Using Metaphysics in Leadership – Lead With Self-Awareness and Empathy
- Brainz Magazine
- Aug 15
- 5 min read
Marianna Štrbíková is an HR professional who has fallen deeply in love with Chinese Metaphysics, particularly the BAZI technique. She is also a Transformation and Business Coach and Career Counselor. She helps her clients discover who they are, live fulfilling lives, and find jobs they truly enjoy.
Imagine the universe as a vast symphony. Every moment in time has its melody, rhythm, harmony, and tension. The moment you were born was no exception; it carried a unique energetic imprint, like a personal chord struck in the grand score of life. This moment isn't a coincidence. According to ancient Chinese metaphysics, it holds a specific code that reveals your personality, talents, inner drives, challenges, and cycles of development. One of the most powerful tools to access this information is called BAZI, or the Four Pillars of Destiny.
What is BAZI?
BAZI is a classical metaphysical system that analyzes a person’s birth date and time through the lens of the Five Elements, Wood, Fire, Earth, Metal, and Water, and how they interact within Heavenly Stems and Earthly Branches.
Each person’s birth chart contains four pillars (year, month, day, and hour), each made of two characters. These eight characters, or “BAZI”, represent the structure of your inner world. But this is not about superstition or fate.
BAZI is not fortune-telling. It’s self-mapping.
From philosophy to practical insight
In the modern world, we often measure human potential through assessments, KPIs, or behavioural tools. Metaphysics, especially BAZI, offers something more profound: an understanding of the natural energy blueprint a person carries.
It helps answer questions like:
What kind of work naturally suits me?
What environments support my growth?
How do I handle stress, and how can I improve my resilience?
Why do I repeat specific patterns?
What timing is best for change, rest, or expansion?
Metaphysics in leadership, teamwork, and HR
Chinese metaphysics, particularly BAZI, is increasingly used by modern leaders, coaches, and HR professionals who want to go beyond surface-level management and lead people with depth, empathy, and foresight.
Let’s look at how it transforms leadership, teamwork, and people strategy:
Leadership – Empowering through self-knowledge and team awareness
In today’s fast-paced business world, leadership is no longer just about authority or decision-making. It’s about empathy, clarity, and the ability to bring out the best in people. A leader’s effectiveness lies in their capacity to understand not only their strengths and weaknesses but also the unique potential of every team member.
Chinese metaphysics, especially BAZI, offers a powerful lens for this level of insight. It doesn’t label people by rigid categories but reveals their core energy structure, which influences how they think, communicate, take action, and respond under pressure.
Self-aware leaders lead better
Through BAZI, leaders can gain deep insight into their:
Natural leadership style, visionary, strategic, process-driven, or people-oriented.
Decision-making patterns, intuitive or analytical.
Emotional tendencies, especially under pressure or uncertainty.
Hidden spots, areas that may undermine their leadership if left unexamined.
This self-knowledge allows leaders to lead with authenticity, adapt wisely, and stay grounded in chaos. It also builds trust and credibility because people naturally follow leaders who understand themselves.
Knowing your team is no longer optional
Exceptional leaders don’t stop at knowing themselves. They commit to understanding the people they lead:
What motivates them?
How do they approach challenges?
What kind of role helps them thrive?
How do they handle conflict?
Using BAZI, leaders can:
Spot hidden talents before they become visible in performance.
Assign responsibilities in line with natural strengths.
Communicate in a way that resonates with each personality type.
Avoid burnout by understanding individual stress profiles.
Balance team dynamics for better collaboration and innovation.
This turns leadership from a guessing game into precise guidance for people.
Teamwork – Building balanced, aligned, and harmonious teams
Every team has its energy, rhythm, and chemistry. Chinese metaphysics allows us to read and optimize this team energy.
With BAZI, you can:
Ensure diversity of strengths, avoiding teams full of the same element (e.g., too many visionaries, not enough implementers).
Uncover what motivates and frustrates each person.
Create a functional structure where each role complements and strengthens the others.
Reduce miscommunication and improve flow.
Team alignment is not just about skills; it’s about energetic and personality balance. A team that knows each other’s natural styles becomes more respectful, creative, and agile.
Management and HR – strategic people decisions
HR is no longer just about hiring and policies; it’s about human strategy. With the help of metaphysics, HR professionals can:
Place people in the right roles from day one.
Plan career development based on personal energetic potential.
Anticipate turnover risk or stagnation based on life cycles.
Manage change more gently by knowing how individuals respond to disruption.
It also allows personalized communication, performance reviews, and leadership development paths, not one-size-fits-all programs.
Metaphysics becomes an HR partner in building culture, retention, and sustainable talent growth.
Coaching with metaphysical insight
For coaches, metaphysics is like having an energetic map of the client. Instead of taking weeks to identify patterns and blocks, a well-read BAZI chart immediately shows:
Core motivations
Inner conflicts
Life transitions
Deep values
Shadow patterns
This gives you a way to coach with laser precision and work with the client’s energy, not against it. It supports both executive coaching and personal transformation work.
Transformative questions for people-centered decision-making
Here are powerful reflection questions based on metaphysical principles:
For leaders:
What is my authentic leadership style, and am I leading in alignment with it?
How do I react under stress, and how can I manage that consciously?
What kind of team energy helps me lead best?
Who on my team brings energy that complements mine, and who challenges it?
For team building:
Do we have a balance of thinkers, doers, starters, and finishers?
Are there unspoken tensions due to different energetic speeds or communication styles?
Who is in the proper role, and who might be misaligned?
Are team members recognized not just for output, but for who they are?
For HR & talent strategy:
What are this person’s hidden talents, and how can we develop them?
Are we setting people up for long-term growth or short-term efficiency?
What cycles is this person currently experiencing, is it time for change or consolidation?
How do we design performance reviews that honor each person’s inner drivers?
The human code behind the professional role
In metaphysics, no one is “average.” Each person carries a unique life force with timing, rhythm, and purpose. Whether you’re leading a company, building a team, or guiding a career, you can either manage people at the surface or engage them from their core. Chinese metaphysics gives you the tools to do the latter.
Not as mysticism, but as a strategic advantage rooted in wisdom, timing, and clarity.
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Marianna Štrbíková, Transformation and Career Coach, HR Professional
Marianna Štrbíková has over 20 years of experience in the HR field. After leaving the corporate world, she dedicated herself to helping clients uncover their unique personalities, strengths, hidden talents, and areas for growth. By doing so, she empowers them to harness their full potential and move forward in life. She firmly believes that understanding one’s personality is essential for transforming habits and behaviors.
What sets her apart from other HR professionals? As a Transformation and Business Coach and a Chinese Metaphysics Consultant specializing in the BAZI technique, she brings fresh and innovative approaches to coaching. She deepened her expertise in Chinese Metaphysics through studies in Malaysia.
