Spirituality for Leaders (Leadership: Research and Practice)

Spirituality for Leaders delves into the integration of spirituality within leadership practices and highlights how spiritual beliefs and practices can enhance ethical decision-making, organizational culture, and well-being.

This book emphasizes the essential role of spirituality in fostering holistic and ethical leadership in today’s interconnected world. Drawing on diverse traditions, including Indigenous practices, traditional and New Age philosophies, Christianity, Judaism, Islam, and Hinduism, it examines spirituality through lenses such as contemplation, philosophy, religion, and practice. Practical applications such as mindfulness and meditation are presented as pathways toward workplace well-being and leadership effectiveness. This book addresses the role of spirituality in leadership, coaching, identity, inclusion, and organizational transformation. Including authors from both the Global North and Global South, it offers a panoramic and multidisciplinary perspective and provides a roadmap for fostering compassion, inclusivity, and integrity in leadership practices.

Combining theoretical insights with practical tools, this book appeals to business leaders, managers, HR professionals, and coaches seeking values-driven leadership models, as well as students and researchers of leadership, organizational psychology, business, philosophy, and religious studies. Individuals wishing to align their inner life with public action would also gain insight from this book.

Catherine Voynnet Fourboul is a scholar and consultant. She teaches human resource management and qualitative methods at the University of Paris Panthéon-Assas, France, and directs the Executive HR Master of CIFFOP. She co-founded the research group “Management and Spirituality” of the AGRH. She provides consultancy to organizations in managerial development.

Marie Holm is an Associate Professor at INSEEC Grande École, OMNES Education in France, specialized in human resource management and workplace spirituality. She previously worked in event management and marketing, and she is a minister, medium, and holistic therapist with the Norwegian Spiritualist Foundation, of which she is also a board member.

Mohammed Raei is an independent scholar, dissertation coach, developmental editor, executive coach, leadership and organization development consultant, and podcast host. He is a co-editor of two notable anthologies: Adaptive Leadership in a Global Economy: Perspectives for Application and Scholarship and Leadership at the Spiritual Edge: Emerging and Non-Western Concepts of Leadership and Spirituality, both published by Routledge.