Barbara Benjamin
Old things are returning as very new things, and what feels like traditional teaching is now becoming conscious, revolutionary, and exciting. Barbara Benjamin brings so much together here in a time when we need so much.
– Fr. Richard Rohr, O.F.M.
Center for Action and Contemplation
Barbara Benjamin is a truly enlightened person whose words are written in heaven. Her new book, Christ Conscious Leadership, is a major contribution to mankind….Benjamin’s work empowers people of every faith to evolve consciously and to transform a global society that is headed for self-destruction.
– Clancy D. McKenzie, M.D.
Recipient, Temple University Nelson and Winnie Mandela Humanitarian Award
Barbara Benjamin has clearly declared a state of emergency: we love or we die. Her call for everyone to be a leader and to evolve and be guided by Divine Love is a daring challenge to change the consciousness of every person and every society on the globe….I also found in this book an inspiration for my pastoral duty and a clear pathway to improve my ministry.
– Fr. Philippe Charles, TOR
A consultant, educator, executive mentor, international retreat leader, and author, Barbara Benjamin is currently the Director of the Center for Christ Conscious Leadership. Previously, from 1990 until 2010, she was the Director of Intuitive Discovery. In that capacity, she designed and facilitated programs in leadership, human resources, innovation, and creative and spiritual development for Fortune 500 companies, non-profit organizations, and universities.
Ms. Benjamin has also designed, directed, and instructed graduate distance learning programs in leadership for the School of Business at Mercy College. In 2005, she won the annual, national Sloan-C award for most effective practice in building an online learning community. Prior to that, she codeveloped, coproduced, and copresented a 16-hour live video program on leadership for the National Technological University (NTU). The program was broadcast to international corporations and to U.S. executive departments and government agencies on the NTU Satellite Network.
In 1998, Ms. Benjamin codirected The Third Millennium Leadership Assembly in Campobello, New Brunswick, Canada.
Earlier in her career, Ms. Benjamin served as a Director of Pupil Personnel Services and Assistant Superintendent of Schools in Connecticut and was an active member of local, state and federal committees for education and mental health reform.
Ms. Benjamin’s publications include Christ Conscious Leadership, Leadership in the Interactive Age: A Skills Development Workbook and the accompanying CDs, The Leadership Lecture Series, The Joshua Priest: A Biography of Faith, and A Prayer Guide to St. Teresa of Avila’s “Interior Castle.” Her most recent volume of poetry, Face to Face, was nominated for a Pulitzer Prize.
“To generate an enduring peace, we will each have to continue to make progress as Christ conscious leaders, becoming increasingly aware of our unity with others and expanding our ability to receive Divine Love and be a vehicle for Divine Love. We will each have to detach from any impediments in our tribes, our families, and our own self-will that deter us from a commitment to fulfill God’s purpose in our lives, to do our work, and to continue our lifelong transformation as Christ conscious leaders. And we will have to come to realize that, in partnership with the Eternal Absolute, we each have the power – and thecalling – to build the kingdom of God on earth.”