Leadership at the Spiritual Edge

This insightful book explores the intersection of spirituality and leadership, examining cutting edge research, theory, and practices that help build healthy and long‑term effective leadership. Showcasing non‑Western views of leadership across a range of backgrounds, the book looks at leadership styles that raise and expand consciousness to enable better problem solving when addressing the complex challenges of organizations and societies.

Across four sections, the book considers a myriad of themes from surrender to compassion, the dark and shadow side to the illuminating light of love, as well as offering a spotlight on individual leader development to highlight the role of the collective. Each chapter individually and collectively represents the essence of a profound shift in how leadership is approached in the 21st century. The volume offers a variety of viewpoints addressing this spiritual turn in leadership scholarship, and provides leadership tools to assist leaders in honing their practices to address contemporary challenges and unleash their full potential.

In a world where the challenges are immense and multifaceted, this anthology explores leadership that transcends the mundane and ventures into the extraordinary. Leadership at the Spiritual Edge will be of use to researchers, scholars, and students of leadership studies, particularly those interested in new ways of viewing and developing leadership.

Mohammed Raei is an independent leadership and organization development consultant, dissertation coach, and an executive coach based in Jordan.

Stacey K. Guenther is a leadership coach and consultant and affiliate faculty of the Organization Development and Knowledge Management program at George Mason University, USA.

Lisa A. Berkley is the Founding President of the Institute for Inner Economy and works at the University of California, Santa Cruz, USA, where she teaches and directs programs focusing on human thriving in the face of technology and Artificial Intelligence.