The Leadership Dojo: Build Your Foundation as an Exemplary Leader

The Leadership Dojo presents an approach to leadership that integrates body awareness, ancient wisdom, and corporate examples. Written for emerging leaders across any field, Richard Strozzi-Heckler's book is the first to ground business and management strength in integral body awareness. The work centers on three core questions: What does a leader do? What character values are most essential to exemplary leadership? How do you teach these values? Strozzi-Heckler draws on historical and philosophical sources ranging from Plato to the Bhagavad-Gita, from Thucydides to the Abidharma. He introduces the principle of shugyo, or self-cultivation, as crucial to developing the individual responsibility, social commitment, and moral and spiritual vision required for effective leadership. Based on Strozzi-Heckler's experience training decision-makers at companies including AT&T and Microsoft, the book uses real-world examples to teach readers how to establish a powerful Leadership Presence—a foundation from which they can take ethical action with both compassion and pragmatic wisdom.