Leadership as a Hero's Journey: 4 Virtues for Transforming Uncertainty and Anxiety into Results
Eric Kaufmann guides leaders to make better decisions and achieve better results. A native of Israel, he lived and worked in South Africa, before gaining two decades of experience in sales, management and leadership at Lanier/3M, Corning Clinical Labs, and others. In 1999, he launched a leadership development consultancy which has served Sony, T-Mobile, Genentech, Alcon Labs, Teradata and hundreds of leaders of Fortune 1,000 companies. Along with his real-world business experience, Kaufmann brings a range of other skills and perspectives to his management consulting and keynote speaking. He is a clinical hypnotherapist, scuba diving instructor, an adjunct professor of leadership and coaching at San Diego State University, and a speaker with Vistage International. Kaufmann is a lifelong practitioner of Zen meditation, who once spent a year in silent meditation, living in a cabin he built himself in the mountains of New Mexico. Kaufmann’s book, “Leadership as a Hero’s Journey,” explores the four virtues shared by successful, passionate and creative leaders. The book describes how they navigate through uncertainty and anxiety in order to influence and  improve the lives and livelihoods of those around them.