Steingard’s essay is refulgent with theoretical insight. It is, however, easy to slip by important nuances unless one is steeped in the literature and language he references. So perhaps briefly sharing a more descriptive perspective from a dialog with more than 350 managerial participants in the seminar, Spirituality of Organizational Leadership offered at Santa Clara University can be complementary (Delbecq, 2000). This article clearly shares a subjective overall perspective. In any group of managers there will be a range of responses.
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