This book is an essential text for leaders and students of leadership, beginning and seasoned, committed to spiritual intelligence centered on wholeness and fulfillment of themselves and those in their care. The book is anchored firmly in research and the author’s deep knowledge of the spiritual traditions and experience in helping organizations and individuals. It is a must-read for everyone concerned with the potential of organizations and their leaders in an era characterized by a hunger for wholeness and deeper meaning.
K. Peter Kuchinke, Professor Emeritus, Human Resource Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, and Distinguished HRD Scholar-in-Residence, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities, USA
This book explores the application of wholeness and spiritual intelligence model in leadership and management today. The classical and contemporary perspectives on wholeness and spiritual intelligence provides the research basis for the spiritual intelligence model. From a pragmatic perspective, the nature of evil and the possibility of overcoming of it with the power of spiritual intelligence is examined. This book gives fresh perspectives on leadership and management practice today.
Thomas Thakadipuram received his doctorate in Organization Learning and Development from the University of St. Thomas, Minneapolis, MN, USA. He worked as the principal of St. Claret College, Bangalore, India. He authored the book, Leadership Wholeness, Vol 1, A Spiritual Intelligence Model and co-authored the book Ethical Business Cultures in the Emerging Markets, and is currently working as a spiritual coach, pastor, and organization consultant.
This book explores the application of wholeness and spiritual intelligence model in leadership and management today. The classical and contemporary perspectives on wholeness and spiritual intelligence provides the research basis for the spiritual intelligence model. From a pragmatic perspective, the integration of the nature of evil and its impact on spiritual intelligence is examined. This book gives fresh perspectives on leadership and management practice today
Thomas Thakadipuram
Workplace spirituality Leadership Development Management and Spirituality Human Resource Development HRD Organizational Learning Organization Development Emotional Intelligence Depth Psychology Change Management Whole-system Management Spiritual leadership
“This book richly reviews wholeness from multiple perspectives, traditions, and levels. It is a useful resource for leadership researchers into the transcendent and the spiritual realms.”
Anil Maheshwari, Maharishi International University, USA
"Leadership Wholeness, Volume 2" is a beacon of wisdom for leaders navigating our complex world, offering a roadmap to lead with spiritual intelligence and make a positive impact. Thomas Thakadipuram's insights illuminate the path to compassionate and purpose-driven leadership, guiding us toward a brighter future. As our emergent leaders face unprecedented challenges, this book serves as their essential blueprint for transformative leadership.”
Louise Kelly, University of La Verne, USA author of Mindfulness for Authentic Leadership
In an era characterized by volatility, uncertainty, complexity, and ambiguity in virtually all personal and public areas of our lives, there is a hunger forwholeness and a frantic search for a firm anchoring of our existence. The fragmentation that plays out today at the individual and social levels of analysis calls for a radical reformulation of the role of community and organizations, where the traditional dualities of private and public, secular and spiritual, and progress and care for the wider world have proven to be untenable and risk further deterioration and damage to our species and the ecosystem.
In this second volume on leadership wholeness, Dr. Thomas Thakadipuram takes up the theoretical formulation of spiritual intelligence derived from a deep understanding of the wisdom traditions and in-depth interviews of the lived experience of leadership with a focus on application and practice. The depth of thinking and appreciation of the complexity of the subject at hand that characterized the first volume carries through to this volume focused on the pragmatic application of spiritual intelligence and wholeness.
Never succumbing to simplistic bromides often found in practitioner texts on leadership and spirituality, Father Tom anchors his book solidly in research, his deep knowledge of the spiritual traditions, and his own experience in helping organizations and individuals. Here, he develops concrete notions of the opportunities and responsibilities of leaders for their own lives and that of the many stakeholders within and without the boundaries of specific organizations and institutions.
This book, along with the first volume, breaks new and much needed ground by providing a model and application for a holistic understanding of work, organizations, and the practice of leadership and leading. It is a ‘must-read’ for leaders and students of leadership, beginning and seasoned, committed to deepening their understanding of spiritual intelligence and development centered on wholeness and deep fulfillment of themselves and those in their care.
K. Peter Kuchinke, Professor Emeritus, Human Resource Development, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Distinguished HRD Scholar in Residence, University of Minnesota, Twin Cities