Holistic Leadership A New Paradigm for Today's Leaders
This book suggests that the solution to the current leadership crisis lies in leaders' self-cultivation process, emanating from their deepest values and culminating in their contribution to the common good. Traditional approaches to leadership rarely prov
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Satinder Dhiman
A New Paradigm for Today’s Leaders
Holistic Leadership
Satinder Dhiman
Holistic Leadership A New Paradigm for Today’s Leaders
Satinder Dhiman School of Business Woodbury University Burbank, California, USA
ISBN 978-1-137-55570-0 ISBN 978-1-137-55571-7 (eBook) DOI 10.1057/978-1-137-55571-7 Library of Congress Control Number: 2016958193 © The Editor(s) (if applicable) and The Author(s) 2017 This work is subject to copyright. All rights are solely and exclusively licensed by the Publisher, whether the whole or part of the material is concerned, specifically the rights of translation, reprinting, reuse of illustrations, recitation, broadcasting, reproduction on microfilms or in any other physical way, and transmission or information storage and retrieval, electronic adaptation, computer software, or by similar or dissimilar methodology now known or hereafter developed. The use of general descriptive names, registered names, trademarks, service marks, etc. in this publication does not imply, even in the absence of a specific statement, that such names are exempt from the relevant protective laws and regulations and therefore free for general use. The publisher, the authors and the editors are safe to assume that the advice and information in this book are believed to be true and accurate at the date of publication. Neither the publisher nor the authors or the editors give a warranty, express or implied, with respect to the material contained herein or for any errors or omissions that may have been made. Printed on acid-free paper This Palgrave Macmillan imprint is published by Springer Nature The registered company is Nature America Inc. The registered company address is: 1 New York Plaza, New York, NY 10004, U.S.A.
Acknowledgements
Our life is the sum of all that has touched us, all and everyone who has made a difference in our lives. Life is a book that is virtually being written as it unfolds, a symphony that is continually being played even as it is composed, and a song that is unceasingly heard, ever so softly at times. Writing a book is a synergistic endeavor. “A man will turn over half a library to make one book,” observed Samuel Johnson. Every writer who ever picks up the pen is forever indebted to all the kindred spirits who have illumined the path before. S/he verily stands on the proverbial shoulders of the giants. And when one has also been fortunate to have personally sat at the feet of some great contemporary masters, one’s debt is hard to recount. I am grateful to Peter Drucker for one of the most enlightening encounters and for generously sharing his ripe wisdom and favorite stories; to psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi for granting me the privilege of two personal interviews full of insights and foresights; to Ron Heifetz of Harvard’s JFK School of Public Policy for his wonderful dialogs on what really matters in life and leadership; to Peter Senge, for his thoughts on generative learning; to Chris Argyris for one of the most illuminating conversations about organizatio
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