Spiritually Intelligent Leadership

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Burnout often begins when leaders lose touch with why their work matters. In this piece, I explore devotion as a practical, research-backed leadership advantage—how a deep connection to your purpose can fuel resilience and impact. It also includes a simple exercise to help you reconnect with what you’re truly here to serve.

Our culture encourages us to just forgive and forget, but true, lasting forgiveness can only arise when we slow down, turn toward our own pain, and hold it with kindness. If you’ve ever struggled to forgive (even when you wanted to) this piece might help you take the first steps towards opening yourself back up and releasing those old wounds for good.

In this writeup by Startup Savant, I share how every moment of my life has led me to where I am today, plus an overview of how to develop spiritual intelligence. Like any journey, it all starts with a single step.

In my work, I’ve seen that passion (either in our relationships or in our careers) rarely fades because the original love is gone; it fades when we disconnect from ourselves. In this article, I unpack how self-abandonment dulls intimacy, and how turning toward our inner experience can restore that desire and genuine connection—with ourselves and with others.

When a team seems unmotivated, it’s tempting to push harder. But urgency isn’t what creates lasting, meaningful momentum. In this piece, I explore how purpose-driven leadership can transform your team’s burnout into passionate engagement.

My clients sometimes ask me, “How can I get out of my own head?” The issue can actually be solved by getting into your body. In this piece, I explore the inseparable partnership between body, mind, and spirit, and how you can find it through the INSPIRED Protocol.

Conflict is something we usually try to avoid or fix, but my latest article explores a different possibility: moments of friction can become openings for compassion and deeper intimacy. Through a real couple’s story and a simple heart-centered practice, I show how shifting from judgment to care can soften reactivity and restore connection.

When one of my CEO clients began to spiral after a rival launched a competing product, he discovered something surprising: facing fear—not suppressing it—unlocked his best ideas. This piece explores a spiritually intelligent approach to leadership: meeting challenges with presence, curiosity, and grounded awareness so fear becomes fuel for growth instead of a force that derails us.

Does your gratitude practice depend on everything going right? Discover a new, deeper, and more fulfilling type of gratitude which I call “unconditional gratitude.” With a simple practice you can try immediately, it offers a powerful shift: gratitude as a way of inhabiting your life, not evaluating it.

It’s easy to confuse surrender with giving up. But while resignation shuts us down, true surrender opens us to renewal. This article explores the psychological and spiritual difference between the two, and how learning to let go without collapsing can restore our strength, trust, and connection to life itself.

We often treat opposing drives as battles to be won. But what if the real wisdom lies in holding both? This new article explores how synthesis (integrating seeming opposites) can transform our decision-making. Because when we embrace the “both-and” mindset instead of constantly choosing sides, we move closer to what it means to be whole.

Empathy and emotional intelligence have become table stakes for modern leaders. But in today’s high-pressure, AI-saturated, burnout-ridden world, EQ alone can’t carry us. This new feature explores how top CEOs are turning to spiritual intelligence, reexamining leadership from the inside out.

What sets us apart in the era of artificial intelligence? The answer may lie in our spiritual intelligence. Just as we exercise our bodies in a world of machines, we must exercise our SI to keep meaning, joy, and creativity alive—carving out a unique role for humanity in this new world.

Joy isn’t just for fun. It refuels your energy, reconnects you to your purpose, and rejuvenates you in all areas of life. This article lays out just how even micro-doses of joy can counter burnout, featuring an exercise you can do right now to strengthen your joy muscle and turn it into a practice.

At this point, the benefits of spiritual intelligence are well documented. But what if you don’t consider yourself spiritual? This recent piece explores SI as a science-backed way to live with more clarity, purpose, and presence—no belief system required. Whether you’re skeptical, spiritual, or somewhere in between, this one is for you.

I’m honored to share my latest piece in Lehrhaus, one that I very much felt called to write. This article reimagines the idea of being a “chosen” people. It frames this ancient idea not as a higher status, but as a universal call to serve: one rooted in humility, responsibility, and connection. Naturally, spiritual intelligence can play a key role in supporting us as we choose our chosenness—inextricable parts of the greater whole.

In this newest installment on Psychology Today, I explore how our own biology can serve as a profound metaphor for meaning. Just as stem cells differentiate to serve the body’s needs, each of us is called to play a unique role in the larger whole. Together, we can help the greater human “body” flourish.

I’m grateful to be featured in this recent article exploring the role of spiritually intelligent leadership in today’s workplaces. While emotional intelligence often can garner much of the spotlight in today’s leadership discourse, this piece highlights how spiritual intelligence can elevate your everyday, as a manager and as a human.

Check out my recent article, which I’m happy to say was published in Judith Magazine. It reframes the central Jewish concept of “Chosenness” through the lens of spiritual intelligence, exploring how Chosenness can be a humble, inclusive call to better the world. What does Chosenness mean to you? And, can you, regardless of the background you were born into, choose your chosenness?

In a world wired for urgency, beauty offers a quiet respite…with remarkably transformative results! This post explores how simply noticing beauty can help calm our nervous system, inspire awe, and bolster our emotional resilience. When was the last time you took a beauty break?

What is our anger and anxiety trying to teach us? In this new piece, I share how one of my clients transformed his “negative” emotions into clarity—simply by opening to what he felt. This article explores how the SI quality of openness can unlock resilience, insight, and presence.

We often associate integrity with ethics, but it’s also a pathway to deeper self-awareness. In my latest article, I discuss how your body acts as an inner compass, signaling what truly aligns with your values. By tuning into these subtle cues, you can live in greater harmony with your authentic self!

Excited to share that my work on spiritual intelligence in leadership has been featured in Forbes! The article highlights the growing recognition of SI as a key driver of leadership effectiveness, resilience, and workplace success. Read the full article to learn how SI can transform the way we work, interact, and grow together.

We often think of devotion in the context of romance, but it’s a force that extends far beyond our relationships. In my latest Psychology Today article, I explore devotion as a key element of spiritual intelligence—one that fuels resilience, fulfillment, and purpose.

Do New Year’s resolutions actually work? If so, why do so many people abandon theirs so quickly? In this month’s Psychology Today article I break down the differences between resolutions, goals, and intentions and what works best in which circumstances.

Read my latest article in Psychology Today, I deep dive into gratitude as an SI capacity, including its remarkable ability to rewire our brains. Discover how this powerful practice can enhance every aspect of your life—all year round.

See my latest on Psychology Today, where I share how a client learned to trust himself amid a funding crisis, transforming his life and career. I explore how trust—grounded in attachment theory and research—shapes relationships, boosts confidence, and fuels resilience.

Check out the first installment of my new blog series on Psychology Today! In it, I discuss my own path to SI—how every step was valuable in building the foundation for the insights I can now share with all of you.

Check out “Spiritual Intelligence: Celebrating the ‘Service’ in Public Service,” my new article in Careers in Government, an exchange of news and information that reaches over 20 million Americans involved in the public sector.

Read my latest piece in Meta Minds Therapy, titled “Integrating Spiritual Intelligence into Psychotherapy: Five Key Capacities for Transformative Healing.” In it, I share SI can serve as a excellent framework for psychotherapy.

Read my new piece “Spiritual Intelligence as a Calling: How I Became a CEO and Then Walked Away.” In it, I describe how, while serving as a CEO for the first time, I experienced a dark night of the soul which morphed into a spiritual crisis, and how the spiritual awakening, manic episode, and resulting trauma changed the course of my life forever.

Read my recent interview in Authority Magazine (an online magazine devoted to sharing in-depth, and interesting interviews, featuring people who are authorities in Business, Pop Culture, Wellness, Social Impact, and Tech) called, “The New Portrait Of Leadership: Yosi Amram On Which Legacy Ideas About Leadership Need To Be Discarded, And Which New Approaches To Leadership Should Be Embraced.”

I’m thrilled to invite you to my new free course, “Beyond Mind & Emotions: The Power of Spiritual Intelligence,” created in partnership with my friend Steve Farrell and Humanity’s Team, the largest global streaming platform for consciousness-raising Masterclasses and Transformational Education. If you long for deeper meaning, greater alignment, or a more grounded way to meet life’s challenges, this reflection is for you.

I am beyond thrilled to be announcing my new course, Awakening Spiritual Intelligence on HumanityStream+. This six-module program is designed to help you awaken and embody key spiritual intelligence capacities through focused teachings, guided meditations, and experiential exercises to deepen your practice. Join me to explore how developing spiritual intelligence can bring greater clarity, connection, and purpose to your journey.

I was honored to join the 2nd ever Global Webinar on Artificial Intelligence and Data Science, presenting my thoughts in a talk titled, “Emotional, Spiritual, and Artificial Intelligence: What’s their Relationship?”