Conscious Capitalism Field Guide

Chapter 17

Organizational Approach to Conscious Leadership

A conscious company needs to have conscious leaders, not only at the top but also throughout the organization. To infuse your organization with conscious leadership, you need to change the way you hire, identify, develop, and promote leaders throughout the organization. In hiring leaders, a conscious organization identifies people who score high on the SELFLESS screen, in addition to possessing the technical skills that a position requires.

When a company is identifying future leaders from within its ranks or promoting leaders to higher levels of responsibility, it should use similar criteria. In addition, the company needs to ensure that individuals are seeking to become leaders not ...