Integral leadership The case of Bill George and

Integral leadership : The case of Bill George and Medtronic Inc. Thierry C. Pauchant Chair in Ethical Management, HEC Montreal, Canada Consulting faculty, Fielding Graduate Institute, USA Summit on Corporate Culture and Spirituality, Bangalore, India, November 20, 2004 www. Pauchant. com

Outline § § Leadership? Integral leadership model The manifestation of integral leadership in four domains: the Case of Bill George and Medtronic Inc. Conclusion: Research project on Integral Leadership, the “ 100 books project”: Comparing Bill George’s leadership with other patterns of integral leadership

Leadership? Search for a more effective, compassionate and encompassing leadership: § § § § Alchimist leadership (Handy, 1999) Authentic leadership (George, 2003) Conscious leadership (Chatterejee, 1998) Covenantal leadership (Pava, 2003) Courageous leadership (Hybels, 2002) Crisis leadership (Mitroff, 2003) Ethical leadership (Kanungo and Mendonca, 1996) Exemplary leadership (Kouzes and Posner, 2002) Humane leadership (Seligman, 2000) Integral leadership (Wilber, 2000) Moral leadership (Coles, 2000) Soul leadership (Bolman and Deal, 2001) Spiritual leadership (Vaill, 1998) Transcendental leadership (Sanders et al. , 2003)

Integral Leadership § § Ken Wilber: Integral Institute, Boulder, Colorado Large width and profound depth : 4 quadrants, 10 levels 1) Width: 4 quadrants

Integral Leadership 2) Depth: 10 levels

Levels / Quadrants I. Preconventional 1. Archaic 2. Magic II. Conventional 3. Mythic-literal 4. Mythic-rational 5. Rational 6. Pluralist III. Postconventional 7. Psychic 8. Subtle 9. Causal 10. Non-dual I IT ITS WE

Bill George and Medtronic Inc.

"I" quadrant, Self Purpose Meaning Crucibles Style Cognition I Greed, personal success Ego, narcissistic impulses Denial, no learning Black and white, binary II Conformity Play the game well Power, prestige, Back to financial status quo rewards asap Behavioral Systematic training, "best" styles, situational III Introspection Unique calling, vocation Desire to serve others Transpersonnal Autonomous Meta-systemic, Beyond style non-dual & situational leadership Deep learning, dialectics Not reflective

"It" quadrant, Behaviors Relation Teamwork Rewards Decisionmaking Balance of life I Agressive Charismatic, Money, status Could be outone man law, show authocractic Workaholism II Aloof, detached style, strategic Collabration, Efficiency, Great teams Selfactualisation More participative, marginal practices albeit legal Working hard, playing hard III Personal Followers relationships themselves "High-care" of higher force Respect of law, ethics and inner calling High energy with Silence, meditation, prayer, yoga Effectiveness, welfare, development of self and others

"Its" quadrant, Systems Governance Salary Tools Stakeholder Bottomlines I CEO/Chairman, Buddy system 500 times hourly worker’s wage Chosen for Self and efficiency, shareholders performance driven Stock price II Separation of power, rules, policies No limits but extended to many Adapted to culture, value centered Most immediate stakeholders with power or visible hardships 3 bottomlines, at least for political correctness III Pdt of board, independent directors, work sessions, time limits 20 times Means and maximum ends seen as equivalent All stakeholders and transient beings 4 bottomlines: Financial, ecological, social, spiritual

"We" quadrant, Culture Growth Values Acquisitions Truth I Short term growth Imposed by top Short-term gain by reselling Deception Exploitation of others, of others and denial nature II Growth with Homogeneous temptation Conventional to cut training corners Entering new fields, buying new capacity Share only Answering a positive need which is side of legal story III Short and long-terms value to stakeholders Way to transform Whole and to answer truth as genuine needs painful it may be Outer and inner values, relative to a ground Dialogue with self and others Work Contributing to human and nature’s welfare

Integral leadership: integration quadrants/levels

Research project: integral leadership The 100 book project Patterns from Bill George and 99 other integral leaders www. Pauchant. com