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29 Organizations possess spiritual leadership qualities that prioritize employee wellbeing, sustainability, and performance. Spiritual leadership utilized in organizations contributes to the triple bottom line, also known as people, planet, and profit.50 The triple-bottom-line goal requires organizations to be more strategic by going beyond short-term profit. Organizations are required to focus on sustainability and employee wellbeing.51 In Figure 2, the SLB model demonstrates how strategic management and spiritual leadership are utilized to achieve their organizational goals, driving the dimensions of spiritual leadership. Figure 2 Spiritual Leadership Balanced Scorecard Business Model The SLB model begins with the organization’s mission and vision, which gives the organization members a sense of calling and meaning in their work. The vision, in turn, forms the organizational culture within the strategic management process and underlying values. The culture and values help create dimensions of spiritual leadership such as altruistic love and commitment between leaders and followers. With a sense of calling and committed membership, spiritual leadership begins to fuel organizational performance. Fry et al. stated, “Spiritual leadership utilizes a vision and values-driven stakeholder approach and is initiated at the strategic level by developing a vision whereby strategic leaders STRATEGIC SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP

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