Leadership, art, and responsibility : the shibboleth effect / Julia Romanowska (PhD, Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet and Institute of Organisational and Work Life Ethics, Marie Cederschil̲d University, Sweden).

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Romanowska, Julia, author.

Contributor:

Edward Elgar Publishing, publisher.

Series:

New horizons in leadership studies

New horizons in leadership studies series

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Leadership.

Aesthetics.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (304 pages)

Place of Publication:

Northampton : Edward Elgar Publishing, 2026.

Summary:

"Can leadership be measured in blood? The Shibboleth Effect asks what happens when leaders are exposed not to strategies or tools, but to a powerful experience of art. The book explores how confronting vulnerability, tragedy and moral ambiguity through poetry and music reshapes responsibility and how power is understood and exercised. Building on insights from neuroscience, philosophy and psychology, Julia Romanowska reveals how the shock and beauty of art can unsettle leaders' judgment and sense of self. At the centre of the book is the Shibboleth leadership programme, evaluated in a randomised study showing measurable changes in leaders, with effects extending to the stress hormone levels of their employees. Uniting aesthetics, emotion and ethics, the book argues for a form of leadership grounded in exposure rather than control and in responsibility rather than technique. Romanowska terms this integration aestemethics and challenges reductive models of leadership training, opening another horizon for leadership. Leadership, Art, and Responsibility will interest scholars and students of leadership, management, organisational health psychology, philosophy and cultural studies, as well as practitioners seeking ethically grounded forms of organisational life and workplace wellbeing. It insists on responsibility when the dignity of human life is at stake - and consequences cannot be undone"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Contents: 1. "The boundless experience"

2. The complexity of leadership and the simplicity of leadership development

3. When leadership ideals are brought into lived reality

4. Safeguarding the dignity of leadership

5. "They were taken into a black-painted room"

6. The Shibboleth experiment

7. "Shibboleth and the unconscious"

8. Experiencing the Shibboleth - from stress to insight

9. The effects of the Shibboleth experiment

10. "And it is still palpable"

11. The negative effects of the traditional programme

12. The transformative effects of the Shibboleth programme

13. Does the Shibboleth effect contribute to increased profitability?

14. The dynamics of aestemethical transformation

15. "It's a part of me"

16. The aestemethical stance in life and leadership

17. Aesthetics: poetic insightfulness

18. Emotion: the discerning engagement

19. Ethics: the sensitive responsibility

20. The aestemethical (anti-)pedagogy

21. "I sought a manager and found a human being"

22. The re-enchantment of the world - the Shibboleth effect.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print record.

ISBN:

9781049404004 (e-book)

Access Restriction:

Restricted for use by site license.