Transformative Leadership and Spirituality

"48 page report from APA's OEMA (Office of Ethnic Minority Affairs) about leadership styles and culture of ethnic minorities."

"A site dedicated to communicating scientific information about emotional intelligence, including relevant aspects of emotions, cognition, and personality. This web site is maintained by John D. Mayer from the University of New Hampshire has been greatly enriched by the participation of talented people from all over the world.

"Forbes's sub-site is definitely not the most focused blog, but because of its famous brand name, it benefits from New York Times best-selling guest writers of the highest quality, such as Christine Comaford."

"The Library provides free, easy-to-access, online articles to develop yourself, other individuals, groups and organizations (whether the organization is for-profit or nonprofit). Over the past 15 years, the Library has grown to be one of the world's largest well-organized collections of these types of articles and resources."

"Veritas Leadership is an independent, non-profit, non-partisan, campaigning organization vigorously engaged in 1.) public awareness, 2.) learning and development, and 3.) direct, non-violent activism. Leadership by the People's purpose is to cultivate and advance a practical understanding of and a sustained and widespread commitment to more egalitarian and transformational paradigms of leadership—leadership that focuses on the development and leadership potential of all people—leadership that is congruent with and complementary to the principles of freedom and democracy. Its broader mission is to help preserve free, open and democratic societies by speaking boldly, honestly and openly about the critical and urgent need to move beyond anachronistic and undemocratic ideologies of power and leadership and toward more transformational and egalitarian principles, paradigms and practices."

"Linked 2 Leadership is a group of global professionals dedicated to leadership development, organizational health, and personal & professional growth. This L2L group and site strives to maintain and communicate the highest standards and disciplines involved in personal leadership effectiveness to help build, grow & develop other leaders! The Linked 2 Leadership Blog is designed to serve professionals interested in Leadership Development, Organizational Health, and Personal & Professional Growth."

"The Living Wage Calculator is a companion to the Poverty in America website. Living wage estimates are relevant to a range of issues in a number of arenas. For instance, they can be used as an industry guideline for wage setting and by work force groups for advocacy for higher wages. They can also be used as a policy tool by serving as a standard with which to better target labor market resources (e.g. matching job-seekers to markets paying sufficient wages) or in determining investments in education and job training programs (e.g. by serving as a measure of pay-off for investment). Living wage estimates can also be used as an evaluation tool for economic development and other proposed policies or policy changes by aiding in the estimation of effect, that is, to include not only effects to the local economy but also to the potential well-being of workers and their families."

"Manager Tools produces two free weekly podcasts designed to give managers and individual contributors actionable recommendations to further their careers: Manager Tools and Career Tools. Manager Tools (MT) is focused on helping you become a more effective manager and leader. Each week MT will be talking about new tools and easy techniques you can use to help achieve your management objectives. If you're tired of a lot of management "theory" and would rather learn specific actions you can take TODAY, you'll enjoy the Manager Tools podcast. Manager Tools won the People's Choice Podcast Awards in the business category in 2006, 2007 and 2009. In 2008 it also won the overall People's Choice category. The Manager Tools podcast is downloaded over 80,000 times weekly."

"Marshall Goldsmith's online library is filled with free articles, columns, interviews, webcasts, podcasts, audios and even videos. Users are encouraged to read, listen to, watch, download, copy and send this material to anyone in their organizations who might benefit and to share with their favorite charities, spiritual or non-profit organizations too."

The Max De Pree Center for Leadership's guiding philosophy is that "belief shapes practice". The Center provides publications, videos, and conferences for its members.

"MindTools helps you learn the practical, straightforward skills you need to excel in your career. On the left hand side of the screen, you can explore MindTools menus. Used together, these skills can help you become exceptionally effective, be a great manager and leader, be more successful in your career – and even become happier at work. These skills are called "mind tools," because that's what they are. The MindTools philosophy is that anyone can learn and use these simple processes and techniques to make the very most of their careers.
Established in 1996, the MindTools site helps more than 21,000,000 people each year, as well as providing cloud-based training solutions to companies and government agencies worldwide. Members of the MindTools team are based in four continents. They comprise career experts, business people, coaches, writers, editors, and journalists – all of whom are focused on helping you make the very most of your career."

"Catalyst is the leading nonprofit organization with a mission to expand opportunities for women and business. Catalyst is dedicated to creating more inclusive workplaces where employees representing every dimension of diversity can thrive. Catalyst acts as a change agent through its pioneering research, its tools and services, its events, and Awards. Together, Catalyst's offerings raise awareness of how diversity benefits today’s global businesses, and provide guidance on how to enact real change."

"If you are a boss at any level, this blog will give you insight, information, and pointers to resources to do a better job and live a better life. Wally Bock's Tips of the Day are the highlight of this site, recent tips include: 'Keep a list of mini-projects' and 'Time off should be time off'."