Why Spiritual Capital Matters: Activating Latent Resources in Your Organizational Community

When personal life splinters from professional life as it does for so many people today we often hold forth a vision of human life in which everything fits together: work family community and the common good. Organizational leaders love this dream because frankly when people bring their whole selves to work they are more productive. Whats good for the company in this case looks to be good for the staff member too. And thats no small accomplishment in a time when pandemic and racial inequity have made organizational leadership so economically and socially challenging. But all too often this dream of holistic living and work relies too heavily upon the inner resources of individuals. The result is burnout as leaders grow fatigued and team members feel manipulated. This books research among social entrepreneurs--with close attention to the experience of entrepreneurs of color--suggests that workplace communities have the economic and social resources needed for commonwealth. But the goods remain latent. Instead of obsessing about what individual inwardness can do we should catalyze those latent resources. This book shows leaders how to start new conversations and tell new stories in order to cultivate spiritual capital and activate those latent goods.