The Research Behind PL

With an applied commitment to bring research into practice, Personal Leadership joins a long and important conversation.

Ancient wisdom traditions and current research guide and inspire the practice. Personal Leadership draws on a range of age-old philosophic and esoteric traditions. It also draws on contemporary interdisciplinary studies in intercultural relations, leadership, whole-person self-development, education, positive psychology, and the biological and quantum sciences. See our list of recommended readings to learn more about the thinking that inspires PL.

Personal Leadership is also a living and evolving method. We continue to learn about the practice as we use it. PL first emerged out of action research conducted by the three founding partners of Personal Leadership Seminars. Since 1995, it has been evolving through a conscious and attentive process of application and refinement. That process continues today with Personal Leadership’s worldwide community of Facilitators.

Personal Leadership emphasizes three key choices taken from these traditions and years of research:

• We begin with ourselves.
• We find guidance when facing difference and change by cultivating the leader within.
• We commit to living a mindful and creative life.

Practicing Personal Leadership can help you make such choices.