Fostering Spiritual Values Through Integral Leadership Approach: Need Of 21st-Century Leadership Context Of Educational World

Abstract

Man in today's world is engulfed in the grief of comfort and mechanized social life. Under such circumstances, man suffers from many social and psychological problems. Such issues arise as a result of declining human values. Education is the only tool that can change the world's current circumstances. So, there is a need to redefine the leadership process worldwide. The leader can foster moral, social, and ethical values among the learners. Adding spirituality to the existing leader qualities and associated school practices is the only way to inculcate and foster values among educational leaders. Spirituality will assist the leaders in attaining positive thinking, inner peace, egolessness, unconditional love, optimism, harmony, humility, responsibility, compassion, justice, simplicity, and reciprocity. The integral educational leadership approach is the only way to integrate different dimensions, including the spiritual aspect of the human being, at the individual and collective levels. The concept of integral leadership is inclined to synthesize ancient knowledge with 21st-century needs and the requirement to balance human life perfectly. Its aim is the holistic development of leaders with spiritual growth. The integral leadership approach strives to perceive supra-ethical good, supra-rational truth, and beauty. It encourages leaders to combine and harmonize their knowledge. It also strives to promote universality and oneness. An essential trait of integral philosophy is to develop each individual's potential to attain knowledge, will, harmony, and skills. Therefore, integral leadership is the best alternative to deal with the world's prevalent, educational conditions and the leader's changing needs.