Abstract

This chapter focuses on Benevolent Leadership (BL) as a leadership approach encompassing Agapao love principles. Specifically, the chapter presents the BL model proposed by (Karakas and Sarigollu, Journal of Business Ethics 108:537–553, 2012;Karakas and Sarigollu, Journal of Business Ethics 113:663–678, 2013;)) to analyze Boaz's Old Testament Biblical character as an example of BL, and how this leadership style remains relevant for meeting three identified critical needs in organizational leadership dimensions today. Among others, these three critical needs in contemporary organizational leadership contexts include an increased need for a sense of belonging/community, providing for workplace spirituality, and an increased need for ethical leadership. How do contemporary organizational leaders best meet these needs? Does the Bible provide any clues or models to help guide present-day organizational leaders in this regard? The discussions that follow in the chapter present the Old Testament Biblical character of Boaz as a model of BL that provides a comprehensive response to these question.