This book investigates the lived experience of CEOs in their quest for wholeness and presents a model of spiritual intelligence for contemporary leadership. The experience of ethical and spiritual crisis in the post-modern society especially in organizational leadership, calls for deeper quest and spiritual intelligence. Four essential themes emerged from the analysis of the in-depth interviews with top leaders of different organizations across the globe: (1) Sensing Crisis, (2) Embracing Crisis (3) Awakening Hidden Wholeness, (4) and Serving Greater Good. From the analysis of the themes, a model of spiritual intelligence and leadership wholeness is constructed. This Spiritual Intelligence Model portrays the intra-dynamics of leaders' ongoing quest for wholeness penetrating through their existential, learning, spiritual, and moral dimensions of being and the five ethical dimensions of wholeness permeating through the personal, organizational, social, global, and environmental spheres of life. This book gives a fresh perspective on spiritual intelligence and leadership practice today.

Provides a model of wholeness to design leadership development programs focused on the whole self Adds a new paradigm of wholeness based on the lived experience of influential leaders Theorizes on designing wholesome work environments through balancing people, processes, productivity, and the planet

Autorentext

Thomas Thakadipuram received his doctorate in Organization Learning and Development from the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN, USA. He worked as the principal of St. Claret College, Bangalore, India. He co-authored the book, Ethical Business Cultures in the Emerging Markets, and is currently working as a spiritual coach, pastor, and organization consultant.

Inhalt

Chapter 1: Introduction.- Chapter 2: Classical perspectives of wholeness.- Chapter 3: Contemporary perspectives of wholeness.- Chapter 4: Experience of existential crises.- Chapter 5: Embracing light and shadow.- Chapter 6: Awakening the deeper dimensions of being.- Chapter 7: Fostering an ethic of co-responsibility.- Chapter 8: Leadership wholeness model.- Chapter 9: Contemporary applications of wholeness.- Chapter 10: Conclusion.