Transformational Leadership & Triguna Theory: A Short Literature Review

There has been an increasing discussion and research in integrating philosophy into leadership; as over the years people are exploring many schools of thought. There have been very limited studies have been done to explore and to integrate the Bhagavad-Gita (Vedanta philosophy) into leadership and none in the area of transformational leadership. In line with the growing urge of understanding Indian philosophy and leadership, this paper aims to integrate the Bhagavad-Gita (a part of the great Indian epic Mahabharata) and transformationalleadership, thepaper takes three gunas. The three gunas can also be conceptualized as a progressive development from tamas to rajas to Sattva and these have impact on Transformational Leadership.