Spiritual Leadership as a Model for Performance Excellence: A Study of Baldrige Award Recipients
Louis W. Fry, John R. Latham, Sharon K. Clinebell & Keiko Krahnke (2016): , Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 14:1, 22-47.
Spiritual Leadership as a Model for Performance Excellence: A Study of Baldrige Award Recipients
Louis W. Fry, John R. Latham, Sharon K. Clinebell & Keiko Krahnke (2016): , Journal of Management, Spirituality & Religion, 14:1, 22-47.
This article seeks to address top managers’ need to simultaneously maximize the so-called triple bottom line, or “People, Planet, Profit.” In doing so, we draw from the emerging fields of workplace spirituality, spiritual leadership, and conscious capitalism. Research conducted with Interstate Battery System of America, Inc. (Interstate Batteries) is offered as a case study of a company that may serve as a role model for spiritual leadership. We also present a general process for maximizing the triple bottom line through the development of the motivation and leadership required to simultaneously optimize employee well-being, social responsibility, organizational commitment, and financial performance.