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Leading in a VUCA World : Integrating Leadership, Discernment and Spirituality.

Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kok, Jacobus (Kobus).
Other Authors: van den Heuvel, Steven C.
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cham : Springer International Publishing AG, 2018.
Edition:1st ed.
Series:Contributions to Management Science Series
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Table of Contents:
  • Leading in a VUCA World
  • Preface
  • Revolutionary Times
  • Process of the Book
  • Acknowledgements
  • The Plan of the Book
  • References
  • Contents
  • List of Contributors
  • The Metanarraphors We Lead and Mediate by: Insights from Cognitive Metaphor Theory in the Context of Mediation in a VUCA World
  • 1 Introduction and Status Quaestionis
  • 1.1 Structure of the Chapter
  • 1.2 Lifelong Learning Organizations: From Unconscious Incompetence to Unconscious Competence
  • 1.2.1 Inter-and-Transdisciplinary Discernment in a Superdiverse and Supermobile World
  • Sketching the Backdrop/Relief/Setting the Scene
  • 2 Insights from Metaphor Theory in Mediation
  • 3 Conceptual and Theoretical Discussion
  • 3.1 Understanding the Social-Constructive and Socio-Cognitive Critical Discourse Nature of Language
  • 3.2 Understanding the Dynamics of Metaphor
  • 4 Breaking Bread: A Hermeneutic of Hope and Possibility for Solidarity
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Internet Sources Consulted
  • The Quest to Lead (with) Millennials in a VUCA-World: Bridging the Gap Between Generations
  • 1 The Conflict Between Generations
  • 2 The VUCA World and Its Challenges
  • 3 Interim Conclusion and Solution Finding
  • 4 Responsible Leadership as Part of a Solution
  • 5 Mentoring
  • 6 Conclusion and Further Research
  • Bibliography
  • Personal Leadership as Form of Spirituality
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Paradoxal Paradigms in Leadership
  • 3 Spirituality and Leadership
  • 4 Religious Leadership
  • 5 Leadership and Spirituality in a VUCA World
  • 6 Personal Leadership
  • 7 Personal Leadership: An Unknown Country
  • Bibliography
  • Leading Organisations in Turbulent Times: Towards a Different Mental Model
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Current Business Reality: A ``VUCA ́́World
  • 3 The Antidote: ``Agile ́́Leadership
  • 4 A Bridge Too Far?.
  • 5 Gaining Trust and Instilling a Collaborative Culture in Organisations
  • 5.1 What Is ``Trust?́́
  • 5.2 The Trust Deficit
  • 5.3 Trustworthiness: The Basis of Trust
  • 5.4 Building Trust
  • 5.5 Collaboration
  • 5.6 Why Instil a Culture of Collaboration?
  • 5.7 Profile of a ``Collaborative ́́Leader
  • 6 Changing Mindsets
  • 6.1 Mental Models
  • 6.2 Changing Mindsets
  • 6.3 Embedding a New Mindset
  • 7 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • Spirituality and Leadership in a South African Context
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Leadership in South Africa
  • 3 Ubuntu Leadership
  • 4 Leadership Theories
  • 4.1 Introduction
  • 4.2 Authentic Leadership
  • 4.3 Servant Leadership
  • 4.4 Spiritual Leadership
  • 4.5 Transformational Leadership
  • 5 Conclusion
  • References
  • Still Points: Simplicity in Complex Companies
  • 1 The Human Yearning for Simplicity
  • 2 The Niche: Key Points in Complex Companies
  • 2.1 General Complexity Theory
  • 2.2 Niches Within Complex Companies
  • 3 Whyte Noise
  • Bibliography
  • How to Integrate Spirituality, Emotions and Rationality in (Group) Decision-Making
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Three Modes
  • 2.1 The Context
  • 2.2 Analyzing the Three Modes
  • 3 Forerunner of Modern Management Advice
  • 4 Group Decision-Making
  • 4.1 The Deliberation of the First Fathers
  • 4.2 Modern Adaptations of This Method Within the Ignation Tradition
  • 4.3 Six Thinking Hats
  • 5 Conclusions
  • Bibliography
  • Embodied Realism as Interpretive Framework for Spirituality, Discernment and Leadership
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 The Turn Towards the Body: Embodiment
  • 2.1 Embodiment in Nursing
  • 2.2 Embodiment in Cultural Psychology
  • 2.3 Embodiment in Cognitive Psychology
  • 3 The Case for Embodied Realism
  • 4 The Importance of the Concept of Embodiment for Spirituality, Discernment and Leadership
  • 4.1 Embodiment as Foundational Mode of Spirituality.
  • 4.2 Discernment as Embodied and Extended Cognition
  • 4.3 Embodiment, Discernment and Leadership
  • 5 Conclusion
  • Bibliography
  • A Well-Played Life: Discernment as the Constitutive Building Block of Selfless Leadership
  • 1 Shifting to Interactive, Process-Oriented Forms of Leadership
  • 2 Leadership as a Summons, a Calling
  • 3 The ``metanoetic ́́Nature of Selfless Leadership
  • 4 The Character of Selfless Leaders Is Grown in the Right Fertile Soil
  • 5 Discernment Flows from the Hearts of Selfless Leaders
  • 6 Character-Based Discernment Translated into the Roles of Sages and Editors
  • 7 Discernment Is Fine-Tuned by a New Sense of ``We-ness, ́́or Community
  • 8 Generosity as Lens
  • 9 When Criticism Comes
  • 10 Fin
  • Bibliography
  • Discerning Spirituality for Missional Leaders
  • 1 Introduction
  • 2 Focus on Missional Church
  • 3 Context of Acceleration and Complexity
  • 4 Missional Leadership
  • 5 Missional Spirituality
  • 6 Discernment
  • 7 A Hermeneutic of Love
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • Challenging the New ``One-Dimensional Man:́́ The Protestant Orders of Life as a Critical Nuance to Workplace Spirituality
  • 1 Introduction: The New Quest for Spirituality in the Workplace
  • 2 Problems with the Appeal for a ``New Spirituality ́́
  • 2.1 The Danger of Instrumentalization and Narcissistic Misdirection
  • 2.2 Pragmatism as the Solution to Conflicting Spiritualities
  • 2.3 Spirituality: A Social Construct?
  • 2.4 Summary: The New ``One-Dimensional Man ́́
  • 3 The Different Spheres of Life: Contributions from a Protestant Concept
  • 3.1 The Mandates as a Restraint Against ``Overstepping the Limit ́́
  • 3.2 The Mandates as a Means to Appropriate Spiritual Pluralism: The Pragmatist Solution Revisited
  • 3.3 The Mandates as a Middle Way Between Onto-Theology and Radical Social Constructivism
  • 4 Conclusion
  • References.
  • From Spirituality to Responsible Leadership: Ignatian Discernment and Theory-U
  • 1 Ignatian Spiritual Discernment and Addressing Our Blind Spot
  • 2 Spiritual Intelligence and Discernment
  • 3 Theory-U and Leadership Spirituality
  • 4 Spirituality and Religion Connected
  • 5 The Spiritual Exercises of Ignatius of Loyola
  • 6 Ignatian Spirituality for the World and Beyond the World
  • 7 Principles for Spiritual Discernment
  • 7.1 Humility and Telos
  • 7.2 Silence, Detachment and Indifference
  • 7.3 The Primacy of Emotions and Imagination
  • 7.4 The Two Standards and Ethical Evaluation
  • 7.5 Journaling and Mentoring
  • 8 Conclusion
  • References
  • Source Texts
  • Other Sources
  • Correction to: Leading in a VUCA World
  • Correction to: J. (Kobus) Kok, S. C. van den Heuvel (eds.), Leading in a VUCA World, Contributions to Management Science,https.

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