Despite spending billions on leadership development each year, most companies still report

a severe shortage of competent leaders within their ranks. Based on my personal

experience and experience observing good and bad leaders around the world spanning

more than three decades, I am becoming increasingly convinced that we may be looking for

leadership advice in too narrow a space. The secret of great leadership may lie in the

confluence of quantum mechanics, neuroscience, biology, and spirituality rather than just

management and psychology books and training programs. Neuroscience research has

shed light on how the brain's ability to adapt and change, known as neuroplasticity, can be

harnessed through specific techniques. Likewise, certain principles of quantum physics

suggest that reality can be altered through conscious observation. Leaders and managers

can modify their thought patterns to enhance creativity and improve performance by

cultivating heightened awareness, mindfulness, humility, and purpose.