In recent times, researchers’ interest in understanding the nature of leadership’s relationship to
spirituality has been fuelled by a striking commonality among successful leaders with regards to
their spiritual propensities. More so, now that the issues such as business ethics, social
responsibility and meaningfulness in work are taking prominence in organizations, the need for
research is being felt to understand leadership from holistic dimensions. Traditionally,
leadership and spirituality exist as two independent concepts, but leadership without
spirituality is a state of “abridged development”, a state that can be described as an atom
without a nucleus. The relationship between spirituality and leadership is fundamental in
nature and spans across various leadership styles/theories. The paper’s intent is to share an indepth view on this imbricating relationship, thus providing impetus to the growing need for a
holistic approach to leadership. The paper concludes with a discussion on the need for a unified
model of leadership, with spirituality forming its bedrock. Such a bedrock lays the foundation
for an individual to harness the potential that spirituality provides for unheralded growth in the
area of management. Read more…
by :- Puneet Bindlish, Priyanka Dutt, Rupali Pardasani