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"Eventually, the spotlight will not be on a leader just because she is a woman. But while the spotlight is on us, let's use its power—inclusively—to illuminate the great needs that still exist for women and children in America and the world." - Pat Mitchell, President and CEO of The Museum of Television & Radio

In Partnership with World Pulse

The Enlightened Power Project recognizes World Pulse Media as a strong partner dedicated to women's empowerment around the globe and we have joined together as a clearinghouse for this new inclusive leadership movement.

About the Enlightened Power Project

The Enlightened Power Project is an extension of the book: Enlightened Power: How Women are Transforming Leadership, designed to internalize and manifest Enlightened Power principles to women around the world. It is a larger, collective movement to become part of the business and leadership language that recasts the traditional ideas of "command and control leadership by a few" to a more inclusive model, a model of power within rather power over, that dignifies women, honors differences and rewards true collaboration across gender and discipline.

Mission of The Enlightened Power Project

• To magnify & legitimize women's leadership of self, organization, and society through global coaching & matching programs, leadership training and experiential retreats.
• To create and support social entrepreneurship that manifests economic, health, political and societal sustainability.

What is Enlightened Power and Its Core Principles?

• An internally generated power where a leader fuses purpose and passion to create impact in their organization, society and the global community.
• A collaborative form of power where a leader builds inclusion, challenges bias and the status quo, fosters trust and honors diverse perspectives.
• A collective movement where women generate economic wealth creation for the advancement of socially responsible business for global impact.

Enlightened Power is NOT

• About moral superiority.
  It is about a willingness to be conscious of how we can have a positive or negative impact on others.
• About women's superiority.
  It is about partnership and equality between women and men. Because women have often been marginalized in positional power roles, they bring essential perspectives and practices to leadership.
• About control, dominance, perfection or workaholism.
  It is about the integration of our inner and outer well being.

The Enlightened Power Movement

Women, in ever greater numbers, are leading the way to challenging the status quo and demanding a more inclusive, enlightened approach to the use of power. In fact, men and women alike—representing a synthesis and symphony of many voices—share the belief that thriving, wealth-producing organizations and societies are ones that promote the full and equal partnership of men and women leaders.

Today the "woman's leadership factor" has been identified as an understated but prominent marker of the most successful corporate, non-profit, government and emerging privately-held organizations. (Linkage, Inc.)

The Enlightened Power community is committed to achieving a powerful sense of belonging. We are an impassioned, liberated, life-loving network of leaders who are making a difference.

Together, we are coaxing a shift from a hierarchical privilege for a few to an inclusive movement of empowerment of all.

Forbes.com: "Women are Transforming Leadership"
by Lin Coughlin, Co-Founder of the Enlightened Power Project.

Become a part of the Enlightened Power Community and discover your unique leadership style!

Enlightened Power — The Book

"This remarkable new book is for leaders of the future." -Francis Hesselbein, chairman, Leader to Leader Institute. Order Now!

Enlightened Power: How Women are Transforming the Practice of Leadership
Editors: Ellen Wingard, Linda Coughlin, Keith Hollihan

Do you want to redefine and leverage power for personal fulfillment, extraordinary business results, and social change?

Whether you occupy the corner office or are a working mom, an entrepreneur, or a nonprofit leader — this book will show you the way.

Featuring:

• Dynamic business leaders such as Eileen Fisher (founder, Eileen Fisher, Inc.), Barbara Corcoran (founder and chairman, The Corcoran Group), and Pat Mitchell (president and CEO, PBS)
• Trailblazing women from other arenas such as politics (Ambassador Swanee Hunt), the military (Rear Admiral Deborah A. Loewer, USN), and sports (U.S. Olympian Marilyn King)
• Renowned thought leaders such as Riane Eisler, Rayona Sharpnack, Sally Helgesen, Peggy Klaus, Bruce Patton, Nancy J. Adler, and Gail Evans
• Leading-edge academics, activists, executives, entrepreneurs, and practitioners

Including Chapters Such As:

*Failing Well: How to be Vulnerable and Strong -Barbara Corcoran *The Socially Responsible Leader -Eileen Fisher and Susan Schor * Influencing for Impact -Kira Hower * Inclusive Transformation: A Different Power -Swanee Hunt * Leading Beyond Boundaries: The Courage to Enrich the World -Nancy J. Adler * Deeper Power -Carol Anderson and Patricia Shafer * Work as Love Made Visible -Gail Straub * Becoming a Contextual Leader -Rayona Sharpnack * Trafficking in Trust -Karin Stephenson * Aren't We the Dream -Erin Gruwell * Cultivating the Stillpoint -Ellen Wingard

ORDER THE ENLIGHTENED POWER BOOK !

Enlightened Power in Action...Leadership with High Voltage Impact

In this series, we highlight leaders like Luong Ung who embody enlightened power: her courage of conviction, collaborative spirit, and commitment to global impact inspire us to take action and create our own ripples spiraling out into the world. Check back in 2007 as we feature more enlightened leaders in action all over the world!

Author of First They Killed My Father and Lucky Child

Luong Ung is a survivor of the killing fields of Cambodia, one of the bloodiest episodes of the twentieth century. Her deeply moving story from war victim, child soldier, refugee to passionate advocate for a world free of landmines birthed a national best seller and highly acclaimed memoir, First They Killed My Father: A Daughter of Cambodia Remembers. The World Economic Forum selected her as one of the "100 Global Youth Leaders of Tomorrow." Loung is a featured and highly sought after speaker on Cambodia, child soldiers, women and war, domestic violence, and landmines.

"On November 24, the day after Thanksgiving, the front page story in my hometown paper was of people who stood in lines for hours to buy 'stuff' and getting into fist fights over them. As I read the article—my heart sank. What kind of examples are they setting for their children? And wouldn't it be wonderful if these same people take some of that zeal and bring their children to wait in line at a shelter, a food bank, a literacy program, and show them the importance of giving, sharing, to be of service, to help, and be someone's examples of the best of man's humanity to man? That is my wish for this holiday season and into the new year." Loung Ung

We invite you to join Luong in modeling enlightened power principles in action by supporting the organizations she respects and endorses.

Enlightened Power — Resources

Build your personal, organizational and global connections.

Enlightened Power Project — The Founders

Ellen Wingard
Ellen Wingard is considered an early innovator in the field of executive coaching. For the past 25 years, Wingard has coached CEOs, executive teams, and emerging leaders to achieve desired business results while enhancing their resilience and renewal. She has honed her craft in Fortune 100 companies, academic medical environments, higher education and community service organizations. Besides her coaching and consulting practice, Wingard is on the faculty of the Institute for Women's Leadership in Redwood City, California, and the Duke Corporate Education Program in Durham, North Carolina. She is also a member of the Women's Leadership Board of the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University. Ellen is the co-editor of Enlightened Power; How Women Are Transforming the Practice of Leadership, with Lin Coughlin and Keith Hollihan. Jossey-Bass, 2005.

Lin Coughlin
Lin Coughlin is currently Chief Administrative Officer of Cendant Corporation, a Fortune 150 provider of travel and real estate services serving businesses and consumers in more than one hundred countries. A seasoned leader with more than twenty-seven years of experience in corporate America, she has spent most of her career in the financial services industry at American Express Company, Citibank, and Scudder Investments. Lin is chair of the annual Women in Leadership Summit sponsored by Linkage, Inc, an organizational development company specializing in leadership. She is also a member of several prominent groups focused on women in leadership, including The Committee of 200 and The Women's leadership Board at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University.

Dorothy Orszulak of The Enlightened Power Project if you are interested in this global leadership movement and for information on personalized one-on-one leadership coaching, consultations, retreats and training.