I shared the same guru as William Hurt and Elizabeth Gilbert. Here are 3 things I learned — and now tell CEOs — about toxic leadership

For a year and half in the early ’90s, I lived in an ashram with a guru who was said to be all knowing. She was very popular. Everyone, including celebrities, wanted her time and counsel. I attended a meditation intensive alongside Meg Ryan. I sat on a porch next to William Hurt. Elizabeth Gilbert wrote about one of her ashrams in Eat Pray Love. Other celebrities and people who I didn’t know but seemed important came and went. 

When the guru told you to do something, no matter what you thought about it...