TY - JOUR AU - Charles N. Alexander AB - Suggests that development of consciousness is a fundamental causal variable underlying the complexity of behaviours and psychological qualities associated with leadership. This unified model is supported by evidence which indicates that world‐class leaders experience a silent, expanded, restfully alert, and non‐attached state of consciousness, which forms the basis of higher states of consciousness, more frequently than comparison groups. Discusses transcendental meditation, a mental technique which systematically cultivates development of consciousness, as a technology to lay the foundations for more widespread development of leadership. TI - A unified theory of leadership experiences of higher states of consciousness in world‐class leaders JF - Leadership & Organization Development Journal DO - 10.1108/01437739510100946 DA - 1995-11-01 UR - https://www.deepdyve.com/lp/emerald-publishing/a-unified-theory-of-leadership-experiences-of-higher-states-of-OSa19rhw5f SP - 44 EP - 59 VL - 16 IS - 7 DP - DeepDyve ER -