Utilizing Transformational and Spiritual Leadership Theory to Raise Employee Engagement

Abstract

Employee engagement is critical to high performing organizations. Employee engagement starts with the leader. Therefore, a plan to increase employee engagement must start with the leadership team. The purpose of this paper is to examine two comparative leadership theories; transformational leadership and spiritual leadership, and hypothesizes that these two theories have the highest contributing factor to creating employee engagement. This paper will also expand upon the importance of employee engagement and how it contributes to a high performing organization.