This professional book examines the concept of engaged leadership. Specifically, it focuses on the need for leaders in personal and professional realms, for-profit and non-profit, to understand the importance of engagement in order to achieve enhanced satisfaction and motivation among stakeholders (including employees, shareholders, investors, supporters, customers, suppliers, the community, competitors, family, and partners), and hence, an augmented level of designed thinking, which leads to increased innovation and on-going leadership development. Divided into three sections-engaged leadership development at the personal level, implementation at the organizational level, and manifestation in practice-this book provides professionals, practitioners and policy makers as well as students with the tools and skills to lead actively and conscientiously and help them understand the importance of creativity and compassion for development.

Engaged leadershipoperates on the fundamental principle that leaders have to first and foremost perceive themselves as leaders, and then engage in design thinking, as they will need to develop strategies to reach, encourage, and positively appeal to these stakeholder groups. Leadership is neither limited to those holding formal managerial position, nor to any particular setting. Leaders can be found everywhere, in all layers of society. Leadership is only possible, however, if one dares to perceive and define oneself as a leader. And only when leadership is adopted as a reality within one's personal perception, can engaged leadership be applied.

Featuring contributions from academics, scholars, and professionals from around the world, each providing cases, interactive questions and reflective notes, this book will be of interest to professionals, practitioners, policy makers, students and scholars interested in creative leadership, management, organizational behavior, and governance.

Part I: Engaged Leadership Development at the Personal Level

Ch 1 Awakened Leadership
Ch 2 Self-Leadership
Ch 3 The Ego-Soul Dynamics of Leadership Development
Ch 4 Visionary Leadership in a Team-Oriented Setting
Ch 5 Holistic Leadersehip
Ch 6 Prosocial Leadership, Religious Motivation and Global Stewardship
Ch 7 Leading From the Heart
Ch 8 Future Oriented Identity
Chapter 9 Stepping Up to the Plate
Part II: Implementation of Engaged Leadership at the Organizational Level
Ch 10 Leading with the Spiritual Rule
Ch 11 Reexamining Transformational Leadership in Complex Systems
Ch 12 Engaging Generation Y
Ch 13 Millennials in Leadership
Ch 14 Conscious and Emotionally Intelligent Engaged Leaders are Key to Enhanced Organizational Performance
Ch 15 Breaking Habits to Foster Engaged Leadership
Ch 16 Soft Leadership and Engaged Leadership
Part III: Manifestation of Engaged Leadership in Practice
Ch 17 Are "U" Ready for the Future: Design Thinking as a Critical Educational Leadership Skill
Ch 18 Engaged Leadership in Volunteer Organizations
Ch 19 Distributed Leadership. Ch 20 Engaged Leadership: Experiences and Lessons from the LEAD Research Countries.