130. Buddhism Frames How Tracey Woon Leads

Episode Description:

This is the first Episode in our series new series on Leading Inspired by Faith. Tracey, an accidental buddhist as she describes herself and an accomplished squash player shares with us how long before she was exposed to buddhism, she was practicing the principles of buddhism. She shares how it has given her a moral compass that has helped her in her leading. There is not god in Buddhism and so it requires one to deeply reflect and introspect. Qualities, Tracey believes are helpful to a leader too. Both squash and buddhism taught her the importance of being present and cultivating focusTracey’s faith has allowed to to balance and navigate difficult situations both professionally and personally with peers, clients and teams with kindness and honesty. For example, it is not enough that you do the right thing when people are looking, but do you have the ability to stand up for what is right even when someone is not watching you? How can you live and lead in a manner that allows you to see from many different perspective?

About the Guests

Julia Middleton

Julia Middleton is the host of the Women Emerging podcast and a best-selling author of “If that’s leading, I’m in” as well as two previous books: “Leading beyond Authority” and “Cultural Intelligence”. She is deeply committed to helping people from all backgrounds to find their own approach to leading.

In 2020, Julia launched Women Emerging and in 2022 she lead an expedition of 24 women to find ‘an approach to leading that resonates with women’. She now leads expeditions with women all over the world based on 4Es methodology, discovered in the first expedition.

Prior to that, Julia was founder and, for over thirty years, Chief Executive of Common Purpose, which grew to become one of the biggest leadership development organisations in the world.
Julia is also an Ambassador for the Aurora Prize based in Armenia, on the boards of Alfanar Venture Philanthropy in the Arab World and Equality Now, which operates globally, and on the Advisory Councils of Fundacao Dom Cabral in Brazil and Synapse in Pakistan.

Born in London and brought up in New York, Julia was educated at French Lycées and graduated from the London School of Economics. She is married, with five children and lots of grandchildren.

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