“Leadership in the modern age is more challenging than ever before, with more uncertainty, change and disruption across many dimensions. The idea of transpersonal leadership with its heart in the notions of humility, learning, and caring is ultimately a very human centred model of leadership and has never had more relevance in helping leaders get the best out of themselves, their people and their organisations. John Knights and his team at LeaderShape have been a positive force for change, and this book provides a fantastic guide for leaders at all levels to improve themselves and their leadership focus.​”

Peter Cheese, CEO Chartered Institute of Personnel & Development (CIPD), UK

“A great read. ‘Leading Beyond the Ego’ is an excellent book about transpersonal leadership – a much needed concept in this day and age. The way transpersonal leadership has been defined in the book, as the overlap between Rational Intelligence (RI), Emotional Intelligence (EI), and Spiritual Intelligence (SI), is particularly valuable. The authors not only explain what it means to be a transpersonal leader, but also describe how to become one. A must read for every aspiring leader, who is looking to create an emotionally-bonded, ethical, high-performing and sustainable organization.”

Warren Harris, CEO at Tata Technologies, USA & India

“It’s not hard to see, in business and society, how the old model of an ego driven, charismatic leader has failed. I recommend this book as required reading for anyone who wants to develop as a leader – and who wants to make a positive difference to the world.”

Natalie Ceeney CBE, former CEO of the Financial Ombudsman Service, National Archives and HM Courts & Tribunals Service, UK

“People who talk and write about leadership fall into two groups.  Firstly, there are people who are good at doing it and often they are inarticulate, shrugging their shoulders and just saying well “we just did it this way” and usually, they are impatient to analyse why they did it in a particular way because they are keen to get on to the next leadership challenge.  At the other end of the spectrum, there are people who write, at length.  The LeaderShape team has an enviable reputation at both ends of this spectrum, with deep understanding of the theory, their own particular variant of the theory of leadership, but also very many examples where they have helped individuals and organisations put the theory into practice.  This book is an excellent introduction to the highly complex and often confusing field of leadership.”

Professor Sir Muir Gray, Director, Better Value Healthcare; Chief Knowledge Officer, NHS; Prof. Knowledge Management, Oxford University, UK

“This book is packed with new thinking and yet resonates easily as if I had always known it! Since the values and ethics spotlight on the City of London after 2008, we have been looking to identify behaviours, which when championed by motivated and engaged leaders, could change culture and make capitalism more inclusive. My focus has been on capturing the benefits of diversity where leaders have expressed frustration at the slow progress. The essences and steps to Transpersonal Leadership in this book link leadership for the ‘greater good’ to enabling others to do the right thing, increasing performance, productivity and profitability. It is key to unleashing the power of diversity and rising to many of the challenges that society faces.”

Dame Fiona Woolf DBE, DL (Lord Mayor of London 2013-14); Partner CMS Cameron McKenna, UK