According to market reports, the estimated value of the global life coaching industry is in billions. In India, this industry’s burgeoning growth is supported by several factors. First is the exponential growth in business ecosystems. Secondly, successful leaders today are self-evolved. Professionally they are collaborative, people-oriented, and emotionally intelligent. Future leadership pathways envision flexible, adaptable, purpose-driven strategies to manage in the VUCA (volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity) world.
Anu Sachar’s Integrated-work, the bedrock of holistic coaching, complements the expansion of leaders, teams, and individuals. Transcending beyond client safety, trust, and goals, it amalgamates wisdom from yoga and psychology, creating wholeness within. Believing when the self is resourced, our highest potential manifests in personal and professional lives. Her Leadership and Life coaching philosophy incorporates the following concepts.
Non-violence towards self & others (Ahimsa): Non-violence in thought, word and deed. Being in harmony with unconditional acceptance of self and others. ‘Non-violent’, compassionate thoughts release dopamine - ‘’happy hormone’ generating ‘well-being’ within.
Self–realization (Satya): Honesty with self. Tapping into the stillness within creates space, and time to process thoughts and emotions. Response to stimulus is truthful, not reactive.
Abundance (Asteya): Gratitude, and integrity in appreciating what-is, create a sense of abundance. Self-realizing the source we seek is already present within us. Refraining from dissipating resources for self and others.
Empowerment (Brahmacharya): Behavior leading to Brahman (‘divinity’, ‘higher consciousness’). Integrating Ahimsa, Satya, and Asteya to mindfully reflect on channeling our energy for a meaningful life.
Letting-go & Mindfulness (Aparigraha): Being present to self, focusing on action in the now. Experiential wisdom, and self-awareness to unconditionally embrace both light and dark. Integrating Ahimsa, Satya, Asteya, and Brahmacharya, letting go of expectations of outcome.
Leadership and Life Coaching with Integrated-work and GIFTS Model
AnantOm Consulting partnered with an MNC whose leadership felt stuck, and inept at creating cohesiveness. Exploratory conversations revealed emotional stress causing cognitive distortions and fear. Through the GIFTS model, leaders identified their life-purpose, which, was not aligned with organizational goals. Leaders were driving sub-cultures that conflicted with organizational vision. GIFTS model chart provided clarity on their current state and how to coalesce their life purpose with professional goals.
Goal Setting: Self-awareness through Prana (life force), Holistic Well-Being and Positively Reframing. Meditation and mindful breathing enhanced prana within the body. Blissful oneness emanated positive vibrations, love, compassion, and a calming presence. Leaders experienced clarity in thinking. Holistic well-being in leaders came about from yoga, mindful nutrition stimulated dopamine, serotonin, and endorphins and decline in adrenaline and cortisol levels, releasing stress. Continuing to integrate, leaders positively reframed situations with optimism and gratitude, setting their organizational goals with ease.
Integrate holistic way of life with Learning Agility: Focussing on the “whole” being, leaders continually evolve from life experiences, applying learnings to adapt and manage change, incorporating speed, and flexibility. They embraced diverse mindsets unconditionally.
Forward Progress through Well-Being: With physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual well-being, leaders feel energized. Celebrating diverse mindsets, they harnessed their strengths to move forward aligned with organizational vision.
Taking Action with Emotional Resilience: Skilfully developing unconditional positive regard, and compassion, leaders set actions with ease. Focussing on unlimited possibilities to successfully find solutions.
Life is about integrating the self bit-by-bit every day to manifest our highest potential
Success, Skill, Self-acknowledgement with Harmonious Relationships: Collaboration, empathy, active listening, authentic communication deepened connection with self and others, strengthening interpersonal relationships, enabling DEIB.
Leadership and Life Coaching to manifest the highest potential in personal and professional lives
AnantOm Consulting’s US client, merging with an Asian company felt challenged by cultural differences that amplified complexity, lack of clarity, and communication. Merging entity leaders acknowledged cutting-edge technology had the potential to grow exponentially and people's adaptability, and professional development incrementally.
Unclear organizational direction made teams feel less worthy and incapable of accelerating development to match technological innovation. Further, VUCA implications adversely affected them interpersonally and emotionally.
Exploring core values of belonging, purpose, teamwork, and integrity, emerging new teams reframed VUCA - Vision, Unconditional Positive Regard, Change Adaptation (communication, clarity), Agility (learning, embracing diversity).
Integrated-work, GIFTS model, created stillness amidst movement externally and internally. Learning to concentrate, and quieten mind chatter, leaders and teams cultivated inner peace, confidently navigating challenges with clarity and equanimity. Holistic mind-body-spirit awareness extends beyond the physical realm, influencing thoughts, emotions, and cognitive perspectives for overall well-being.
Resourced within, we co-created achievable success factors amalgamating the person, and their learning with practical aspects of emerging roles. Nurturing DEI in interpersonal communication, we further augmented belonging (DEIB) to develop new relationships. Credence in organizational ability to change, motivated leaders and teams to embrace the merger, carving their success path. Continuing forward progress, and overcoming barriers, the merged entity reported a 129 percent increase in highly engaged teams and a 52 percent increase in engagement scores overall within their first year.
Looking Ahead
Anu Sachar is globally recognized for her unique Integrated-work methodology. Looking ahead she envisions a deeper global impact of her holistic transformational leadership and life coaching, celebrating client uniqueness and seamlessly embracing diverse cultures.
Anu Sachar, Founding Partner, AnantOm Consulting Carve Your Path LLP
Anu Sachar is a Leadership and Life Coach who focuses on holistic coaching based on her distinctive Integrated-work approach. Through a mix of yoga principles and psychology, she inspires leaders and individuals to develop their full potential. She facilitates elevating client well-being in both personal and professional aspects.
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