Lance Secretan

Biography

Dr. Lance Secretan is one of the world's foremost thinkers about leadership and a renowned pioneer in innovative methods of inspiring people and organizations. The former CEO of a Fortune 100 company and an acclaimed business school professor, Lance Secretan works with a gifted worldwide faculty changing the lives of people and transforming companies and revolutionizing the way they think about leadership. Thirty of Fortune's Most Admired Companies, and 11 of Fortune's Best Companies to Work for in America, are his clients. He is the international best-selling author of fourteen books on leadership, an award-winning columnist, teacher, philosopher, corporate coach and mentor, and one of North America's most sought-after keynote speakers, retreat leaders, and business advisors. Voted one of the nation's top ten speakers, and one of the "top 21 speakers for the 21st century" (Successful Meetings), he addresses audiences around the world. Lance was the Chairman of the Advisory Board of the 1997 Special Olympics World Winter Games and former Ambassador to the United Nations Environment Program. In recognition of a lifetime of caring about people and the planet, Lance was awarded the prestigious International Caring Award (often referred to as the US equivalent of the Nobel Prize), whose other recipients include Mother Teresa and Jane Goodall. The International Management Council has also recognized his contribution to leadership with the McFeely Leadership Award. Lance has several degrees including a Masters in International Relations from the University of Southern California (magna cum laude) and a Ph. D. from the London School of Economics. An expert skier, he divides his time between homes in the Rocky Mountains of Colorado, and Ontario, Canada overlooking a 700-acre wilderness reserve where he lives with his wife Tricia.

Publications

One: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership Reveals the Way More than at any time in our history, we are witness to a world struggling from the fallout of inappropriate leadership decisions and actions. In ONE: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership, Lance Secretan brilliantly reframes leadership theory with a new vision for the 21 st century and has written a book for all of us in need of inspired and conscious leadership. He traces 6,000 years of history to show how we have become detached from our innate sense of oneness, and instead, have embraced the illusion of separateness, rooted in science and rational thought. Secretan reveals how this illusion has created profound misunderstandings about leadership—in companies, communities, institutions and countries—and how, once again, we can become conscious leaders—through the practice of oneness. In this book, Secretan reveals how the conscious leader practices the CASTLE Principles—CASTLE is an acronym for six attributes: Courage, Authenticity, Service, Truthfulness, Love, and Effectiveness. Like all fundamental, life-changing concepts, these are simple ideas—well known to us all, yet easier to talk about than to live. Secretan shows us how to embrace these principles, by telling the stories of people and organizations who have done so, thus helping us to see the sacred connections between everyone and everything— which is the source of conscious leadership. ONE is essential reading for those who yearn for innovative ideas about leading and living consciously in ways that will inspire and transform people, organizations, and the world.

Titles

ONE: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership A breakthrough philosophy of leadership based on "ONE: The Art and Practice of Conscious Leadership" !nspire! What Great Leaders Do Defining your Destiny, Cause and Calling Reclaiming Higher Ground® Leading from the Soul Value-Centered Leadership® How to guide organizations and people from a Values-centered perspective New Story Leadership Eleven trends that are redefining leadership