Leading with Spirit, Presence, and Authenticity: A Volume in the International Leadership Association Series, Building Leadership Bridges

Chapter FourThe Dance of Joyful Leadership

Catherine Etmanski, Mark Fulton, Guy Nasmyth, M. Beth Page^a

The twenty-first century is rife with increasingly complex challenges. Global interdependence coupled with rapidly changing technologies, workforce internationalization, demographic shifts, population growth, economic uncertainty, ongoing conflict, and growing disparity are but a few elements contributing to this complexity. These challenges are compounded by the impacts of climate change and the need to move away from a fossil fuel–based global economy. In the face of such challenges, the call for leadership has never been greater. Yet the very concept of leadership is contested—with different scholars or practitioners placing greater or ...