Ladder to Leadership- Leading isn't Failing Others

Book excerpt: Despite spending billions on leadership development each year, most companies still report a severe shortage of competent leaders within their ranks. Based on my personal experience and experience observing good and bad leaders around the world spanning more than three decades, I am becoming increasingly convinced that we may be looking for leadership advice in too narrow a space. The secret of great leadership may lie in the confluence of quantum mechanics, neuroscience, biology, and spirituality rather than just management and psychology books and training programs. Neuroscience research has shed light on how the brain's ability to adapt and change, known as neuroplasticity, can be harnessed through specific techniques. Likewise, certain principles of quantum physics suggest that reality can be altered through conscious observation. Leaders and managers can modify their thought patterns to enhance creativity and improve performance by cultivating heightened awareness, mindfulness, humility, and purpose.