Paul Gyodo, Sensei and Founder

Paul Gyodo, Sensei and Founder

I am a transformational leadership coach, helping high-functioning Founders, Executives, and Professionals initiate a quantum leap in their core capacities through connection with their deepest wellsprings of joy, creativity and inspired work-in-the-world.

“Happiness does not come from success; success comes from happiness.” - The Buddha

As a transmitted Zen Master with years of executive experience as a business founder and leader, I know this to be true. I have a unique insight into the challenging conditions and best practices for transforming your professional life into one that is simultaneously successful, joyful and deeply purposeful.

Distilling three decades of Zen Meditation experience with my long professional career, my synthesized practices of Presence and Purpose help you connect with and act from your dimension of Being. This “inner development” is being increasingly recognized as a primary requirement for true team and organizational success.

If you are business leader or other high-functioning professional seeking a transformational shift in bringing your full Presence to your work in the world, I invite you to explore the resources available on this site, sign up for my newsletter, and, if you are called, sign up for a free Discovery session with me.

In these times of great urgency and volatility, my deepest purpose is to help you discover, align with and manifest the whole-hearted, meaningful work that calls to you and you alone.


“With Paul’s guidance and humor, I learned about myself and discovered how my personal mission is expressed through my work life. It’s been a fulfilling adventure ”

— RAM, ANALYST, FORMER CIO

“Paul’s depth and breadth across mindfulness and business allows him to meet you wherever you are.”

— PS, FORMER INVESTMENT BANKER

“Zen@Work has given me new insights into how to approach my work life and how to integrate work with my passion for spiritual growth and more deepened awareness. The result has been a transformation in how I approach work.”

— DC, PROGRAM MANAGER, NATIONAL RENEWABLE ENERGY LAB