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Spiritual Leadership Coaching for CEOs and Founders

From Startup Founder to Seasoned CEO:

This isn’t just for executives who’ve “made it.”

Whether you’re:

  • Pre-revenue founders wanting to build conscious companies from day one
  • Scale-up entrepreneurs (Series A-C) integrating purpose with rapid growth
  • Co-founding teams seeking deeper alignment beyond equity splits
  • First-time managers developing authentic leadership from the start
  • Senior executives ready to transcend traditional success metrics

One truth unites you: The old model of leadership—grinding toward exits, sacrificing wellbeing for wealth, leading from ego rather than wisdom—no longer serves you.

You’re ready for spiritual leadership: where purpose meets performance, where inner development drives outer success, where who you ARE matters as much as what you DO.

The Questions That Brought You Here

Maybe you’re asking yourself:

  • “How do I stay true to my values while scaling fast?” (Founders)
  • “Can we build a unicorn AND a conscious company?” (Co-founders)
  • “What if my business could be a force for meaning, not just money?” (Entrepreneurs)
  • “How do I develop authentic leadership before the bad habits set in?” (Emerging Leaders)
  • “After all I’ve achieved, why does something still feel missing?” (Senior Executives)

You’re asking the right questions. After years of coaching CxOs, founders, entrepreneurs, and directors, I’ve discovered that the most transformative leadership breakthroughs happen when we bridge the gap between spiritual wisdom and business excellence.

The Hidden Challenge of Spiritual Leadership

I’ll be honest, for years, I struggled with openly discussing spirituality in business, despite my journey from Jewish roots through Vipassana meditation to becoming a Buddhist monk (hence my name, Amaranatho) and returning to an ordinary life. Why? Because in our data-driven, results-oriented world, “spirituality” can feel vague, impractical, or disconnected from quarterly targets and stakeholder demands. Until I discovered the truth: The most effective leaders don’t choose between performance and purpose: they integrate both.

Real Transformation, Real Results

Case Study 1: From IT Manager to Industry Transformer

One client came seeking purpose and contribution. Through our spiritual leadership journey, they didn’t just find meaning—they received a CTO offer to shape the future of 5,000+ employees and transform their entire industry.

Case Study 2: CEO Bringing Faith to Complexity

A public service CEO faced overwhelming business challenges while yearning to integrate their deep faith into daily decisions. Together, we explored childhood patterns, nervous system regulation, and contemplative practices—transforming chaos into compassionate, wise leadership

Is Spiritual Leadership Coaching Right for You?

You’re ready if you:

✓ Sense there’s more to leadership than metrics and milestones

✓ Have a spiritual practice (or curiosity) you want to integrate professionally

✓ Feel called to lead from a deeper place of purpose

✓ Are courageous enough to explore who you really are

✓ Want to create lasting impact beyond quarterly results

You’re NOT ready if you:

✗ Seek quick fixes or surface-level techniques

✗ Aren’t willing to examine your inner landscape

✗ Believe leadership is purely about strategy and execution

✗ Think spiritual and professional must remain separate

The Neuroscience of Meaning-Driven Leadership

Professor Ian McGilchrist’s groundbreaking neuroscience research reveals why traditional leadership falls short. Your brain processes reality through two distinct lenses:

  • Left hemisphere: Analyzes, categorizes, controls (your quarterly reports)
  • Right hemisphere: Connects, experiences, flows (your leadership presence)

Spiritual leadership integrates both, creating leaders who are:

  • Present, not just productive – Fully engaged rather than mechanically efficient
  • Wise, not just smart – Making decisions from lived experience, not just data
  • Connected, not just networked – Building relationships that transform, not just transact

How We Work Together: Your Transformation Journey

Step 1: Discovery
(Where You Are)

We explore your current leadership challenges and spiritual inclinations.

Step 2: Integration
(Where You’re Going)

Through personalized practices combining neuroscience, contemplative wisdom, and leadership development, we build your capacity for spiritual leadership.

Step 3: Embodiment
(Who You Become)

You emerge leading from authentic purpose, creating results that matter while staying true to your authentic leadership style.

Your Path from Achievement to Fulfillment

Based on the Leadership Circle Profile research by
Anderson and Adams
leaders evolve through five dimensions:

Where Are You Now?

Reactive Leadership (70% of leaders)

Following rules, meeting expectations
Creating efficient but uninspired teams
Feeling the weight of “lonely at the top”

Creative Leadership (20% of leaders)

Leading from authentic purpose
Building high-engagement cultures
Starting to integrate personal values with professional roles

Integral Leadership (9% of leaders)

Thinking in systems, serving the whole
Creating sustainable impact beyond the organization
Leading from a place of deep wisdom

Unitive Leadership (1% of leaders)

Experiencing profound connection with all stakeholders
Leading from expanded awareness that naturally serves all stakeholders
Creating transformative change at scale

Note: These aren’t rigid levels but lenses through which we experience leadership. You might recognize yourself across multiple dimensions.

I am certified as a Leadership Circle practitioner, specializing in individual and collective leadership, and I approach my work through all these lens

What You May Find Through This Work

The journey we take together isn’t about quick wins or polished techniques. It’s about remembering your place in the wider web of life, and leading from that awareness. Outcomes may include:

  • Emotional Sobriety
    The capacity to stay grounded in uncertainty and paradox, meeting tension without collapse or overreaction.

  • Relational Maturity
    Growing trust and accountability with teams, boards, investors — and with the more-than-human world — by composting conflict into fresh possibilities.

  • Discernment Beyond Metrics
    Making decisions guided not only by spreadsheets and KPIs, but also by their ripples across people, ecosystems, and generations.

  • Embodied Wholeness
    Welcoming back the parts of yourself modern leadership often exiles — play, grief, humility, intuition  and learning how they strengthen your leadership presence.

  • Cycles of Renewal
    Recognizing burnout not as failure but as a seasonal call to shed, rest, and regenerate, aligning your leadership rhythm with Earth’s cycles.

  • Integrity with Earth
    Leading in ways that remember your organization is metabolically entangled with the planet not separate from it, and that true growth honors those interdependencies.

Your Next Step
A Conversation That Could Change Everything

Book Your Free 30-Minute Discovery Call

This isn’t a sales call. It’s an exploration of:
Where you are on your leadership journey
 What’s calling you toward a deeper purpose
Whether we’re aligned to walk this path together

 

You’ll leave with
How sessions actually work
Fresh perspective on your biggest challenge
Clear next steps (either way)

Limited spots are available each month to ensure quality attention for each leader.

Schedule a free 30 minute discovery call now

Frequently Asked Questions

Frequently Asked Questions

We meet 1-on-1 via video for 60-90 minutes, weekly or bi-weekly—flexing around your travel and critical business cycles. Between sessions, you'll have 10-20 minute practices that fit into what you're already doing: your commute, workout, even walking between meetings. No meditation apps or morning routine overhauls required. This work integrates into your existing schedule, transforming routine moments into leadership development opportunities.

No. Some clients have established practices; others are simply curious about deeper meaning. We meet you where you are.

Absolutely. Spiritual leadership isn't about religion—it's about connecting with purpose, meaning, and your authentic self. My journey spans Jewish roots, Buddhist training, and secular mindfulness. We honor your unique path.

While traditional coaching focuses on performance and strategy, spiritual leadership coaching addresses the whole person—integrating purpose, presence, and profound self-awareness into your leadership.

Absolutely not. This approach honors all faith traditions and personal beliefs, focusing on your direct experience and authentic expression.

The opposite. Leaders who integrate spiritual dimensions report being more decisive, clearer in communication, and better at navigating complexity. This isn't about being soft—it's about being whole.

Actually, it's exponentially more powerful to build on this foundation from the beginning. Early-stage leaders who integrate spiritual practices report better decision-making under uncertainty, stronger co-founder relationships, more resilient company cultures, and—surprisingly—faster, more sustainable growth. Why? Because you're building with clarity from day one rather than having to course-correct later.

Yes. Some of my most transformative work happens with co-founding pairs or teams. When founders align at a spiritual level—not just strategic—they create unstoppable momentum. I offer specialized programs for co-founding teams seeking deeper alignment.

I believe in investing in conscious leaders at every stage. Let's discuss what's possible during our discovery call. I maintain a limited number of spots for emerging leaders who demonstrate exceptional commitment to conscious leadership.

This is designed for leaders managing 60+ hour weeks. The practices integrate into your commute, workout, and even board meetings. This isn't about adding more to your plate—it's about transforming what's already there. We work with your rhythm, not against it.

All engagements are completely confidential. NDAs are possible. Your participation remains private unless you explicitly choose to share. Your transformation happens behind the scenes while your results speak publicly.

After an initial 3-month commitment, we move to month-to-month engagement. You can pause or stop anytime. This work requires commitment, but you're never trapped. If it's not serving you, we'll either adjust our approach or help you transition out gracefully.

This work can be positioned as 'executive advisory,' 'leadership development,' or 'strategic consulting' for expense purposes. We'll discuss appropriate framing during our discovery call. Many leaders also choose to invest personally to maintain complete privacy.

While each journey is unique, clients typically report: Improved decision-making clarity, dramatic reduction in leadership stress and burnout, stronger team engagement and loyalty, greater sense of fulfillment and life satisfaction, and unexpected career opportunities aligned with purpose.

Most leaders experience significant shifts within 3-6 months, with initial insights often emerging within the first few weeks. The deeper integration continues beyond, as this becomes a new way of leading rather than a program to complete.

Explore

What is blocking you from an optimum life

Play

Learn to be adaptive and relaxed in the way you respond to life
Play is not an escape from responsibility but a way of holding paradox with courage.
A way of being with uncertainty

Love what you do, yourself and the people around you

The PlayfulMonk approach
combines awareness of who you are
and
personal development

Explore, Play, Love, Presence And Connection

Amaranatho's developed the PlayfulMonk approach

Explore, Play, Love

Explore

What is blocking you from an optimum life

Play

Learn to be adaptive and relaxed in the way you respond to life
Play is not an escape from responsibility but a way of holding paradox with courage.
A way of being with uncertainty

Love

Love what you do, yourself and the people around you

This approach will recognise presence

to be with life as it is and not be restricted by past habits

This will support you in being able to

connect with yourself
and others
and have the life you are looking for.

Schedule a free 30 minute discovery session

"Amaranatho facilitates creation of mechanisms whereby we can learn astounding things about ourselves, our childhood, our deep rooted desires. In learning deeply about ourselves, we learn to be more present in the here and now; leading to more happiness all around."

"Amaranatho has a relaxed open friendly style which helps participants be authentic. He has a lot of knowledge about the deeper process of being human, including the difficult parts experienced by many human beings. There aren't many people who openly and joyfully lead you through the territory of feeling, owning feelings that can be painful, scary etc."

Amaranatho - Your guide and coach

I work with senior leaders, coaches, supervisors, and teams to deepen their reflective capacity, unlock hidden strengths, and surface unconscious patterns, by embracing presence, the courage to pause, the wisdom of not knowing, and leading from what matters most.

Together, we create workplaces where leadership emerges at every level, and people tap into their innate wisdom and creativity in service of something greater than individual achievement. This approach enables exceptional business outcomes while creating the conditions for truly transformational coaching and supervision that benefit both individuals and the wider system.

I am an accredited coaching supervisor and Senior Practitioner with the European Mentoring and Coaching Council (EMCC), bringing over two decades of contemplative and professional experience into my practice. My diverse background spans technical support management, a degree in artificial intelligence, and 15 years as a Buddhist monk. This rare combination of disciplines gives me a unique lens on leadership, transformation, and systemic change.

Drawing on my deep understanding of solitude, uncertainty, and the power of reflection, I support leaders in aligning their work with their life’s true purpose, enhancing their effectiveness as global stewards and evolving leadership culture in organizations and society.

Through the PlayfulMonk approach, which I developed, I help individuals and teams build their capacity for self-reflection, manage personal and group tensions, develop ethical awareness, and stay calm and connected in complex, high-pressure environments.

Currently, I serve as the part-time Head of Faculty and Leadership at Blend Associates, where I support senior executives and teams within the UK’s National Health Service to navigate the emotional and systemic challenges of leadership in times of change and stress.

With compassion, clarity, and courage, I walk alongside those who lead—to help them live and lead from presence, purpose, and possibility.

Are you seriously looking to transform your life?

Schedule a free 30 minute discovery session now

Amaranatho is a former Buddhist of 15 years who has had a complex and uncertain life, he has learned how to deal with this through presence and clarity. He has run large residential retreats, corporate coaching programs as well as spent long periods alone contemplating the deeper questions in life.

Are you seriously looking to transform your life?

Schedule a free 30 minute discovery session now

"Amaranatho facilitates creation of mechanisms whereby we can learn astounding things about ourselves, our childhood, our deep rooted desires. In learning deeply about ourselves, we learn to be more present in the here and now; leading to more happiness all around."

"Amaranatho has a relaxed open friendly style which helps participants be authentic. He has a lot of knowledge about the deeper process of being human, including the difficult parts experienced by many human beings. There aren't many people who openly and joyfully lead you through the territory of feeling, owning feelings that can be painful, scary etc."

Why choose me?

This approach develops mindfulness, abundance, authenticity and the recognition of freedom.

1

Integrity

I follow an ethical framework and have incorporated and embodied in my own life what I share with others. I will tell you when I have not
2

Integration

I integrate mindfulness with evidence based neuroscience, psychological research as well as energy medicine, nutrition and shadow work.
3

Individuation

I take full responsibility for my life and the choices I make and support others to do the same when they are ready.
4

Transformation

I have worked with 1000's of people to transform their lives, through public talks, workshops, and residential retreats.
5

Listening Ear

I provide a non-judgemental listening space for you. Whilst offering honest and direct feedback when needed

Like a guide for your journey?
It would be an honour to accompany you.


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