To be at its fullest, the notion of spiritual leadership
applied to business should not shirk the religious basis of spirituality to
make it somehow more fitting to business-or a certain rendition of business. Many
of Gilbert Fairholm’s descriptions of spirituality risk embalming spirituality
in a secular tomb in keeping with the bias typically found in the business
world against anything religious. Fortunately, some of his other
characterizations of the term provide an alternative basis for an invigorated
notion of spiritual leadership applied even in the business world.
Material from this essay has been incorporated into Spiritual Leadership in Business: Transcending the Ethical, which is available at Amazon in print and as an ebook.
See The Essence of Leadership, which is available at Amazon in print and as an ebook. Taoist, Buddhist, and Judeo-Christian principles relevant to leadership comprise part two of the book.
Material from this essay has been incorporated into Spiritual Leadership in Business: Transcending the Ethical, which is available at Amazon in print and as an ebook.
See The Essence of Leadership, which is available at Amazon in print and as an ebook. Taoist, Buddhist, and Judeo-Christian principles relevant to leadership comprise part two of the book.
1. Gilbert W. Fairholm, Capturing the Heart
of Leadership: Spirituality and Community in the New American Workplace (Westport,
CT: Praeger, 1997).
