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Awakened Leadership

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Mindful leadership; Moral values; Reflective leadership; Stakeholder awareness

Introduction

Today’s leaders are expected to excel in different ways than their predecessors. Given our fast-paced times, they are continuously facing (a) shifts in societal values, leading to greater employee awareness and greater need for involvement (Higgs 2003); (b) changes in investor focus, from sheer shareholder advancement to increased stakeholder involvement (Jennings 2005); (c) needs for significant organizational change (Gordon and Pollack 2018; Sakhartov and Folta 2013); and (d) increased stress on employees, requiring steadfast human resource guidance to curtail excessive turnover (Raza et al. 2018). These are just a minor selection of the leadership challenges in our times. Additionally, leaders should not underestimate that today’s followers are, on average, more educated and more independent in their thinking. They expect more input and get demoralized when they are summoned to...

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  1. Woodbury University, Burbank, CA, USA

    Joan Marques

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  1. Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Deborah C Poff

  2. Ottawa, ON, Canada

    Alex C. Michalos

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    Deborah C. Poff

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Marques, J. (2019). Awakened Leadership. In: Poff, D., Michalos, A. (eds) Encyclopedia of Business and Professional Ethics. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-23514-1_1122-1

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