Inner Switch: 7 Timeless Principles to Transform Modern Leadership
Susan F. Freeman
In today’s ever-changing environment, leaders face countless unknowns and must become masters of transformation. The impact on leaders was revealed in the most recent Future Forum Pulse report, which found that executives’ sentiment and experience scores had sunk to record lows. At the same time, a 2022 Gallup study showed that only 32% of U.S. workers are engaged in their work.
Leaders must move beyond the traditional metrics of revenue, income, expenses, and employee churn. They need to recognize that human beings are complicated and constantly changing and acknowledge that thoughts, feelings, and impulses alternate between rational and irrational. Therefore, any interchange between humans has the potential to go in an infinite number of directions.
The trajectory depends on one’s leadership presence and how they show up in the moment. Leaders need to take radical personal responsibility for managing their internal energetic state, as this is the only thing that they can control.
To help leaders learn how to cultivate their inner wisdom and master their inner energy to increase effectiveness, Susan Freeman, MBA, PCC, NCC, is launching Inner Switch: 7 Timeless Principles to Transform Modern Leadership with Entrepreneur Press (May 2023). Susan becomes the first author to teach individuals how to become “Inner Switch Leaders” by drawing their attention inward, becoming more attuned to themselves and those around them, and growing conscious of their thoughts and energy.
In Inner Switch, Susan outlines seven principles that help leaders make the inner switch from unconscious reactor to conscious responder. Through her unique Inner Switch™ method that integrates Eastern wisdom derived from more than 25 years of studying yoga and yogic philosophy into the management of western businesses, leaders move from who they are not to who they truly are. Susan shares numerous techniques and practices that can be integrated into daily regimens and provides real-life experiences and lessons from her clients.
Inner Switch: 7 Timeless Principles to Transform Modern Leadership is a must-read for any leader who wants to discover a new state of mind that enables them to stay calm, be resourceful, and confidently respond with compassion and equanimity, even when under pressure from external forces. By embarking on the Inner Switch Leader journey, while accepting and honoring the fact that the response they wish to see from others always begins within themselves, leaders can transform working relationships and experience a dramatic improvement in their effectiveness, business success, and joy.