Margaret Benefiel, PhD
Margaret Benefiel, PhD, teaches spirituality and organizational leadership at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston, and is CEO of Executive Soul. Author of The Soul of a Leader (Crossroad, 2008) and Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations (Seabury Books 2005), she speaks widely, leads seminars and retreats, and offers spiritual direction and coaching to executives and organizations. For the 2003-2004 academic year, she occupied the O'Donnell Chair of Spirituality at Milltown Institute in Dublin, Ireland. She has written for The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Personal Excellence, Organization, Managerial Finance, and Management Communication Quarterly, as well as many other periodicals. She serves as Chair of the Academy of Management's Management Spirituality and Religion Group. Her website is www.ExecutiveSoul.com.
Margaret Benefiel, PhD, teaches spirituality and organizational leadership at Andover Newton Theological School in Boston, and is CEO of Executive Soul. Author of The Soul of a Leader (Crossroad, 2008) and Soul at Work: Spiritual Leadership in Organizations (Seabury Books 2005), she speaks widely, leads seminars and retreats, and offers spiritual direction and coaching to executives and organizations. For the 2003-2004 academic year, she occupied the O'Donnell Chair of Spirituality at Milltown Institute in Dublin, Ireland. She has written for The Leadership Quarterly, Journal of Organizational Change Management, Personal Excellence, Organization, Managerial Finance, and Management Communication Quarterly, as well as many other periodicals. She serves as Chair of the Academy of Management's Management Spirituality and Religion Group. Her website is www.ExecutiveSoul.com.
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Spiritual Leadership for Peacebuilding (Part IV in a series)
Column: Executive Soul
Jul 24 2008 10:01PM
“Heart of Peace” workshop in South Africa brings healing (cont. from Part III).
Spiritual Leadership for Peacebuilding (Part III in a series)
Column: Executive Soul
Jul 14 2008 04:34PM
Friends’ Peace Teams are helping to rebuild Kenya, step by agonizing step (cont. from Part II).
Spiritual Leadership for Peacebuilding (Part II in a series)
Column: Executive Soul
Jul 8 2008 05:54PM
Friends’ Peace Teams are helping to rebuild Kenya, step by agonizing step (cont. from Part I).
Spiritual Leadership for Peacebuilding (Part I in a series)
Column: Executive Soul
Jun 30 2008 08:01AM
Friends’ Peace Teams are helping to rebuild Kenya, step by agonizing step.
Thriving Gardens, Thriving Leadership
Column: Executive Soul
Jun 27 2008 11:48AM
How self-acceptance and spiritual grounding enhance leadership.
The Soul of John McCain
Column: Executive Soul
May 22 2008 05:36PM
What is happening to John McCain’s soul?
Spring for the Soul
Column: Executive Soul
Apr 28 2008 12:44PM
In our workplaces, as in our personal lives, times of rest and renewal are essential if we are to bring our full creativity to our tasks. How can workplaces incorporate rest and renewal into the busy, driven culture in which we live?
Spiritual leadership in healthcare
Column: Executive Soul
Apr 4 2008 01:54AM
How one healthcare system integrated spirituality into patient care.
Mop-up work
Column: Executive Soul
Mar 28 2008 02:08AM
How can the new Kenyan leadership team do the work that is so essential for getting the country back on its feet?
More leadership lessons of Jesus
Column: Executive Soul
Mar 21 2008 02:32AM
Leading by the Third Way involves discerning when and how to confront. It involves compassion at all times.
Leadership lessons of Jesus
Column: Executive Soul
Mar 14 2008 02:13AM
Was Jesus a passive doormat or a strong leader? What lessons can he teach us?
Care for the caregiver's soul
Column: Executive Soul
Mar 7 2008 02:02AM
Living with sick and dying formerly homeless people isn't always easy. How do the staff and volunteers get the strength they need to continue to create authentic community day after day, year after year?
Spiritual leadership from the grassroots
Column: Executive Soul
Feb 22 2008 02:46AM
This week, Condoleezza Rice joined Kofi Annan in urging Kenyan leaders toward a power-sharing agreement. How can spiritual leadership from the bottom complement their efforts?
'Let us see what love can do'
Column: Executive Soul
Feb 14 2008 01:57AM
This Valentine's Day, let William Penn's words about love be your guide.
Peacemaking in Kenya
Column: Executive Soul
Feb 8 2008 01:01AM
In the midst of conflict, spiritually grounded leaders are challenging the dominant culture and exhorting those with influence to choose another way.
Spiritual leader on the streets
Column: Executive Soul
Feb 1 2008 01:58AM
What does sleeping on the streets three nights a week have to do with leadership?
Broken New Year's resolutions?
Column: Executive Soul
Jan 25 2008 02:02AM
Celebrate your broken resolutions and failed organizational change efforts.
Biblical principles in Kenyan business
Column: Executive Soul
Jan 18 2008 12:51AM
How can biblical principles make a difference in business?
Can God help Kenya?
Column: Executive Soul
Jan 11 2008 01:58AM
During this time of crisis, Kenyan calls to prayer abound, and for the most part, the people have no doubt that God exists and that God is good. Their question is whether their leaders will listen to God.
Freedom through forgiveness
Column: Executive Soul
Jan 4 2008 12:53AM
What can leaders learn from South Africa about the power of forgiveness?
Humility, confession and customer service
Column: Executive Soul
Dec 28 2007 01:29AM
Rather than adopt a defensive posture, Landry's employees learn to admit their mistakes and make them up to the customer.
Kris Kringle as leader
Column: Executive Soul
Dec 21 2007 02:40AM
How can the person on the lowest rung of the ladder exercise leadership for good?
The courage of non-violence
Column: Executive Soul
Dec 14 2007 12:52AM
When South African security forces killed 38 people in the black township of Sebokeng, Archbishop Desmond Tutu interrupted the cycle of violence with a daring act.
Seeing things whole
Column: Executive Soul
Dec 7 2007 01:34AM
How can a group of organizational leaders help one another stay true to their values?
Breaking the cycle of conflict
Column: Executive Soul
Nov 23 2007 12:16AM
In the midst of the conflicts that crop up in city politics, seeing with compassion provides the foundation for transforming the atmosphere.
The power of giving thanks
Column: Executive Soul
Nov 16 2007 02:43AM
How can giving thanks turn around a desperate situation?
Spiritual direction for leaders
Column: Executive Soul
Nov 9 2007 02:22AM
How can a spiritual director help a leader lead better?
Freedom through forgiveness, Part 2
Column: Executive Soul
Nov 2 2007 02:09AM
To break the cycle of violence, one must first see with the eyes of the heart.
Freedom through forgiveness
Column: Executive Soul
Oct 26 2007 01:56AM
What can leaders learn from South Africa about the power of forgiveness?
Banking on values
Column: Executive Soul
Oct 18 2007 12:40AM
How can a bank make a difference in the world?
Values first
Column: Executive Soul
Oct 11 2007 02:19AM
How can an executive stay true to his or her values?
Putting people first
Column: Executive Soul
Oct 4 2007 02:15AM
Is there a spiritual way to do layoffs?
Pausing for grounding
Column: Executive Soul
Sep 27 2007 12:21AM
People of deep faith don't need to check their faith at the door. Finding appropriate ways to draw on prayer and connect with spiritual people at work helps them bring their full self to work and better serve their company.
Anita Roddick: The power of a vision
Column: Executive Soul
Sep 20 2007 12:55AM
For Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, commerce at its best was about much more than money. (Part 2 of two.)
Anita Roddick: Soulful executive
Column: Executive Soul
Sep 13 2007 12:41AM
Anita Roddick, founder of The Body Shop, died this week. She left a rich legacy of bringing spirituality into everyday work life.
Giving thanks in all things
Column: Executive Soul
Sep 6 2007 02:38AM
When they started viewing their work as a gift, management and employees of Landry's Bicycles began steering the company away from bankruptcy and onto the path to success.
Musicians in harmony to help others
Column: Executive Soul
Aug 30 2007 12:44AM
The Edge and his partners dared to dream that competitors in the music industry could come together to help the New Orleans musicians affected by Hurricane Katrina.
Music rises again in New Orleans
Column: Executive Soul
Aug 23 2007 01:05AM
Two years after Hurricane Katrina, U2 guitarist The Edge has helped to revitalize New Orleans by founding an organization that replaces musicians' flood-damaged instruments and equipment.
Daring to dream
Column: Executive Soul
Aug 16 2007 12:20AM
How can dreaming make work a better place for everyone, even when obstacles seem insurmountable?
Following the heart
Column: Executive Soul
Aug 9 2007 02:21AM
By not making all the decisions, a new leader helped his workforce change from being dependent on the boss to being empowered.
A sick hospital recovers
Column: Executive Soul
Aug 2 2007 01:05AM
Morale had plummeted, patient satisfaction was low, the finances were in ruins. How could employees turn around a sick hospital?
Leadership and discernment
Column: Executive Soul
Jul 26 2007 02:04AM
In discernment, one learns to distinguish the real from the illusory, the wheat from the chaff. (Part 2 of two.)
Discernment
Column: Executive Soul
Jul 19 2007 01:20AM
What does discernment have to do with leadership? (Part 1 of two.)
Independence and interdependence
Column: Executive Soul
Jul 4 2007 01:15AM
The Sacred Vocation Program draws on caregivers' ability to practice both independence and interdependence as a way to help them rediscover their own passion for their work.
Servant leadership
Column: Executive Soul
Jun 28 2007 12:32AM
How can a leader practice spiritually based servant leadership in a secular institution?
Hitting a wall, then digging deeper
Column: Executive Soul
Jun 21 2007 12:21AM
At Harvard Divinity School, Tom Chappell reclaimed the spiritual principles upon which he and his wife had founded Tom's of Maine. (Part 2 of two.)
Hitting a roadblock on the spiritual path
Column: Executive Soul
Jun 14 2007 01:17AM
When Tom's of Maine expanded from health food stores to supermarket and drugstore chains, marketing and finance experts advised them to compromise their all-natural principles. (Part 1 in a series.)
Gardening with seeds of spirituality
Column: Executive Soul
Jun 7 2007 12:28AM
How can a leader sow seeds of spirituality in an organization?
Quality makes a Best Company
Column: Executive Soul
May 31 2007 02:16AM
'If we want (employees) to go the extra mile, we must go the extra mile with them.'
Healthcare as a sacred vocation
Column: Executive Soul
May 24 2007 02:09AM
As a patient in the hospital, Rabbi Karff remembered how dehumanizing healthcare can be, and he resolved then and there to do something about it.
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