Despite spending billions on leadership development each year, most companies still reporta severe shortage of competent leaders within their ranks. Based on my personalexperience and experience observing good and bad leaders around the world span...

Despite spending billions on leadership development each year, most companies still reporta severe shortage of competent leaders within their ranks. Based on my personalexperience and experience observing good and bad leaders around the world spanningmore than three decades, I am becoming increasingly convinced that we may be looking forleadership advice in too narrow a space. The secret of great leadership may lie in theconfluence of quantum mechanics, neuroscience, biology, and spirituality rather than justmanagement and psychology books and training programs. Neuroscience research hasshed light on how the brain's ability to adapt and change, known as neuroplasticity, can beharnessed through specific techniques. Likewise, certain principles of quantum physicssuggest that reality can be altered through conscious observation. Leaders and managerscan modify their thought patterns to enhance creativity and improve performance bycultivating heightened awareness, mindfulness, humility, and purpose.