Leadership at the Spiritual Edge

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.

• IntroductionMohammed Raei, Stacey K. Guenther and Lisa A. BerkleyPart I: Emerging Concepts in Leadership and Spirituality1. Emergent Leadership: Engaging the Future from Awakened Wholeness Geoff Fitch and Abigail Lynam2. Adaptive Leadership and Spirituality: The Inherent Spirituality of Being an Adaptive Leader Mohammed Raei3. Enacting Leadership from a Place of OnenessStacey K. Guenther4. Beyond the Self: An Integrative Model of Spiritual Leadership for Secular Organizations Michael Mascolo and Lizzie Linn5. The Soul of Leadership as Opening SpaceJonathan ReamsPart II: Non-Western Perspectives on Leadership and Spirituality6. Non-hierarchy as Spiritual Reciprocity: An Indigenous Approach to Leaderless Leadership Four Arrows A.K.A Don Trent Jacobs7. African Spiritually Informed Leadership: Galvanizing and Mobilizing for the Common Good and Human FlourishingSharon Wamble-King8. Activism, Performance, and Spiritual Ritual: Towards a Phenomenology of Embodied Social Change Lynn Horan9. Perspectives on Self and Leadership Development from the Tradition of Sufism Aqeel TirmiziPart III: Spiritually-Inspired Leadership Tools10. Leading Transformation in Turbulent TimesJudi Neal11. Inner Economy: A New Perspective on National Well-Being Lisa A. Berkley12. Lessons from Entrainment for Spiritual Leadership DevelopmentDanny SandraPart IV: The Shadow Side of Leadership and Spirituality13. Making the Darkness Conscious: Collective Shadow Work for the Spiritual Development of Leaders Bianca Briciu and Amy MacDonald14. Permanence and Impermanence: The Shadow Side of Leadership and Climate ChangeMaxinne Rhea Leighton and Lisa A. Berkley15. Leadership and Spirituality at the United Nations: Moving from Realpolitik to an Ethics of CareLisa A. Berkley and Robert Zuber

“This powerful collection brings together scholars known for pushing the boundaries of leadership inquiry beyond traditional, individually-based accounts to explore what happens if we take seriously the spiritual and collective dynamics at leadership’s core. Prepare to see anew traditional theories such as adaptive and transformational leadership, and to be blown away by the possibilities enabled by recognizing leadership as an intuitive, sensory and soul-based experience emerging from the ‘interspace’.”Donna Ladkin, award-winning author of Rethinking Leadership: A New Look at Old Leadership Questions and Professor of Inclusive Leadership, and Professor, Birmingham Business School, University of Birmingham, UK.“I see this edited volume a most timely effort to address the rapidly increased need to better conceptualize and showcase the dynamic interplay between spirituality and leadership. Their intention to include non-western perspectives, along with the shadow side, on this important topic, is courageous and refreshing.”Xiaoan Li, Senior Program Manager, Fetzer Institute.“Imagine leadership knowledge informed by the reciprocal and relational perspectives of ancient, Indigenous, and traditional wisdoms supplemented by emerging best practice and understandings. Imagine leadership oriented towards relationality and care of both others humans and other-than-humans. Imagine leadership where courage challenges existing perspectives and links reflective consciousness as spiritual practice towards building a better world for all, even while acknowledging its dark side. Leadership at the Spiritual Edge offers those perspectives and more in its holistic understanding of leadership is meant to be and do.”Sandra Waddock, award-winning author of Intellectual Shamans and The Difference Makers, and Galligan Chair of Strategy, Carroll School Scholar of Corporate Responsibility, and Professor of Management, Boston College, USA."This avant-garde book weaves together new spiritual perspectives with enduring ones from the past, and voices from the Global North with those from the Global South that need to be heard. Further, this volume dares to sift through the shadows of spirituality, toward bringing social justice and harmony forward." Marie Holm, PhD, Associate Professor and HRM Program Director, INSEEC Grande École - OMNES Education, and Minister, Medium & Holistic Healer, Norsk Spiritualistisk Trossamfunn.