with the author Nicholas Janni via Coaches Rising. If you are going to develop one leadership skill, I wholeheartedly recommend empathy. Listen to the episode to find some useful tips on how to put empathy into practice.   Sign up for my weekly career and well-being tips straight to your inbox and find more ways I can help on the Free Resources page on my website.   https://fasttracktofearless.com/free-resources   Get the self-belief and clarity to create a confident career strategy and join me on the Fast Track to Fearless.

In this episode, we're rethinking leadership with Nicholas Janni, author of “Leader As Healer” and teacher at IMD Business School and the University of Oxford Said Business School. Nicholas introduces the revolutionary concept of leaders as healers, advocating for a shift from the hyper-rational, imbalanced corporate norms that prioritize doing over being. He shares how integrating emotional intelligence and deep personal connections can transform leadership effectiveness. Join us as Nicholas shares how embracing our whole selves helps businesses and the people who work in them can thrive together. If you enjoy the show, please rate it on  Apple or Spotify. Your ratings help more people like you discover the podcast!  Episode Highlights The critical role of leaders in addressing global crises through deep personal and emotional connection. How fostering emotional openness and vulnerability can transform leadership effectiveness and workplace dynamics. Integrating meditative and somatic practices to elevate leaders' perceptual fields and empathy levels. The substantial business benefits of emotionally intelligent leadership, from engagement to profitability. The necessity of taking a leadership approach that prioritizes emotional authenticity for transformative change. How physical awareness and presence enhance leaders' decision-making capabilities and overall effectiveness. Creating organizational cultures that foster resilience and satisfaction. Nicholas' view on the greatest unmet wellbeing need at work today “Emotional the cultivation and welcoming of emotional authenticity. People being allowed to say how they're really feeling and being unconditionally met. There's nothing wrong with feeling frightened, sad. I think without that you'll never have well pay.” What "working with humans" means to Nicholas “It means working with the full spectrum of who we are. And most workplaces in my great, extensive experience, function on a very small spectrum of who we really are.” Resources Follow: Nicholas on LinkedIn Visit: Matrix Development website Read: Leader as Healer: A new paradigm for 21st-century leadership For more episodes that give you fresh perspectives and actionable ideas for making working with other humans better for everyone, visit our website at https://en.peoplefocusconsulting.com/resources/podcast/ ©Michael Glazer    

To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive. (From book cover). I'm joined by transformational leadership expert and author or 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. Nicholas touches on: 1. Defining resilience, 2. Being vs Doing. 3. Leader as an Executor vs a Leader as a Healer, 4. Self-awareness, 5, Defining ones purpose (personal and as a group), 6, The importance of emotions, 7. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive. (From book cover). I'm joined by transformational leadership expert and author or 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. Nicholas touches on: 1. Defining resilience, 2. Being vs Doing. 3. Leader as an Executor vs a Leader as a Healer, 4. Self-awareness, 5, Defining ones purpose (personal and as a group), 6, The importance of emotions, 7. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

In a sense writing a business book – any book, really – is quintessentially about finding and using your voice. You're talking across time and space to a reader for a conversation that lasts for hours; admittedly a bit of a one-sided conversation, but it's not possible to talk to someone for tens of thousands of words without them having a sense of your voice in their head. So how can you use that voice most effectively? Here's some advice from some of the best writers in the business books business to give you some ideas...  Anne Janzer on what your writer's voice is and why it matters Dr Lucy Ryan on writing for your reader Catherine Garrod on the holistic nature of the writer's voice Nicholas Janni on precision and the craft of rewriting Rachel Lawes on caring, not selling Robin Powell on aligning your interests with your readers' Neil Mullarkey on using humour right (and avoiding the wrong kinds...) Richard Hoare on finding a coherent voice with a co-writer Dennis Sherwood on not getting too hung up about it all too soon.  Listen in, and discover how to take your voice from meh to aMAZing! 

When your work is about experience - helping people access a different physical and emotional state so that they can reconnect with their embodied, instinctual wisdom - you do it most effectively when you're in the room together. How can you possibly translate that somatic, relational, experiential work into words on a page?  That was the challenge facing Nicholas Janni, and he rose to it so impressively that Leader as Healer was named Business Book of the Year 2023 at the recent BBA awards. In this week's episode he speaks to me about the challenge of that translation process, and the somatic experience of flow in writing itself. 

In this very special episode of LID Radio, we're joined by Nicholas Janni, the author of Leader As Healer - the Business Book of the Year 2023.  Nicholas won the prestigious award at this year's Business Book Awards. The book also won its title category - Leadership Book of the Year. This episode is hosted by Sally Dunsmore. Sally is the co-founder and director of FT Weekend Oxford Literary Festival and consultant to HM Government of Gibraltar on Gibraltar International Literary Festival. She also co-founded the Blenheim Palace Festival of Literature, Film and Music. 

To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive. (From book cover). I'm joined by transformational leadership expert and author or 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. Nicholas touches on: 1. Defining resilience, 2. Being vs Doing. 3. Leader as an Executor vs a Leader as a Healer, 4. Self-awareness, 5, Defining ones purpose (personal and as a group), 6, The importance of emotions, 7. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive. (From book cover). I'm joined by transformational leadership expert and author or 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. Nicholas touches on: 1. Defining resilience, 2. Being vs Doing. 3. Leader as an Executor vs a Leader as a Healer, 4. Self-awareness, 5, Defining ones purpose (personal and as a group), 6, The importance of emotions, 7. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

To face the scope and threats of the 21st century challenges, today's leaders must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied, grounded and intuitive. (From book cover). I'm joined by transformational leadership expert and author or 'Leader to Healer', Nicholas Janni. This is a very inspirational discussion on leadership, and not one many will have considered before. Nicholas touches on: 1. Defining resilience, 2. Being vs Doing. 3. Leader as an Executor vs a Leader as a Healer, 4. Self-awareness, 5, Defining ones purpose (personal and as a group), 6, The importance of emotions, 7. Tips to begin making a transformative change...and more. Nicholas is very inspirational and offers some very interesting insights into how leaders can find answers to some of their challenges - during crises, disasters, and other situations - by looking inwards to make transformative change happen. You don't want to miss this episode. Enjoy!

In this conversation with coach and leadership consultant Nicholas Janni we explore the framework he uses to coach in a profoundly emergent way, his methodology in training coaches, some of the core differences between his style of coaching versus a more traditional approach, leveraging the power of presence and trauma-informed coaching. Nicholas Janni has spent 30 years researching ‘the zone' of peak performance and studying multiple mind/body disciplines. Over the last 15 years he has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars. He works with CEO's and senior leadership teams worldwide, is a former Associate Fellow at The University of Oxford Said Business School and teaches regularly at the IMD in Lausanne. Visit coachesrising.com to find out about our new training course The Power of Presence, starting May 10th. Enrolment open now: https://www.coachesrising.com/powerofpresence/

On the season 4 premiere of Do The Work, author and educator Nicholas Janni sits down with Denise for an in-depth candid chat about becoming an embodied leader. Nicholas focuses on exploring the development of our consciousness and highest potential, and how simple mindfulness practices can contribute to a bigger holistic modality in which all parts of a person are working together. Do The Work Youtube Channel https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfX5pNSrHcIK7qbrx9CkYxQ Find Nicholas On… Web: https://www.nicholasjanni.com/

Nicholas Janni, Founder/Director Core Presence, is an expert in transformational leadership, presence, peak performance and innovation. He is also the author of “Leader as Healer.” His book serves the reader as a guide to reaching the highest levels of presence and performance. It is a call to break from the chronically imbalanced ways of thinking and functioning that have become the norm in so many corporate cultures - where doing eclipses being, and hyper-rational, analytical thinking relegates feeling, sensing, intuiting and the transpersonal to the outer fringes of life.His work is focused around what he calls ‘Core Presence' - a deep grounding in our bodies, a conscious and inclusive relationship to our emotions, a rebalancing of left and right brain, and meditative practice. From this, the biggest expansions of consciousness take place, both in an individual and a group, which then allow us to align with the highest evolutionary intelligence.As a consultant, Janni mentors CEOs and senior leadership teams worldwide on reaching advanced levels of consciousness and effectiveness. He also teaches at the University of Oxford's Saïd Business School and the IMD Business School in Switzerland.https://www.nicholasjanni.com/

In this episode, host Windy and Nicholas Janni, theater director turned coaching and leadership thought leader, discuss his book, "Leader as Healer." In his book, Janni pushes back against the left-brain dominance in today's culture and seeks to re-introduce our often dismissed capacities for feeling, sensation, mindfulness and intuition. Their conversation will explore how these qualities are essential in facing the challenges of our times.Nicholas Janni has devoted his life to the study of human potential. Over the last 20 years he has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars. He works with organisations, NGO's and senior leaders worldwide and teaches at the IMD Business School in Switzerland. He bridges the worlds of creative, personal, spiritual and professional development in a uniquely powerful, relevant and accessible way. In his first career he was a theatre director. He taught acting at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and directed his own theatre company. He has spent over 30 years researching the theory and the practice of ‘the zone' of peak performance in art, life and work, and has studied and practiced multiple mind/body disciplines. He co-founded the arts-based consultancy Olivier Mythodrama in 2001, and teaches at the IMD Business School in Lausanne, and the University of Oxford Said Business School.His book “Leader as Healer, a new paradigm for 21st century leadership” was published in March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode, host Windy and Nicholas Janni, theater director turned coaching and leadership thought leader, discuss his book, "Leader as Healer." In his book, Janni pushes back against the left-brain dominance in today's culture and seeks to re-introduce our often dismissed capacities for feeling, sensation, mindfulness and intuition. Their conversation will explore how these qualities are essential in facing the challenges of our times.Nicholas Janni has devoted his life to the study of human potential. Over the last 20 years he has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars. He works with organisations, NGO's and senior leaders worldwide and teaches at the IMD Business School in Switzerland. He bridges the worlds of creative, personal, spiritual and professional development in a uniquely powerful, relevant and accessible way. In his first career he was a theatre director. He taught acting at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and directed his own theatre company. He has spent over 30 years researching the theory and the practice of ‘the zone' of peak performance in art, life and work, and has studied and practiced multiple mind/body disciplines. He co-founded the arts-based consultancy Olivier Mythodrama in 2001, and teaches at the IMD Business School in Lausanne, and the University of Oxford Said Business School.His book “Leader as Healer, a new paradigm for 21st century leadership” was published in March 2022. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode of #TheSpeakerShow, Maria Franzoni interviews Nicholas Janni. Since the age of 16 Nicholas has studied and practiced many different forms of personal and spiritual development. He bridges the worlds of creative, personal, spiritual and professional development in a uniquely powerful, relevant and accessible way.  He works with CEO's and senior teams globally and teaches at two of the world's leading business schools, bringing a new vision and practice of leadership. His book “Leader as Healer, a new paradigm for 21st century leadership” was published in March 2022. In this fascinating episode, we discuss: New paradigms of Leadership Emotions Embodiment The Value of Mindfulness and Meditation Links: More about Nicholas Janni More about Speakers Associates Connect with Speakers Associates on LinkedIn Connect with Maria on LinkedIn To book any of the speakers featured on the Speaker Show podcast, click here. Listen here: Libsyn  Apple Podcasts  Google Play Spotify

As businesses, organizations, and professionals deal with change like we've never seen before, it makes sense the way we lead will also change. Our guest today says a new leadership paradigm is urgently needed. Nicholas Janni is a sought-after coach, teacher, speaker and author. He works with the world's top businesses and business schools transforming the way executives lead. He's written a new book “Leader as Healer: A New Paradigm for 21st Century Leadership.” He joins us today to discuss his theoretical and practical path to the highest levels of presence and peak performance leadership. The leadership he says is needed moving forward.  Learn how the Raymond A. Mason School of Business at William and Mary can help you and your organization develop your top talent through customized executive education and professional development programs. Visit us at www.wmleadership.com. Thank you for listening.

In this special episode, John talks to Teacher, Coach and Author, Nicholas Janni. Nicholas has a fascinating background. His father was a world-famous film producer, and his mother was one of the first women to gain a scholarship to Oxford University. An impressive family indeed but Nicholas certainly worked extremely hard to get to where he is today. With early influence from his father, Nicholas began his first career in the theatre and worked as a Theatre Director for 20 years. He later left the theatre, creating a consultancy which grew and grew and continues to work with Executives around the world today. Nicholas now teaches at two of the top business schools in the world, University of Oxford's Saïd Business School and the IMD Business School in Switzerland. He has also taken a leap out on his own and has now written a fascinating book entitled ‘Leader as Healer'. Nicholas's book, ‘Leader as Healer', argues that an urgent upgrade is needed in how managers must think and practice leadership. The type of leadership that Nicholas discusses in his book is necessary in a post-COVID world. During this episode, John and Nicholas talk about the importance of introspection, the existing toxicity in many current leaders and how we are moving forward with this with a new type of leadership. John even follows a live teaching practice from Nicholas! Do you use healing to help you lead? Tune in to this episode for a great conversation on modern day leadership. Follow Nicholas on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicholas-janni-976b3817/ Visit Nicholas's website - https://www.nicholasjanni.com/ Order Nicholas's book, ‘Leader as Healer' - https://www.nicholasjanni.com/book-leader-as-healer/   KEY TAKEAWAYS It is important to be present in the moment with people. It can make the biggest difference. If you are a leader and you are running a stressful meeting, are you confident enough to recognise this type of environment and are you comfortable enough to address it and relieve the tension and anxiety in the room?   BEST MOMENTS “Most people have no idea what real listening means for instance, because real listening involves all of my faculties. Not just my thinking. Not just my speaking”. “In essence, I talk a lot about doing and being and we're absolutely over-dominated by doing. We've lost a sense for the most part of being”. “When you're in the presence of a leader who is really present, first of all you feel listened to. You feel received. That's priceless”. “If you're not curious about people, don't be a leader”.   VALUABLE RESOURCES Leadership Revealed Podcast Castledene Sales & Lettings   ABOUT THE HOST John has several Estate and Letting Agencies in the North-East of England. He also has a consultancy business, in which he teaches other agents how to grow and scale a sustainable business. John is recording podcasts to grow in the estate agency space, but also to try and break into other industries. The formula John has developed for estate agency success, is transferable into other SME industries.   CONTACT METHOD https://www.instagram.com/johnpaulmentor/ https://www.facebook.com/agencyconsulting/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/john-paul-14167211/ johnpaul@agency-consulting.co.uk See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

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Originally a director of theatre, Nicholas Janni taught acting at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London and directed his own theatre company. He dedicated 30 years to exploring the theory and practice of peak performance flow states. Over the last 20 years, he gained an international reputation for his leadership programmes, designed for chief executives and top teams from diverse sectors, public and private. He teaches regularly at Oxford University and the IMD Business School. Nicholas' transformative work bridges the worlds of creative, personal, spiritual and professional development in a uniquely powerful, relevant and accessible way. Leaders of today must possess potent powers for logic, reason, discernment and strategic forecasting. Yet, they must also be empathic and therefore embodied; grounded and therefore intuitive; present and therefore awake. They must be skilled in mindfulness and deep listening, able to inspire authentic engagement and collaboration, and possess a clear and wholehearted sense of service, mission and purpose – restoring coherence where there is fragmentation and unity where there is division. Nicholas Janni presents this new and necessary leadership style as the Leader as Healer.  The book outlines both a theoretical and practical map towards a new form of leadership, one that embodies the ‘skill, heart, and wisdom' that the current moment demands. The pathway Janni describes is one of integration and restoration, which is designed to reawaken the innate human capacities – physical and emotional, individual and transpersonal – that were previously discarded and forgotten during our perilous journey towards profit-maximization and “infinite” economic growth. It offers a way to grow ourselves as leaders and to heal our organizations.  Find out more about Nicholas Janni: https://www.nicholasjanni.com  Buy the book Leader As Healer: https://lidpublishing.com/book/leader-as-healer/ 

The emerging edge of leadership and innovation lies in the realm of the intangible. How can we become more comfortable with moving into not-knowing, given that our transformation as a culture depends on it? In this conversation with Nicholas Janni and Bob Anderson we explore the subtle capacities that are necessary for creating fields of innovation, the psychological threshold of not knowing, working with shadow, integral consciousness and the power of group amplification. Nicholas Janni has spent 30 years researching ‘the zone' of peak performance and studying multiple mind/body disciplines. Over the last 15 years he has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars. He works with CEO's and senior leadership teams worldwide, is a former Associate Fellow at The University of Oxford Said Business School and teaches regularly at the IMD in Lausanne. Bob Anderson is the founder, Chairman and Chief Development Officer of The Leadership Circle and the Full Circle Group. Over the past 35 years, Bob has dedicated his career to exploring the intersections between leadership and mastery, competence and consciousness, spirituality and business. He works with CEOs and leadership teams to help them improve their leadership effectiveness and is the co-author of the book, Mastering Leadership, described as the next seminal work in the leadership field.

Nicholas Janni is a world-renowned transformational coach and leadership expert. For the last 50 years, Nicholas has explored personal development through many lenses, whether at Buddhist Monasteries, the wildernis in Poland, or making music in the Ivory Coast. We had a great time diving deep into peak performance presence and what it takes to level up your game as a leader and human being! Max Out Insights: We live in a culture of absence, where it`s normal not to be present and available to life around us Oftentimes, the reason we stay checked out is because we aren`t able to live with our emotional experience yet As Einstein said, we need to know whether our mind is our master or our servant Max Out Quotes: “Presence is multi-level connectedness. Connectedness to my body. Connectedness to my emotions. Connectedness to all parts of my mental capacity. Connectedness to my passion and purpose. And all of that held in a connection to a more deeper and transcendent space.” “True presence means I am here and I am available.” “We live in a myth of connectivity that covers the fact that there is actually very little connection.”

Listen to this episode at Team Coaching Zone https://www.teamcoachingzone.com/, on iTunes, SoundCloud, Spotify, or anywhere you listen to podcasts. This week on the show, Nicholas Janni, transformational coach, leadership development specialist and founder of Core Presence joins me Carissa Bub as we talk how we tend to live in a world of absence, what happens when you combine being and doing, and how developing presence can transform teams and organisations. Nicholas and I discuss: His childhood discovery aged 16 that inspires his work What led him to theatre as a spiritual practice The work and his experience as a co-founder of Olivier Mythodrama What he means by presence and how he defines leadership presence What it takes to help leaders and teams shift their concept of reality How he works with teams His work at IMD in preparing leaders for the future His vision for cultures of presence More on Nicholas: Over the last 15 years Nicholas has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars for leaders and teams. The clients he has served include FedEx, Rolls Royce, Swiss Re, Centrica, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries, Amdocs, Intel, Motorola, Microsoft, eBay and Lafarge, as well as the UK Permanent Secretaries and several cabinet ministers. He bridges the worlds of creative, personal, spiritual and professional development in a uniquely powerful, relevant and accessible way. In his first career Nicholas was a theatre director. He taught acting at The Royal Academy of Dramatic Art in London, and directed his own theatre company. He has spent 30 years researching the theory and the practice of ‘the zone’ of peak performance, and studying multiple mind/body disciplines. In 1998 he became a Visiting Fellow at the Cranfield School of Management, and in 2001 he left the theatre to co-found the arts-based leadership development consultancy Olivier Mythodrama. In 2013 he founded his own consultancy, CORE PRESENCE. He was an Associate Fellow at the University of Oxford Said Business School 2010–15, and currently teaches regularly at the IMD Business School in Lausanne where he leads large international groups. He is based partly in Israel, where he works with numerous corporate clients, Israeli and Palestinian NGO’s and at Tel Aviv University Recanati Business School. You can find everything you want to now about Nicholas here: https://www.nicholasjanni.com P.S Whenever you’re ready . . . here are 4 ways I and Team Coaching Zone can help inspire your imagination and impact:   1) Join the Community of Change Makers:  For the past few years we’ve been developing a community of change makers. Entrepreneurs and coaches who want to impact people and the planet in new and innovative ways. We are a supportive group committed to deepening our missions and lifting each other up when things get tough. If you'd like to learn more, go to: https://www.teamcoachingzone.com/community/ 2) Join a Master-class or Webinar: If you're looking for more imagination, tools and courage to take your coaching practice to the next level we have a menu of learning bites to inform and entertain you. You can attend a masterclass or log in and join a growing number of our live webinar series we are launching around the world. Check out https://www.teamcoachingzone.com/team-coaching-master-classes  for more information. 3) Nautilus Experience: Come on an Adventure of a Lifetime Every year, we take a group of coaches on a once-in-a-lifetime adventure. I believe that adventuring gets us out of our comfort zone, stimulates us in new ways and helps us connect with the world around us. These trips are designed to disrupt your current reality, challenge your assumptions and reconnect you to your wider purpose. This year we were in Norway on the Nautilus Voyage learning to sail and experimenting with team of teams. Join us in 2020 in Cuba in April or in Arctic Norway in July for our next adventure! For more information go to: https://www.teamcoachingzone.com/nautilus 

Amy and Nicolas join us today, Nicolas dialing in from the UK, to share their vision for a more connected world. Theres a possibility for us to shift from "absence" with daily practices that allow for more fulfillment, innovation and creativity in life. Listen for the moment.

It’s clear that there’s a lot of emotional maturing that needs to happen in the world of organizations, but how much of that is related to leadership and how do we help leaders access a deeper emotional maturity within themselves? In this episode, peak performance expert Nicholas Janni talks to us about his top-down/bottom-up approach to this issue, and how to use our own bodies as a sensing tool to accompany our clients into ever deeper levels of internal awareness and external presence. Nicholas Janni has spent 30 years researching ‘the zone’ of peak performance and studying multiple mind/body disciplines. Over the last 15 years he has gained an international reputation for his transformational coaching and leadership development seminars. He works with CEO’s and senior leadership teams worldwide, is a former Associate Fellow at The University of Oxford Said Business School and teaches regularly at the IMD in Lausanne.

This week's Tip: Sit in the back of the room   Before you start your presentation, and before your audience enters the room, display your most complex slide, and sit in the back row.  Then sit in a few other places in the room. Your goal is to make sure you can see and read your slides from all points in the audience. You actually need to sit in the chairs to get the angles right and understand exactly what the audience sees. If your slides aren't legible, or you encounter other things that make it tough to consume and experience your presentation, you have time to fix them before you start. It's all because you literally put yourself in the place of the audience.   Post Tip Discussion:   It's almost cliché now for a Public Speaking tip site to repeat the claim that people are more afraid of public speaking than they are of dying.  Is Public Speaking really so terrifying that people would rather die than give a speech?  No. That claim comes from a frequently misquoted study from 1973. You can read more about the study in this article: Is Public Speaking Really More Feared than Death?   There are a number of different strategy for dealing with nerves and glossophobia.   In "Your Perfect Presentation," Bill Hoogterp writes: What you think of as nervousness is really just trapped energy…   The harsh truth is this:   Get over yourself.   Forget yourself. The speaker doesn't matter. Your magic happens when you focus on how to get your audience to know something and do something. To feel something…when you stop thinking it's about you, that is when your greatness begins to emerge. It's about the audience getting your content.   In "Peak Performance Presentations," Richard Olivier and Nicholas Janni tell us: Richard's father, Laurence Olivier, was a successful actor for over 50 years. A reporter once asked him, towards the end of his life, when he stopped getting nervous. He replied; "The day I stop getting nervous is the day after I should have stopped!" Being in front of a crowd is not a 'normal" occurrence; it is "special" and requires a special energy. Remember: Presentation is Performance.   We use the image of "riding a tiger", with you being the rider and your nerves the tiger. If the nerves have you, it feels like you are being dragged off on a wild animal over whom you have no control, and whom you have good reason to fear. If you stop your nerves altogether it is like watching a tame, doped-up tiger in a circus (claws and teeth removed for safety). But there is no "bite" and no interest. However, if you and the tiger are "in flow" there is an exciting edge that others enjoy watching. In the Harvard Business School anthology called "Presentations that Persuade and Motivate," we learn: The only reason to feel nervous is to use that adrenaline to speak with more energy. Because presentations aren't about you, the speaker. They're about the audience. Good public speaking begins with respecting the audience. The moment you realize that it's not what you say that counts in the end, but what the audience hears, you will be on the road toward becoming a great speaker. And you'll forget about your own nervousness.   Ultimately, one of the best ways to manage the fear of public speaking is to prepare, practice, rehearse, and do it all over again. Focus on delivering your core message -- the message your are passionate about -- to the audience, and give the audience the best experience you can.   And sometimes all you can do is be nervous -- be afraid -- and get out there and do it anyway.   For especially severe case of glossophobia, the kind that prevents a person from living the life they want to live, other professional assistance may be a good choice.  Many organizations have an EAP, or Employee Assistance Program, that many folks don't take advantage of and often forget exists.   Call to Action:   How do you manage stage fright, glossophobia, or public speaking anxiety? Let me know in the comments below. If you enjoyed this episode of 2 Minute Talk Tips, please leave a review in the iTunes store. Please subscribe to 2 Minute Talk Tips in your favorite podcast app so you never miss an episode. Next time you present, be sure to check out what the audience sees from the back row. Don't get best...get better.

Jena Griffiths interviewed Nicholas Janni on What are the new cutting-edge competencies of leadership, and how can we tune into to the highest future possibilities of a bigger ‘we’.

Earthuni's Jena Griffiths interviewed Nicholas Janni on the breakthrough work he is doing with business leaders and the new course he is offering to make this work more widely accessible.

Jena Griffiths interviewed Nicholas Janni on his work. Nicholas is at the leading edge of bringing higher levels of consciousness into the business world. What are the new cutting-edge competencies of leadership, and how can we tune into to the highest future possibilities of a bigger ‘we’. This is a call worth listening to even if you aren't in leadership.