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Think about your current life. Indicate whether each item 9. After reflecting on something
below is Mostly False or Mostly True for you. for a long time, I have learned to
trust my feelings rather than logi-
Mostly Mostly
cal reasons. _______ _______
False True
10. I am often transfixed by loveli-
1. I often reflect on the meaning
ness in nature. _______ _______
of life. _______ _______
2. I want to find a community where
I can grow spiritually. _______ _______ Scoring and Interpretation
3. I have made real personal Spiritual leadership engages people in higher values and
sacrifices in order to make the mission, and tries to create a corporate culture based
world a better place. _______ _______ on love and community rather than fear and separation.
4. Sometimes when I look at an Spiritual leadership is not for everyone, but when spiritual
ordinary thing I feel that I am ideals guide a leader’s behavior, an excellent culture can
Networking is a vital part of leadership
Action Memo
seeing it fresh for the first time. _______ _______ be created. Values-based and spiritual leadership are dis-
information sharing. Answer the questions
cussed later in the chapter.
5. I sometimes have unexpected
Add the number of Mostly True answers above for
flashes of insight or understand- in Leader’s Self-Insight 9.1 to learn whether
your score: ______. A score of 7 or above indicates that
ing while relaxing. _______ _______ you network with other people similar to
you are highly spiritual and will likely become a values-
what successful leaders do.
6. It is important to me to find
based or spiritual leader. A score of 4–6 would suggest
meaning and mission in the
that you are spiritually average. A score of 0–3 means
world. _______ _______
that you may be skeptical about developing spiritual
7. I often feel a strong sense of awareness.
unity or connection with all the
people around me. _______ _______ Source: Kirsi Tirri, Petri Nokelainen, and Martin Ubani, “Conceptual
Definition and Empirical Validation of the Spiritual Sensitivity Scale,”
8. I have had experiences that Journal of Empicial Theology 19, no. 1 (2006), pp. 37–62; and
Jeffrey Kluger, “Is God in Our Genes?” Time (October 25, 2004),
made my role in life clear to me. _______ _______ pp. 62–72.
Exhibit 14.1 Levels of Corporate Culture

Culture that can Visible
be seen at the 1. Artifacts, such as dress,
surface level office layout, symbols,
slogans, ceremonies

Invisible
2. Expressed values, such as “The Deeper values
Penney Idea,” “The HP Way” and shared
3. Underlying assumptions and deep understandings
beliefs, such as “people here care held by
about one another like a family” organization
members

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