Executive Leadership Development of Corporate Healthcare Leaders: Integrating Spirituality into the Framework

J Pastoral Care Counsel. 2024 Sep;78(3):91-97. doi: 10.1177/15423050241268374. Epub 2024 Aug 2.

Abstract

A faith-based healthcare system implemented a Leadership as Wholeness formation program, including a spiritual formation curriculum described here. The spiritual formation curriculum intends to connect leaders with their purpose and identity to ensure mission stability in the organizational culture, now and in the future. More research must be done to understand how, or even if, these types of programs make a meaningful difference in organizational mission initiatives and workforce stability.

Keywords: Leadership development; clinical Pastoral Education; organizational leadership; spirituality; whole-person leadership.

MeSH terms

  • Curriculum
  • Humans
  • Leadership*
  • Organizational Culture
  • Pastoral Care / education
  • Spirituality*
  • Staff Development