Leaders who can develop meaning as intelligence and capital create growth because they can positively impact those they work with. Research shows that two factors are conducive to the experience of meaning at the workplace:

• A leader’s personal perspective on the question of meaning Leadership development of meaning as intelligence and capital
• Lederskabsudvikling af mening som intelligens og kapital i virksomheden

 It is about how you as a manager is able to achieve growth strategically, financially, and socially by inspiring people’s deepest meaning, values, and purpose and then creating a match between the experience of meaning in life and meaning in work.

It is correct that every company needs some kind of financial capital in order to succeed in the short run. However, in order for management to sustainably inspire in the long term, it also needs to pursue meaning as capital.

As a manager, you must support employees’ sense of meaning both in life and at work. You must be able to set the stage for individuals to spot meaningful answers to fundamental questions like:

• What is the meaning of my life?
• Why do I get up every day?
• Is my work meaningful?
• What is the meaning with the company?

Meaning as capital and intelligence is the fundamental basis of growth potential both within you as a leader and in the organization of which you are a part.

Meaning as capital and growth accelerator is a new paradigm, which asks us to radically change our way of thinking about the foundation and practices of management philosophy.