Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line Through Spiritual Leadership
Louis W. Fry and Melissa Sadler Nisiewicz
Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line through Spiritual Leadership draws on the emerging fields of workplace spirituality and spiritual leadership to teach leaders and their constituencies how to develop business models that address issues of ethical leadership, employee well-being, sustainability, and social responsibility without sacrificing profitability, growth, and other metrics of performance excellence.
"Spiritual leadership appears as our next threshold for resolving the paradox of profitability and humanity's most profound needs. This book offers a holistic approach, pragmatic business cases, success stories, accessible concepts, and how-to methods that encourage leaders to break through antiquated business models and apply creative solutions."
-Richard Major, Former Worldwide Director of Human Resources, Hewlett-Packard, and former Vice President, Human Resources, Global Business Partners and Worldwide Operations, Solectron Corporation
"For many people in the worlds of business and politics, juxtaposing the words 'spiritual' and 'leadership' is off-putting, and quite possibly both pretentious and risible. This book exposes the pitfalls of such a position, giving practical examples of successful leaders and effective leadership practices across a range of organizations in which spiritual leadings have played an explicit role. It is a 'must read' for anyone interested in either leadership or the spiritual dimension of organizational development."
-Ann Limb, Chair, Helena Kennedy Foundation
"Few books exist on spiritual leadership and its effectiveness, and fewer still tell compelling stories and are based on solid data. Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line makes a major contribution to research on leadership and sustainability. By looking at the importance of love, altruism, and reflective personal practice to leadership, and by providing a way to measure their impact, Louis Fry and Melissa Sadler Nisiewicz enable us to take these fundamental notions into consideration in the ways that businesses want to: their impact on the bottom line."
-Kathryn Goldman Schuyler, Alliant International University and President of Coherent Change
"Maximizing the Triple Bottom Line Through Spiritual Leadership is grounded in pioneering research on spiritual leadership and enriched with practical applications through case studies and models. I've met many leaders who feel inspired and called to run organizations that are more sustainable and more nurturing to the human spirit, but they didn't know where to start. With this book, not only can they get started, they have guidance for the whole journey. We've been waiting a long time for a book like this."
-Judi Neal, Director, Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, University of Arkansas and author of Edgewalkers: People and Organizations That Take Risks, Build Bridges, and Break New Ground