Subtle Leadership
How Individual and Collective Consciousness Intertwine to Create Change
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 6134471 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Terence Sexton (0009-0001-6160-7581, Alef Trust, corresponding author), Joan Walton (0000-0001-9875-0296, Alef Trust) |
| Year | 2025 |
| Volume | 24 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 49-65 |
| Publication date | 2025-11-14 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Action Research (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1476-7503 • E-ISSN: 1741-2617 |
| Publisher | SAGE Publishing (PUBLISHER • US) |
| DOI | 10.1177/14767503251397885 |
| OpenAlex | W7105673078 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 25 |
As society tackles the root causes of the meta-crisis, the development of our internal dimensions presents deep leverage points for outer change. While the concept of consciousness remains contested and lacks a universally accepted definition, it may be broadly understood to encompass the full spectrum of inner human dimensions. To address the complex challenges of global sustainability, society will need a myriad of leaders with the advanced meaning-making capacities that can be gained through consciousness development. This paper presents a study that explored the relationship between consciousness development and leadership performance, from the perspective of changemakers, to inform the design of developmental techniques that can be available to all. It utilised a form of action research called co-operative inquiry to explore changemakers’ experiences. The paper outlines the key findings and explores one in greater depth, being the effectiveness of subtle leadership for creating the change needed to engage with the complexity of the meta-crisis
Action (physics · Action research · Consciousness · Embodied cognition · Key (lock · Leverage (statistics · Perspective (graphical · Chaos, Complexity, and Education · Education, Leadership, and Health Research · Ego Development and Educational Practices
The Evolving Self
Organizing and the Process of Sensemaking
Co-sensing and co-shaping as shared and relational practices in bringing about relational leaders in higher education
The Future-Creative Human
An Introduction to the Philosophy of Methodology
Studying subtle acts of leadership
Stories of Experience and Narrative Inquiry
Freeing Ourselves From Objectivity
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 1 |
| Citation span | 2026 - 2026 (1) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |