Learning to Lead in All Domains of Life

Abstract

A new vision of management in the 21st century must address how organization members align their core values with their actions. Recent trends have changed the landscape on which business leaders pursue interests of various stakeholders. To be successful in the 21st century, business leaders at all levels must possess three important capacities— authenticity, integrity, and creativity—and enact them at work, in their families, in their communities, and in their personal growth. Building these capacities requires innovative means for educating and developing leaders. This article discusses the author's approach to realizing this goal— total leadership—which aims to help participants increase business results by enriching lives, to learn to lead in new ways that integrate work, home, community, and self for mutual gain. This article reviews the principles and skills of total leadership and describes experiments undertaken by participants to produce changes in both their leadership identity and their performance in all life domains.