This edited volume provides managers, as well as students, with the best practices in effectively leading the 21st century workforce and managing change. It applies positive principles arising from the newly emerging fields of positive psychology, positive change, and positive organizational studies to the field of leadership and change; offering managers strategies and tools to lead change effectively, in the present-day boundary-less work environment. At its most fundamental level, the uniqueness of this volume lies in its anchorage in the moral and spiritual dimension of leadership, an approach most relevant for contemporary organizations.

Chapter 1. Anatomy of Positive Leadership: Authentic, Principled and Service Oriented

Chapter 2. Awakened Leaders and Conscious Followers: Leading Mindful Change
Chapter 3. Servant Leadership and Change: A Review of the Literature
Chapter 4. Servant leadership as a pathway to a sustainable future
Chapter 5. Overcoming the Blind Spot of Positive Leadership: Authenticity amidst Change
Chapter 6. Organizational Spiritual Maturity: A Goal of Positive Leaders and Direction for Change
Chapter 7. Building Relational Bridges: The Inclusive Spirit of Servant-Leadership
Chapter 8. Spirituality, Success and Happiness: Implications for Leadership in Business
Chapter 9. Values-Based Leadership: Exploring Exemplary Approaches
Chapter 10. Leading Positive Change
Chapter 11. Creative minds of leaders in psychobiographical perspectives: Exploring the life and work of Christiaan Barnard and Angela Merkel
Chapter 12. Finding the Key to Positive Leadership: Applying Virtue Ethics and Inclusivity
Chapter 13. Mindfulness and Spirituality: An Enhanced Leadership Perspective
Chapter 14. Improving Engagement During Times of Change
Chapter 15. Collaborative and spiritual inquiry: Positive leadership in organizational change and higher education
Chapter 16. Intercultural Leadership: An Indigenous Perspective in a Multicultural World
Chapter 17. Transforming Shame in the Workplace, Leadership and Organisation: Contributions of Positive Psychology Movements to the Discourse
Chapter 18. Developing Positive Leadership through Literature: Towards a Human-Centric Model of Leadership and Management
Chapter 19. The Discerning Capacity of Generative Leaders: Achieving Success Flowing With Synchronicity Moments
Chapter 20. Authentic Leadership: Leading with Purpose, Meaning and Core Values
Chapter 21. New Horizons in Transformational Leadership: A Veda ntic Perspective on Values-Based Leadership
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