Beyond Right and Wrong: Cultivating Inner Ground for Dialogue
In preparation of the Build Peace Conference 2025 in Barcelona, with this post we start a series of contributions around the topic of mindfulness and peace.
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A cornerstone of our approach is the maintenance and sustainability of practice, ensuring your ecosystem continues to thrive and maximizes the return on your training investment. As you develop your presence, competencies, and strengths with us, you gain full access to our vibrant community events—through regular practice sessions, masterclasses, and retreats—designed to nurture ongoing growth and connection.
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The Foundation and Integrative Dimensions of Sustainable Leadership
In this post, we explore the core components of our Strengths to Flourish for Sustainable Leadership mindfulness and character strengths program.
Somatic Leadership Strengths
In a previous post we described the integrative dimensions of sustainable leadership. In this post we look deeper into how to develop sustainable leadership through the body.
What Our Participants Are Saying
Thomas Legrand is a thought leader whose time in the development field allowed him insights into how development needs to evolve toward more consciousness. This book is vital and pioneering to help us all start thinking through how this critical journey can happen. I encourage all development practitioners to read it to help guide their future work
We desperately need to see a marriage of science and wisdom. Thomas Legrand has made a good case for it. It is a wonderful, ground-breaking and timely book
In the Politics of Being I see the green shoots of hope for an integrated human family capable of living in partnership and peace. Thomas Legrand’s passionately articulated message points to happier horizons if only we reset our individual and collective compass to being and not grabbing.
Thomas Legrand’s book lucidly offers the new directions that are urgent to overcome the globalization of ignorance and indifference, and build the future that the next generations deserve
A profound, insightful, extensively researched, sensitive and much needed essay which provides a precious roadmap for traveling together towards a better world
Anyone who is interested in preventing our collective consciousness sleepwalking to extinction should read this book. It is a very important, practrical treatice, […] a wonderful book. If it reaches a critical mass, we could indeed hope for a more peaceful, just, sustainable, healthier and joyful world.
Politics of Being addresses the critical question of how the spiritual and moral capacities of both individuals and communities can be brought to bear on the challenges facing humanity. My warmest congratulations and appreciation to Mr. Legrand.
I had a good time, really good time with Tan and I’m impressed by all the energy he put in to transmit his experience and always reassured that we were following him while we’re with him by using often the examples, the metaphors, the music, by giving a lot of himself so that we could participate fully. It was extremely pleasant, extremely alive and very joyful too.
The program allows me to be not in reactivity, but more in the longer term vision. For me mindfulness is really the key to the success of my business. Everything is done in joy and good humor.
I really appreciate that. There are so many valuable practices. The gratitude practice I was already very much aware of but you reminded me of it and make it very clear, I really like it. I also really enjoy the journaling practice
This was my first experience with mindfulness. I learned a lot and I really enjoyed the balance between the practices and the theories. I received a lot of feedback from my employees who participated in the program and they were all pleased with what they learned and how they can practice in their daily life. We also appreciate that after the program we received the exercise each week to continue to practice to really integrate the mindfulness in our day-to-day.
We have a perfect combination of theory about emotional intelligence and a lot of practices and micro-practices that we can take with us in our daily routines and integrate the practices in our company culture to really experience being mindful and getting the sustainable results towards our mission [in renewal energy]
I have learned to explore my strengths, especially those I didn’t know, and to also work on my weaknesses
This program has provided us with relevant literature that we can use to teach our participants to be mindful in their environment and to be more intentional in their day to day lives
“It has empowered me to use mindfulness to support the survivors in my care to undergo the healing process by helping them identify their strengths and building on them.” “This teaches them to believe in themselves and work towards rebuilding their lives”
“The benefits of this course will stretch past the workplace and seep into your employees’ lives… In today’s hectic world, you may need this course more than you believe… 10/10.”
“Thinking about it? Do it! This course was a great way for the team to get together and bond, realise what experiences they share and feel connected to each other while working remotely. It gives you the tools to handle situations better and to know that you are not alone with your thoughts.”
“For those thinking about doing this course, I would like them to know of the extraordinary skill with which this course has been designed. As a doctor, as an educator and as a mindfulness practitioner I see how different streams of knowledge and practice have been woven subtly and lovingly together. Thank you for this wonderful gift.”
“…for me this course was life-changing.”
“I’ve been getting brilliant feedback from your session.” – lunchtime corporate session
“The Alumni gatherings and online sessions are a great support for my mindfulness & character strengths practice.”
“I enjoy maintaining the connection with my peers.”
“I appreciate watering the character strength seeds and practice together, and the trust that I found in the group. I always feel understood and supported.”