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Organizational Spiritual Maturity: A Goal of Positive Leaders and Direction for Change

In: New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change

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  • Adam S. Freer

    (Washington County Department of Health and Human Services)

  • Peter J. Robertson

    (USC Price School of Public Policy)

Abstract

Organizational spiritual maturity (OSM) is an important new way of understanding organizations. Two core elements of OSM are important for positive leaders when pursuing organizational change. First, all organizational attributes are rooted in an organization’s spirit, and unless the spiritual root is addressed, any negative or undesirable quality will not likely be resolved – even through the strategies of positive leadership. Second, in the highly interconnected and integral world, leaders must fully consider the pervasive impacts of their organization both internally and externally. OSM provides a clearer vision and new strategies that can help positive leaders be even more effective in improving the well-being, health, and effectiveness of the people and organizations they lead. A key quality of OSM is spiritually mature leadership and management approaches. Spiritually mature leaders are described and contrasted with positive leaders and the more general concept of spiritual leaders.

Suggested Citation

  • Adam S. Freer & Peter J. Robertson, 2020. "Organizational Spiritual Maturity: A Goal of Positive Leaders and Direction for Change," Management for Professionals, in: Satinder Dhiman & Joan Marques (ed.), New Horizons in Positive Leadership and Change, chapter 6, pages 103-125, Springer.
    • Handle: RePEc:spr:mgmchp:978-3-030-38129-5_6
    DOI: 10.1007/978-3-030-38129-5_6
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