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Leader Self-Development, Maturation, and Meditation: Elements of a Transformative Journey

Handbook of Personal and Organizational Transformation

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The global work environment is placing increasing demands on leaders to develop and actualize more of their potential. However, these growing demands require more than acquiring new general knowledge and skills. They require turning inward and embarking on a transformative journey of psychological maturation and vertical development. Consequently, there is a growing interest in transformative practices, to include mindfulness meditation and to support and facilitate the type of deep changes needed for leaders to effectively navigate our increasingly complex, uncertain, and interconnected world.

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  2. School of Management, Walden University, Minneapolis, MN, USA

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Frizzell, D., Banner, D.K. (2016). Leader Self-Development, Maturation, and Meditation: Elements of a Transformative Journey. In: Neal, J. (eds) Handbook of Personal and Organizational Transformation. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-29587-9_66-1

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