Despite spending billions on leadership development each year, most companies still report
a severe shortage of competent leaders within their ranks. Based on my personal
experience and experience observing good and bad leaders around the world spanning
more than three decades, I am becoming increasingly convinced that we may be looking for
leadership advice in too narrow a space. The secret of great leadership may lie in the
confluence of quantum mechanics, neuroscience, biology, and spirituality rather than just
management and psychology books and training programs. Neuroscience research has
shed light on how the brain's ability to adapt and change, known as neuroplasticity, can be
harnessed through specific techniques. Likewise, certain principles of quantum physics
suggest that reality can be altered through conscious observation. Leaders and managers
can modify their thought patterns to enhance creativity and improve performance by
cultivating heightened awareness, mindfulness, humility, and purpose.
