Jonathan Henry Reams

About

Jonathan is also Editor of Integral Review and does consulting and research in leadership development using an awareness based approach.

Jonathan is driven by an insatiable curiosity about the essence of human nature and how to cultivate this essence in the service of leadership. He uses various outlets for achieving this. He currently has a position at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, where he teaches and does research on leadership development, coaching and counseling. He serves as Editor-in Chief of Integral Review, A Transdisciplinary and Transcultural Journal for New Thought, Praxis and Research. He is also a co-founder of the Center for Transformative Leadership. Jonathan’s Ph.D. is in Leadership Studies from Gonzaga University.

Jonathan practices the cultivation of leadership through consulting and leadership development program design and delivery. He brings awareness based technology to this work, focusing on how the inner workings of human nature can develop leadership capacities for today’s complex challenges. He has done this for a diverse range of clients in the US, Canada and Europe.

Jonathan has presented at numerous international conferences on topics such as leadership development, consciousness research and transformative learning. His publications have been widely read and used in graduate level leadership programs. They include: Maturing Leadership. How Adult Development Impacts Leadership (Emerald) What’s Integral about Leadership? (Integral Review), Integral Leadership: Generating Space for Emergence through Quality of Presence (German Journal of Business Psychology), Leading the Future (Futures), Making Leadership Development Developmental (Academic Exchange) and Integral Leadership. Opening Space by Leading through the Heart (In C. Pearson, The Transforming Leader). He is also co-editor of Integral Education: New Directions for Higher Learning (SUNY Press).

Publications

2016

Reams, Jonathan. (2016) Immunity to change revisited: Theoretical foundations for awareness based practices for leadership development. Integral Review
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2016) Going mainstream: A review of mastering leadership. Integral Review
Book review

2015

Reams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane. (2015) Awareness based technologies for leadership development: utilising Immunity to Change coaching. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2015) Development and self-understanding: How understanding developmental theory can help us grow. Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2014

Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen; Reams, Juliane. (2014) Cultivating leadership through deep presencing and awareness based practices. John Wiley & Sons
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2014) Mindful leadership: Changing the way leaders develop their attentional skills. Concepts and Connections. A Publication for Leadership Educators
Feature article

2010

Reams, Jonathan; Fikse, Camilla. (2010) Making leadership development developmental. Academic Exchange Quarterly
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2010) Leading the future. Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Academic article
Esbjørn-Hargens, Sean; Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2010) The emergence and characteristics of integral education: An introduction. SUNY Press
Introduction
Esbjørn-Hargens, Sean; Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2010) Integral Education — New Directions for Higher Learning. SUNY Press SUNY Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings
Astin, Alexander; Reams, Jonathan. (2010) Spirituality and integral thought in higher education. SUNY Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

2009

Reams, Jonathan. (2009) immunity to change: A report from the field. Integral Review
Academic article

2007

Reams, Jonathan. (2007) Illuminating the blind spot: An overview and response to Theory U. Integral Review
Popular scientific article
Reams, Jonathan. (2007) An experiment in education for states. AQAL. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice
Academic article

2005

Reams, Jonathan. (2005) What’s Integral about Leadership? A Reflection on Leadership and Integral Theory. Integral Review
Academic article

Journal publications

Reams, Jonathan. (2016) Immunity to change revisited: Theoretical foundations for awareness based practices for leadership development. Integral Review
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2016) Going mainstream: A review of mastering leadership. Integral Review
Book review
Reams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane. (2015) Awareness based technologies for leadership development: utilising Immunity to Change coaching. International Journal of Evidence Based Coaching and Mentoring
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2014) Mindful leadership: Changing the way leaders develop their attentional skills. Concepts and Connections. A Publication for Leadership Educators
Feature article
O'Brien, Karen; Reams, Jonathan; Caspari, Anne; Dugmore, Andrew J.; Faghihimani, Maryam; Fazey, Ioan. (2013) You say you want a revolution? Transforming education and capacity building in response to global change. Environmental Science and Policy
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan; Caspari, Anne. (2012) Integral leadership: Generating space for emergence through quality of presence. Wirtschaftspsychologie
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2011) Review of Integral theory in action: Applied, theoretical and constructive perspectives on the AQAL model. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice
Book review
Reams, Jonathan. (2011) Organizational Transformation for Sustainability. An Integral Metatheory. An Appreciative (Over)(Re)View. Integral Review
Book review
Reams, Jonathan. (2011) Leadership development. Can it really happen?. Integral Leadership Review
Article in business/trade/industry journal
Reams, Jonathan; Fikse, Camilla. (2010) Making leadership development developmental. Academic Exchange Quarterly
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2010) Leading the future. Futures: The journal of policy, planning and futures studies
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2009) immunity to change: A report from the field. Integral Review
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2007) Illuminating the blind spot: An overview and response to Theory U. Integral Review
Popular scientific article
Reams, Jonathan. (2007) An experiment in education for states. AQAL. Journal of Integral Theory and Practice
Academic article
Reams, Jonathan. (2005) What’s Integral about Leadership? A Reflection on Leadership and Integral Theory. Integral Review
Academic article

Books

Esbjørn-Hargens, Sean; Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2010) Integral Education — New Directions for Higher Learning. SUNY Press SUNY Press
Academic anthology/Conference proceedings

Part of book/report

Reams, Jonathan. (2015) Development and self-understanding: How understanding developmental theory can help us grow. Fagbokforlaget
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen; Reams, Juliane. (2014) Cultivating leadership through deep presencing and awareness based practices. John Wiley & Sons
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper
Reams, Jonathan. (2012) Integral leadership. Opening space by leading through the heart.
Popular scientific chapter/article
Esbjørn-Hargens, Sean; Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2010) The emergence and characteristics of integral education: An introduction. SUNY Press
Introduction
Astin, Alexander; Reams, Jonathan. (2010) Spirituality and integral thought in higher education. SUNY Press
Academic chapter/article/Conference paper

Teaching

Courses

RAD6505 - Leadership Development and Organizational Transformation

Outreach

2015

Academic lecture

Fikse, Camilla; Reams, Jonathan. (2015) The Leadership Circle: Experiences Using Integrative 360 Assessments for Leadership Coaching and Development. ILA- International Leadership Association 17th Annual ILA Global Conferece- Leading Across Borders and Generations , Barcelona 2015-10-14 - 2015-10-17

2014

Lecture

Reams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane. (2014) Awareness-Based coaching: Immunity to Change for Developing Consciousness in Leaders. International Leadership Association Conscious Leading for Global Change: Emergence of Our Collective Realities. , San Diego 2014-10-30 - 2014-11-02
Lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2014) Leading with Spirit, Presence and Authenticity. Panel presentation. International Leadership Association Conscious Leading for Global Change: Emergence of Our Collective Realities. , San Diego 2014-10-30 - 2014-11-02

2013

Lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2013) Leadership transformation through unfolding awareness. The Alchemy of Leadership: Demystifying the Science and Magic of Transformation. Third annual conference on leadership development and business , Sydney 2013-05-16 -
Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan; Gunnlaugson, Olen. (2013) Authentic leadership through deep presencing. International Leadership Association Annual Conference, Leadership for Local and Global Resilience: The Challenges of a Shifting Planet. , Montreal 2013-10-30 - 2013-11-02
Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan; Caspari, Anne. (2013) Feeling into the moment: Applying integral maps and processes to corporate leadership training and trans-disciplinary education. Third Integral Theory Conference. Mapping the Integral Cosmopolitan , San Francisco 2013-07-18 - 2013-07-21
Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan; Reams, Juliane. (2013) Awareness based leadership development. How practice and coaching facilitate developmental growth. International Leadership Association Annual Conference, Leadership for Local and Global Resilience: The Challenges of a Shifting Planet. , Montreal 2013-10-30 - 2013-11-02

2011

Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan; Johannessen, Bjarte. (2011) Leading with impact: Design and pilot implementation of a global corporate leadership development program. International Leadership Association International Leadership Association Annual Conference, One Planet, Many Worlds: Remapping the Purposes of Leadership. , London 2011-10-26 - 2011-10-29

2010

Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2010) Making Leadership Development Developmental. International Leadership Association Leadership 2.0: A time for Action. , Boston 2010-10-27 - 2010-10-30
Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2010) Authentic Leadership as Opening Space. International Leadership Association Leadership 2.0: A time for Action , Boston 2010-10-27 - 2010-10-30

2008

Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2008) Integral Theory in Academia Panel. Integral Theory in Action: Serving Self, Other & Kosmos. John F. Kennedy University Konferanse på John F. Kennedy University , Pleasant Hill California 2008-08-07 - 2008-08-10
Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2008) A Transpersonal View of Integral Theory. Ingtegral Theory in Action: Serving Self, Other & Kosmos. John F. Kennedy University Konferansepresentasjon , Pleasant Hill California 2008-07-28 - 2008-07-28

2007

Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2007) Wholeness Lost/Wholeness Regained: A Process Model View. Metanexus Institute. Transdisciplinarity and the Unity of Knowledge: Beyond the Science and Religion Dialogue. , Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 2007-06-02 - 2007-06-06
Academic lecture

Reams, Jonathan. (2007) Spiritual Beings Having Human Experiences: How Viewing Consciousness as Primary Reframes Science and Religion. Oriel College, Oxford. Human Persons and the God of Nature Conference. , Oxford 2007-09-02 - 2007-09-06

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