Title: Leadership, innovation, and spirituality /
Authors: Nullens, Patrick.; Barentsen, Jack.
Publisher: Peeters,
Year: 2014
Subjects: Leadership Religious aspects Christianity; Christentum; Führung; Spiritualität; Leadership Religious aspects Christianity
Abstract: In a world of managerial discourse, measurement and control, leaders and workers alike cry out for inspiration and innovation in a way that respects their humanity. Spirituality as the search for meaning and a healthy work/life balance is therefore no longer an esoteric phenomenon but part of mainstream leadership. In this volume, two business leaders share how they have seen the need for spiritual leadership develop at their places of work. A psychologist and a philosopher explain what spirituality is, and how it works in the practice of business leadership.
Contents: Introduction. Innovation and spirituality : new faces of leadership? / by Jack Barentsen -- Part 1. The need for spiritual leadership at work. The impasse of leadership / by Peter Heinckiens -- The search for spirituality in the business world / by Chris Start & Peirong Lin -- Part 2. Interdisciplinary reflections on spiritual leadership at work. Spirituality and the psychology of leadership credibility : an analysis from the psychology of religion / by Joke van Saane -- Spirituality, organization, and leadership : towards a philosophical foundation of spirituality at work / by Maarten Verkerk -- Part 3. Theological perspectives on spiritual leadership at work. Spirituality as source of inspired, authentic and innovative leadership / by Johan Verstraeten -- Leadership spirituality as participating in Christ offices as king, prophet and priest / by Patrick Nullens -- A call to faithfulness : the ambivalence of spirituality as a source of innovation / by Jack Barentsen -- Epilogue. The ongoing quest for a Christian view on authentic leadership / by Patrick Nullens.