The Rainbow Approach
LeaderSHIFT THROUGH MINDFULNESS
The Rainbow Approach is an innovative form of leadership coaching which empowers ambitious individuals to create success in all areas of their lives.
MINDfulness
Release your mind from everyday challenges, so you can get closer to your goals step-by-step with a sense of fulfilment.
LeaderSHIFT
Approach each aspect of your life as a leader. Actively drive your own growth and support others to do the same.
The Rainbow Approach combines mindfulness and leadership teachings to enable you to reach your own state of success, happiness and flow. With the LeaderSHIFT through MINDfulness program, you will gain two sets of complementary assets to improve all aspects of your life.
By building your mindfulness capabilities, you will be able to open up to the reality around you – so you can accept it, enjoy it and make the most of it. The framework will build up your resistance to negative thought patterns (yours and other people’s) and shift you into a state of openness and positivity.
With our leadership tools, you will be empowered to lead your life and your career exactly the way you want – by learning to prioritise, to manage your time, to better communicate with others.
How do we do this? Through building up seven sets of capabilities within you, which together cover all areas of your personal and professional growth.
The Rainbow Approach offers you to explore each area of yourself by creating an immersive experience based on associations. Each personal development area (or theme) is associated to a colour, an element and a part of your body. In each area, you will overcome a specific challenge (or demon) and gain a set of new capabilities (or gift).
This unique methodology works like a journey into yourself. The variety of associations, coaching tools, exercises, discussions and experiences in each module is designed to open up new ways of thinking. New ways of seeing your challenges, your goals, your surroundings, so you can build your own version of success, step by step.
Learning Content
The LeaderSHIFT through MINDfulness framework is organised in seven modules (plus an intro and summary), and built on a dynamic and interactive model.
While the overall structure is consistent, each LeaderSHIFT through MINDfulness program or seminar is unique. Our framework flexibly adjusts to the needs of the group so that everyone gets the most out of the sessions.
Unlike most other personal and professional development methods, our approach is both holistic and versatile: covering all areas of your leadership growth as well as teaching you a wide range of tools and techniques.
Neuroscience concepts
Overview of the neuroscience of emotion, perception and behavior change so you can better manage yourself and interact with others.
Professional Development
Build leadership capabilities to support your professional and financial success and bring joy into your career.
Mindfulness and reflection
Practices that support personal growth, resilience, happiness, thriving and overall wellbeing.
Emotional intelligence training
To enable greater self-awareness and self-mastery, motivation and improved connection with self and others.
Healthy principles and practices
Develop healthy mental habits that accelerate wellbeing, including effective listening, generosity, empathy, and social skills.
Adaptive skills
Tools, techniques and practices needed to manage a dynamic, fast paced environment.
The Modules
The Rainbow Approach takes you through seven modules, which each address a specific set of challenges and provide you with new life capabilities.
I Am
Mission, Values, Goals
This first module is associated with the colour Red and the element Earth. Its goal is to connect you to your true identity and your mission in life, so you can create a strong foundation for your life goals.
Challenges we address
- Inability to finish products or ideas
- Missing creativity
- Lack of dreams, beliefs or hope
- Lack of direction in life
Capabilities we teach
- Clear sense of identity
- How to build or reassert core values
- Role and priorities in life and in business
- Goal-setting
- Grounding techniques and meditation
I Feel
Emotions, Movement, Pleasure
Module 2 is associated with the colour Orange and the element Water. Its goal is to build your emotional intelligence and resilience so you can be at peace with your emotions. You will also learn how to create a sense of flow in every area of your life.
Challenges we address
- Inability to move, feeling frozen
- Hidden emotions
- Procrastination
Capabilities we teach
- How to identify and manage basic feelings
- Harmony between body and mind
- How to unfreeze what is stuck in your life
- How to use polarities to create flow
- How to live a life that gives you pleasure
- How to overcome guilt
I Do
Inner Power, Action, Self-Discipline
Module 3 is associated with the colour Yellow and the element Fire. It focusses on transforming energy into action in line with values, mission and goals.
Challenges we address
- Time management and productivity challenges
- Low energy or energy management challenges
- Shame getting in the way of action
- Areas of life being asleep
Capabilities we teach
- Taking action synchronised with values and mission
- Time management, planning, prioritisation
- Physical activity
- Powerful energy investment methods
- Building up inner power
- Anger management
I Love
Feelings, Self-Love, Balance
Module 4 is associated with the colour Green and the element Air. It’s all about love – starting with self-love, and expanding into love and acceptance of others.
Challenges we address
- Depleted self from lack of self-care
- Low self-acceptance
- Impostor syndrome
- Unharmonious relationships
Capabilities we teach
- Building up self-love
- Accepting yourself
- Understanding and accepting others
- Harmonising relationships
- Alleviating grief
- Leveraging gratitude and forgiveness for success
I Speak
Communication, Listening, Silence
Module 5 is associated with the colour Blue and the element Sound. It aims to teach powerful communication tools to support satisfactory interactions and partnerships in life and in business.
Challenges we address
- Repeated conflicts and misunderstandings
- Lies and authenticty challenges
- Inability to convey your value and get buy-in from others
Capabilities we teach
- Building authenticity and honesty
- Understanding and leveraging communication profiles
- Using verbal and non-verbal communication to guide an interaction
- Active listening and powerful questions
- Selling yourself or your ideas to others
I See
Intuition, Knowledge, Perception
Module 6 is associated with the colour Indigo and the element Light. It focuses on gathering information and using intuition to make the right decisions.
Challenges we address
- Overwhelm or frustration from information
- Blockages or mistrust in intuition
- Illusions about yourself and others
- Inability to make decisions
Capabilities we teach
- Understanding how you gather information
- Determining what information is right for you
- Developing and trusting intuition
- Building an open conversation between mind and heart
- Creating a sense of clarity for confident decision-making in all areas of life
I Understand
Conscious Living, Thoughts
Module 7 is associated with the colour Purple and the element Thoughts. It focuses on living consciously and feeling whole. It gives the capability to create and maintain a mindset and thought patterns that are aligned with your life goals.
Challenges we address
- Attachment getting in the way of success
- Limiting beliefs
- Negative or harmful thinking patterns
Capabilities we teach
- Mindfulness
- Building a mindset that supports you to reach your goals
- Conscious living techniques
- Attachment release techniques
- Building thought patterns that support you
Experience the Rainbow Approach
Our framework is incredibly versatile. We’ve declined it in a variety of formats and audience types to better suit your needs.
Group Sessions
Classes and seminars
Group sessions are a great way to learn from the Rainbow Approach. Harness the power of group discussions and build connections with like-minded people while you journey through yourself.
One-on-One Coaching
Individual sessions
Tackle a specific challenge area or go through the whole LeaderSHIFT through MINDfulness program on a one-on-one basis. This gives you a fully personalised experience, tailored to your exact needs.
Self-Paced
Online learning platform
Learn the Rainbow Approach methods at your own pace and in your own time using our online learning programs. Benefit from our online coaching tools and our ever expanding database of leadership development methods.