ABSTRACT
The author explores some of the ways in which individuals and corporates have attempted to overcome an in-built bias toward selfish motives and amoral attitudes. He explores mindfulness as an alternative approach to developing self-and other-awareness as a step towards more ethical leading. The author then examines what a greater awareness of spirituality might bring to the process of leading with integrity, specifically adopting a Judeo-Christian lens. A common tenet of leadership skills development is to create an environment whereby people move from unconscious to conscious incompetence, which then acts a spur to become consciously—and, finally, unconsciously—competent. Mindfulness operates in a similar way, gradually allowing what is hidden and unconscious to become apparent to the conscious mind, but at a far deeper level. In his book, The Power of Noticing: What the Best Leaders See, Max Bazerman notes that even with his expertise in behavioral psychology, he only recently realized that his own noticing skills were 'truly terrible'.
