Personal, Educational and Organizational Transformation: Leadership Change During Times of Metacrisis

This book offers models, ideas and processes for personal transformation, educational transformation and organizational transformation in times of global crises. We live in a time of Metacrisis, an era in which several major crises occur at the same time. Times like these historically have offered opportunities for breakthrough and transformation. Our old leadership and educational models no longer work in this unpredictable and complex environment. What does work in times of turmoil is the ability to envision and enact new models, new systems and new forms of leadership. The contributions in this book provide leaders and change agents with a broad perspective on how transformation can take place across different domains as well as practical steps that can be implemented in various situations. It offers examples from different cultures, regions, and religions to help leaders quickly adapt and embrace whatever challenges that emerge. Taken together, the enclosed chapters provide a roadmap for a more positive future for all.

Judi Neal, PhD, is the Executive Director of the Global Consciousness Institute and the President of Edgewalkers International. Her primary focus has been on workplace spirituality, transformation, and global consciousness. After receiving her Ph.D. in organizational behavior from Yale University, she served as an internal consultant to Honeywell for eight years. Judi then taught management at the University of New Haven for 17 years. Her research was on business leaders who have a strong commitment to their spirituality, and she researched the ways in which they bridged the invisible world of spirituality and the material world of business.

Judi was founding director of the Tyson Center for Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace at the University of Arkansas. She was a cofounder and former chair of the Management, Spirituality and Religion (MSR) Interest group has served on the MSR Executive Committee. She chairs the MSR Scholarship Committee and was founder of the MSR Flamekeeper Committee. She also serves on the boards of Octave Institute and INDICA Academy. As one of the founding editors of the Journal of Management, Spirituality and Religion (JMSR), she is on the journal’s editorial board and is also on the board of the journal’s parent organization - the International Association of Management, Spirituality, and Religion (IAMSR).

Judi is the author of ten books on workplace spirituality and transformation as well as numerous journal articles in the field. She is the editor of The Handbook of Faith and Spirituality in the Workplace, The Handbook of Personal and Organizational Transformation, and a co-author of Spiritually and Developmentally Mature Leadership, all published by Springer.