Leadership in today's globally connected economy requires moving beyond the authoritarian leadership styles of the past to one that requires more attention to sustainability, ethical cultures, and caring behaviours, while still being geared to enhancing performance.
In a soon to be released new book, ‘Leading Beyond the Ego’, by John Knights, Danielle Grant, and Greg Young contributors, show how intellectual, emotional, and spiritual intelligence can be combined to create "transpersonal leadership." Transpersonal leaders operate beyond their egos. They are radical, ethical, and authentic, while emotionally intelligent and caring.
"To become a transpersonal leader we must bring our values, beliefs and purpose to full consciousness and act on them," says Knights. "To become this kind of leader, an individual needs to be emotionally intelligent in order to have sufficient inner self confidence, awareness and empathy to be able to take this advanced journey."
Transpersonal leaders are able to:
• Embed authentic, ethical, and emotionally intelligent behaviours into the DNA of the organisation,
• Build strong, empathetic, and collaborative relationships within the organisation and with all stakeholders, and
• Create a performance enhancing culture that is ethical, caring, and sustainable.
In other words…BE – REAL – Beyond Ego – Radical, Ethical, Authentic Leadership.
Transpersonal leadership involves dealing with the conflict between instincts and conscious behaviour. Leaders need to raise their level of consciousness to understand that they do have choices and that to be an excellent leader they need to operate beyond the ego.
An essential read for current and aspiring organisational leaders, HR professionals, executive coaches and mentors, Leading Beyond the Ego is a vital point of reference for anyone in a leadership position and who wants to embrace this new world and Transpersonal Leadership.
Reference: Leading Beyond the Ego: How to Become a Transpersonal Leader
