A unified theory of leadership: experiences of higher states of consciousness in world‐class leaders

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.