4 Leadership Lessons From Taoism
I’ve always found immense value in exploring different philosophies and drawing practical wisdom from them-whether it’s for leadership, personal growth,
Shalini A. Sareen is the Founder and Director of ‘Inner Kompass’. She is a certified executive and leadership coach, specializing in NLP and emotional intelligence. She is also an organizational development specialist, helping leaders and teams unlock potential. She holds an Advanced Mastery Certification in Intelligent Leadership Executive Coaching (ILEC), a program developed by John Mattone, the former executive coach to the late Steve Jobs.
She coaches senior leaders and CXOs to refine their leadership style, strengthen performance discipline, and build purpose-led, high-performing work-cultures. She also partners with VPs, Directors, Founders, and professionals to:
With over 15 years of experience in professional and personal development, Shalini brings a strong foundation in leadership development, coaching, sales, client care, and operations across the banking, e-ventures, and logistics sectors. Her practice blends a coaching-led approach with deep corporate insight.
As a certified executive and leadership coach, she has developed a distinctive, integrative methodology grounded in:
Her mission is to help leaders create legacies that are personally fulfilling and professionally remarkable by guiding them to deepen self-awareness, navigate complexity with clarity, embody transformational leadership behaviors, and achieve meaningful work-life integration.
My Mission is to help leaders create legacies that are both professionally remarkable and personally fulfilling.
My coaching framework integrates Triple-Loop Learning and John Mattone’s Wheel of Intelligent Leadership, creating a powerful structure for deep, sustainable transformation.
Triple-loop learning accelerates growth across three levels-helping clients move from improving what they do, to transforming how they think, to aligning who they are at their core.
Outer Circle: Single Loop-Doing (Mindset & Skill)
Focuses on actions and performance.
Middle Circle: Double Loop-Thinking (Patterns & Assumptions)
Focuses on reshaping mental patterns.
Inner Circle: Triple Loop-Being (Identity & Awareness)
Focuses on the deepest level of change-who the leader is.
This leadership model in my coaching addresses a fundamental gap in traditional leadership development. Most programs focus heavily on external skills, while overlooking the inner foundation that drives consistent, authentic leadership.
The Wheel of Intelligent Leadership brings these two dimensions into alignment by integrating:
1. Inner Core Development
Strengthening the values, beliefs, mindset, and self-concept that shape a leader’s identity and purpose. This creates depth, authenticity, and emotional stability.
2. Outer Core Execution
Mastering the skills, competencies, and observable behaviors that enable leaders to influence, communicate, and execute effectively.
When leaders develop only external skills, they often lack the authenticity and grounded confidence required to inspire trust. By balancing both the inner and outer cores, this model ensures leaders build not just capability but also character and consistency.
I’ve always found immense value in exploring different philosophies and drawing practical wisdom from them-whether it’s for leadership, personal growth,
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