Rapport is the basis for agreement and shared understanding. Listening deeply without bias or prejudice allows the observation of what is. From the clarity that arises out of unbiased observation, we get new insights, and perfect detached action arises through us. Allowing thoughts to pass through, and attributing no significance to them, not personalizing them, is consciousness. Any t hought is after the fact of thought, after the fact of the formless, and it's content is irrelevant, so that no thinking needs to be done about it.
Strategic decision making in leadership is a result of consciousness.
The ability to listen with the invisible ear to the inaudible word gives leaders the ability to not only respond effectively rather than react, but to participate in the unfolding of a new reality. This is exactly what consciousness does, in allowing us to transcend limited and personal thinking, to allow the creative process to flow from the unknown through us. Leadership is about creating a domain in which human beings continually deepen their understanding of reality and become more capable of participating in the unfolding of the world. If we were not making such an immense effort to separate ourselves from life, we might actually live life day to day, minute by minute, as a series of predictable miracles. Consciousness allows leadership to flow through individuals and groups.