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Spiritual Leadership as a Model for Performance Excellence: A Study of Baldrige Award Recipients
The article examines the role of spiritual leadership in enhancing organizational performance, based on a study of Baldrige award recipients. Key components—hope/faith, vision, and altruistic love—promote commitment, productivity, and life satisfaction. The findings highlight spiritual leadership’s importance for creating positive work environments and achieving excellence in a competitive landscape. Read more
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The Challenge
Leaders today must navigate increasing pressure from various stakeholders while fostering value creation for all. This involves overcoming self-serving silos and adapting to rapid technological advancements. Organizations aiming for sustainable excellence must focus on a win-win approach, integrating stakeholder needs into their designs to ensure long-term success and competitiveness. Read more
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Organization Design
The concept of organizational design is explored through four cornerstones: stakeholders, strategy, systems, and scorecard, all of which are interconnected. Successful design requires alignment with culture and context, influencing organizational behavior and performance. Effective organizational design enhances value creation for stakeholders and drives transformation toward sustainable excellence. Read more
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Leader as Organization Designer
Organization architects (OAs) blend the science and art of organizational design to address stakeholder needs and constraints. They include formal leaders, like entrepreneurs, and informal leaders, such as consultants. Successful OAs must master transformation leadership and organization design, utilizing a flexible framework to achieve sustainable excellence through tailored solutions. Read more
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The Framework
The Leading Transformation Framework focuses on integrating leadership activities, organizational culture, and stakeholder needs to create sustainable value. It comprises 14 components detailing effective leadership practices. Successful leaders prioritize engaging their workforce and adapt strategies based on performance feedback, fostering an environment of continuous learning and improvement to achieve sustainable excellence. Read more
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The Prize
Successful organizations create value for multiple stakeholders through a comprehensive scorecard that measures performance in various areas, including financial health and societal impact. By adopting strategic leadership and learning from successful models, they achieve sustainable excellence and competitive advantage, enhancing results and organizational culture to benefit all stakeholders. Read more
