This book shows how the Bhagavad Gi¯ta¯ (part of the great Indian epic - the Maha¯bha¯rata) can be approached as a powerful tool for change management and as a catalyst for organizational transformation. It presents time-tested leadership strategies drawn from the Bhagavad Gi¯ta¯ that are relevant for today's leaders. This book focuses on how to harmonize the needs of the individual with the needs of society, and by extension, how to harmonize the needs of employees and the organization. It employs an inside-out leadership development approach based on Self-knowledge and Self-mastery, the two highly important areas for practicing effective Self-leadership. The Gi¯ta¯ is a non-sectarian spiritual text with a universal message for living a life of meaning, purpose, and contribution and for leading from our authentic self. It shows how to manage oneself, as a necessary prelude to leading others. Students and organizational leaders will learn to integrate leadership function more effectively into all aspects at the individual, team, and institutional level.

Autorentext

Satinder Dhiman is Professor of Management and Associate Dean, Chair, and Director of the MBA Program at Woodbury University, USA. He has completed advanced Executive Leadership programs at Harvard, Stanford, and the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania, USA. Satinder has authored, co-authored, and co-edited over 15 management and leadership books including Holistic Leadership, Spirituality and Sustainability, Gandhi and Leadership, and Seven Habits of Highly Fulfilled People.

Klappentext
This book shows how the Bhagavad Gita (part of the great Indian epic the Mahabharata) can be approached as a powerful tool for change management and as a catalyst for organizational transformation. It presents time-tested leadership strategies drawn from the Bhagavad Gita that are relevant for today's leaders. This book focuses on how to harmonize the needs of the individual with the needs of society, and by extension, how to harmonize the needs of employees and the organization. It employs an inside-out leadership development approach based on Self-knowledge and Self-mastery, the two highly important areas for practicing effective Self-leadership. The Gita is a non-sectarian spiritual text with a universal message for living a life of meaning, purpose, and contribution and for leading from our authentic self. It shows how to manage oneself, as a necessary prelude to leading others. Students and organizational leaders will learn to integrate leadership function more effectively into all aspects at the individual, team, and institutional level.

Zusammenfassung
This book shows how the Bhagavad Gita (part of the great Indian epic the Mahabharata) can be approached as a powerful tool for change management and as a catalyst for organizational transformation. It presents time-tested leadership strategies drawn from the Bhagavad Gita that are relevant for today's leaders. This book focuses on how to harmonize the needs of the individual with the needs of society, and by extension, how to harmonize the needs of employees and the organization. It employs an inside-out leadership development approach based on Self-knowledge and Self-mastery, the two highly important areas for practicing effective Self-leadership. The Gita is a non-sectarian spiritual text with a universal message for living a life of meaning, purpose, and contribution and for leading from our authentic self. It shows how to manage oneself, as a necessary prelude to leading others. Students and organizational leaders will learn to integrate leadership function more effectively into all aspects at the individual, team, and institutional level.

Inhalt

Dedication
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1. Prolegomena: The Bhagavad Gita: A Timeless Manual for Self-Mastery and Leadership

2. Introduction: Text and the Leadership Context of the Gita 3. Real Message of the Gita: Decoding the Text

4. Advaita Vedanta: The Science of Ultimate Reality

5. Karma Yoga: The Path of Enlightened Action

6. Being-Centered Leadership: Leader as an Enlightened Sage

7. Bhakti Yoga: Love and Faith in Leadership

8. Mind: A Leader's Greatest Friend and Foe 9. Doing the Right Thing: Leaders' Moral and Spiritual Anchorage

10. Be the Change: The Making of a Servant Leader

11. Epilogue: The Timeless Teachings of the Gita: Maxims for Life and Leadership