Value Based Leadership and Spirituality in the Workplace

VALUE-BASED LEADERSHIP AND SPIRITUALITY IN THE WORKPLACE

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ABSTRACT
This paper serves to explain the concepts of value-based leadership and workplace spirituality in intricate detail, in an attempt to demonstrate the worth of its application to leadership in the modern organisation and inclusion in leadership theory. Furthermore, the paper explains pragmatically how these leadership principles can be applied meaningfully and successfully by strategic leaders in their businesses.

OPSOMMING
Hierdie verslag verduidelik die onderliggende raamwerk en nut van waarde-gedrewe leierskap en geestelikheid/spiritualiteit in die werksomgewing en in die algemene leierskap teorie. Hierdie beginsels word ook verduidelik in die lig van hoe ‘n strategiese leier dit wel betekenisvol kan toepas in ‘n moderne sakeonderneming.

TABLE OF CONTENTS | | Page: | 1. | INTRODUCTION | 1 | 2. | DEFINITIONS | 1 | | 2.1 Leadership | 1 | | 2.2 Values | 2 | | 2.3 Values and leadership | 3 | | 2.4 Values, leadership and behaviour in organisations | 3 | | 2.5 Spirituality | 4 | 3. | WHY VALUES AND SPIRITUALITY HAVE BECOME SO IMPORTANT | 5 | 4. | SPIRITUALITY VERSUS RELIGION, AND RELIGION IN THE WORKPLACE | 6 | 5. | GOOD LEADERSHIP VALUES | 7 | 6. |

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