A unified theory of leadership: experiences of higher states of consciousness in world‐class leaders

Abstract

Suggests that development of consciousness is a fundamental causal variable underlying the complexity of behaviours and psychological qualities associated with leadership. This unified model is supported by evidence which indicates that world‐class leaders experience a silent, expanded, restfully alert, and non‐attached state of consciousness, which forms the basis of higher states of consciousness, more frequently than comparison groups. Discusses transcendental meditation, a mental technique which systematically cultivates development of consciousness, as a technology to lay the foundations for more widespread development of leadership.

Citation

Harung, H.S., Heato, D.P. and Alexander, C.N. (1995), "A unified theory of leadership: experiences of higher states of consciousness in world‐class leaders", Leadership & Organization Development Journal, Vol. 16 No. 7, pp. 44-59. https://doi.org/10.1108/01437739510100946