Overcoming Workplace Pathologies Principles of Spirit-Based Leadership [Hardcover]

This book deals directly with the characteristics of the relationships that the leader builds in the context of the work environment.?It argues that the prevailing work community work culture is intended to help the leader lead but, increasingly it impedes the leaders work.??Leadership is a function of the leaders values, attitudes, and aspirations: leadership flows from the leaders spiritual character-defining core essence.?However, the author argues that?cultural forces coming from both inside and outside the workplace, often?designed to promote diversity,?inclusivity, and?tolerance,?have introduced into the work culture values and behavior that are pathological to?executing effective?leadership and detrimental to the health of work communities. While attractive on the surface, these new values are toxic to the idea of relationship and thus threaten the work community culture, in effect killing leadership.

This book will arm leaders with the tools, resources, and techniques to recognize and overcome workplace pathologies.? After reading this book, leaders will:

• have a complete understanding of the key principles of spirit-based values leadership?
• see clearly that the leaders values shape both the leaders one-on-one relationships with coworkers and are at the center of the work culture they create to re-enforce coworker actions and decisions
• appreciate more fully the power of the ambient work culture to influence coworkers toward leader set values and methods guiding the work community
• know the toxic effect on doing leadership of introducing non-work values and standards into the work community culture
understand the arguments against allowing subgroups of the work community to form and practice values opposed to the values the leader has set for the full group
• be better prepared to deal with the consequenclӂ