Author

Chellie's books:

Wayfinding leadership: Groundbreaking wisdom for developing leaders with Hoturoa Kerr and John Panoho, published by Huia Publishing (2015) 

Practical Wisdom, Leadership and Culture: Indigenous, Asian and Middle-Eastern Perspectives with Dr Ali Intezari and Shih-YingYang, published by Routledge (2020)

Indigenous spiritualties at work: Transforming the spirit of business enterprise with Dr Rachel Wolfgramm, published by Information Age Publishing (2015)

Reflections on Authentic Leadership: Concepts, Coalescences and Clashes with Professor Donna Ladkin which was nominated in the top ten leadership books of 2013 (University of San Diego Outstanding Leadership Book Awards), published by Edward Elgar Press

See the menu to the right for details on each book and for downloads.

Peer Reviewed Journal articles

Spiller, C. (2021). ‘I AM’: Indigenous consciousness for authenticity and leadership. Leadership. https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715021999590

Spiller, C. & Watson, L.W. (2021). Editors Introduction: The Field of Race and Leadership, Leadership. Vol 17, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715021999590

Spiller, C. Evans, M., Goldman Schuyler, K., & Watson, L.W. (2021). What Silence Can Teach Us About Race and Leadership, Leadership. Vol 17, Issue 1 https://doi.org/10.1177/1742715020976003

Pio, E., Spiller, C., Smith, V., & Sheehan, M. (2020). Unleashing energy in organisations through haka and waiata. New Zealand Journal of Human Resources Management, 20(1). 

Spiller, C., Wolfgramm, R., Henry, E., & Pouwhare, R. (2019). Paradigm warriors: Advancing a radical ecosystems view of collective leadership from an Indigenous Māori perspective. Human Relations. https://doi.org/10.1177/0018726719893753

Wolfgramm, R., Spiller, C., Henry, E., & Pouwhare, R. (2019). A culturally derived framework of values-driven transformation in Māori economies of well-being (Ngā hono ōhanga oranga). AlterNative: An International Journal of Indigenous Peoples, 10.1177/1177180119885663

Vu, M., Wolfgramm, R., & Spiller, C. (2018). Minding less: Exploring mindfulness & mindlessness in organizations through Skillful Means. Management Learning.

Henry, E., Newth, J., & Spiller, C. (2018). Emancipatory Indigenous social innovation: Shifting power through culture and technology. Journal of Management & Organization. 23:6, pp. 786–802. doi:10.1017/jmo.2017.64

Nicholson, A., Spiller, C., & Pio, E. (2017). Ambicultural Governance: Harmonizing Indigenous and Western Approaches. Journal of Management Inquiry, 1-17. doi:10.1177/1056492617707052

Ladkin, D., Spiller, C. & Craze, G. (2016). Authenticity and Individuation: A Jungian Contribution to Theorizing Authentic Leadership. Leadership. doi:10.1177/1742715016681942

Spiller, C. (2016). Calling the Island to You: Becoming a Wayfinder Leader. University of Auckland Business Review, Spring, 27-35.

Wolfgramm, R., Spiller, C., & Voyageur, C. (2016.). Special issue: Indigenous leadership - Editors introduction. Leadership. doi: 10.1177/1742715016646930

Waddock, S., McIntosh, M., Ann Neal, J., Pio, E., & Spiller, C. (2016). Intellectual Shamans, Wayfinders, Edgewalkers and Systems Thinkers: Building a Future Where All Can Thrive. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2016(62), 5-10. doi:10.9774/GLEAF.4700.2016.ju.00003

Waddock, S., McIntosh, M., Ann Neal, J., Pio, E., & Spiller, C. (2016). Intellectual Shamans, Wayfinder Scholars and Edgewalkers: Working for System Change. Journal of Corporate Citizenship, 2016(62), 35-58. doi:10.9774/GLEAF.4700.2016.ju.00009

McIntosh, M., Waddock, S., Freeman, R. E., Spiller, C., & Pio, E. (2014). Evolution, Shamans, and Adaptation: What Is/Could Be the Role of Academics in System Change? A Workshop. Proceedings of the International Association for Business and Society, 25, 8-13. doi:10.5840/iabsproc2014253

Spiller, C., Erakovic, L., Henare, M., & Pio, E. (2011). Relational Well-Being and Wealth: Māori Businesses and an Ethic of Care. Journal of Business Ethics, 98(1), 153-169.

Spiller, C., Pio, E., Erakovic, L., & Henare, M. (2011). Wise Up: Creating Organizational Wisdom Through an Ethic of Kaitiakitanga. Journal of Business Ethics, 104(2), 223-235.

Book chapters

Spiller, C. & Nicholson, A. (in press). Indigenous Leadership as a Conscious Adaptive System. Sage Handbook on Leadership: UK

Dell, K., Spiller, C. & Staniland, N. (in press). Do Indigenous metaphors have universal applicability? Learnings from Māori in New Zealand. Oxford University Press: UK

Spiller, C. (2021). Māori Leadership in Governance: A Living Whariki System in Benton., R & Josepeh, R. (eds) Waking the Taniwha: Māori Governance in the 21st Century Thomson Reuters, NZ

Wolfgramm, R. & Spiller, C. (2021). Light in John Hausdoerffer, Brooke Hecht, Melissa K Nelson, and Katherine Kassouf Cummings (eds) What Kind of Ancestor Do You Want to Be? University of Chicago Press

Spiller, C. (2021) Wayfinding Odyssey into the Interspace in Ruru, J. & Nikora, L. W.(eds) Ngā Kete Mātauranga.  Māori Scholars at the Research Interface. University of Otago Press: Dunedin

Spiller, C., Dell, K. & Mudford, M. (2020). The Wisdom of Inclusion: Māori management practices that make a world of difference in Intezari, A, Spiller, C. & Yang, S (eds) Practical Wisdom and Leadership in a Poly-cultural World: Asian, Indigenous and Middle-Eastern Perspectives. Routledge.

Spiller, C., Mudford, M., & Wolfgramm, R. (2019). Mana and the Existence of Leadership. In J. Marques (Ed), The Routledge Companion to Management and Workplace Spirituality. London: Routledge.

Wolfgramm, R., Spiller, C., Houkamau, C., & Henare, M. (2018). Home: Resistance, Resilience, and Innovation in Māori Economies of Well-Being. In Nelson, M. K., & Shilling, D. (Eds.). (2018). Traditional ecological knowledge: learning from indigenous practices for environmental sustainability. Cambridge University Press. 

Spiller, C. (2017). A Māori relational approach to building value chains in tourism: Navigator Tours. In M. Whitford, L. Ruhanen, & A. Carr (Eds.), Indigenous Tourism: Cases from Australia and New Zealand. Oxford, United Kingdom: Goodfellow Publishers Limited.

Spiller, C., & Nicholson, A. (2017). Wakatu Incorporation: Balancing Kaitiaki Stewardship and Commerce. In Sage Business Cases. SAGE Publications Ltd. doi:10.4135/9781473999039

Spiller, C., & Wolfgramm, R. (2015). Indigenous Spiritualities at Work: Editors' Preface. In C. Spiller, & R. Wolfgramm (Eds.), Indigenous Spiritualiities at Work: Transforming the Spirit of Enterprise (pp. x1-xix). Charlotte, NC: Information Age.

Spiller, C., & Wolfgramm, R. (2015). Integrating Indigenous Spiritualities at Work: Reflections and Future Directions. In C. Spiller, & R. Wolfgramm (Eds.), Indigenous spiritualties at work: Transforming the spirit of business enterprise. Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishing.

Nicholson, A., Spiller, C., & Henare, M. A. (2015). Arohia te rangi o te hihiri: Heeding the melody of pure and potent energy. In C. Spiller, & R. Wolfgramm (Eds.), Indigenous Spiritualities at Work: Transforming the Spirit of Enterprise (pp. 273-298). Charlotte, NC: Information Age Publishers.

Spiller, C., & Bhowmick, S. (2014). Whale Watch Kaikoura -- New Zealand. In J. Hayton, C. Salvato, & M. Manimala (Eds.), Global entrepreneurship: Case studies of entrepreneurial firms operating around the world. New York: Routledge.

Ladkin, D., & Spiller, C. (2013). Introduction: authentic leadership: clashes, convergences and coalescences. In C. Spiller, & D. Ladkin (Eds.), Authentic Leadership: Clashes, Convergences and Coalescences (pp. 1-18). Cheltenham, UK: Edward Elgar Publishing.

Spiller, C., & Stockdale, M. (2013). Managing and leading from a Māori perspective: Bringing new life and energy to organisations. In J. Neal (Ed.), Handbook of faith and spirituality in the workplace: emerging research and practice (pp. 149-173). New York: Springer Publishing Company. doi:10.1007/978-1-4614-5233-1_11

Spiller, C. (2013). Relational wellbeing and wealth: Māori business and an ethic of care. In S. Katene, & M. Mulholland (Eds.), Future Challenges for Māori: He Korero Anamata. Wellington: Hiua Publishing.

Pio, E., Waddock, S., Mangaliso, M., McIntosh, M., Spiller, C., Takeda, H., . . . Syed, J. (2013). Pipeline to the Future: Seeking Wisdom in Indigenous, Eastern and Western Traditions. In J. Neal (Ed.), Handbook of faith and spirituality in the workplace: emerging research and practice (pp. 195-219). New York: Springer.

Spiller, C. (2012). Wayfinding in Strategy Research. In C. L. Wang, D. J. Ketchen, & D. D. Bergh (Eds.), West Meets East: Building Theoretical Bridges (Vol. 8, pp. 61-90). Bingley, United Kingdom: Emerald Insight.

Spiller, C. (2011). Tane’s journey to retrieve knowledge. In J. Marques, & S. Dhiman (Eds.), Stories to Tell Your Students: Transforming toward Organizational Growth. New York: Palgrave Macmillan.

Spiller, C. (2011). Powers of perception. In J. Marques, S. Dhiman, & J. Biberman (Eds.), Stories to Tell Your Students: Transforming toward Organizational Growth (pp. 120-121). New York: Palgrave-McMillan.

Spiller, C. (2009). Navigator Tours: Value chain innovation in Māori tourism. In University of Auckland Case Series. Auckland: University of Auckland.

Spiller, C. (2007). Principles that help guide the actions of sustainable Māori cultural tourism businesses. In J. Hendry (Ed.), An Introduction to Social Anthropology: Other People's Worlds. Headington, UK: Oxford Brookes University

Spiller, C., & Erakovic, L. (2005). Flourishing on the Edge: Case Study of Whale Watch Kaikoura, an Indigenous Sustainable Business. In M. Wilson (Ed.), Case in Point: Best Cases from the 2005 International Conference on Case Study Teaching and Learning (pp. 219-240). Auckland, N.Z.: GSE Publications.

Refereed conference proceedings

Dell, K., Spiller, C., & Staniland, N. (2021). The kinship organising metaphor: The influence of Māori managers on New Zealand’s organisational practice. Academy of Management International conference 2021 (31 Jul - 3 Aug 2021online).

Spiller, C., Evans, M., Goldman, Schulyer, K. & Watson, L. (2021). What Silence Can Teach Us About Race and Leadership. Academy of Management International conference (31 Jul - 3 Aug 2021 online).

Dell, K., Spiller, C., & Staniland, N. (2020). Pushing and Pulling Organizations to Paradigm Shift: Taking Direction from Indigenous Imagery. In Academy of Management Proceedings (Vol. 2020, No. 1, p. 21460). Briarcliff Manor, NY 10510: Academy of Management.

Spiller, C., (2020). Wayfinding Leadership: Over the Edge and Into the Unknown, International Leadership Association annual meeting (5-9 Nov 2020 online)

Spiller, C., Dixon, E., Calver, S & McKinnon, A. (2020) Weaving Leadership: Dwelling within a Woven Universe. Symposium at International Leadership Association annual meeting (5-9 Nov 2020 online).

Spiller, C., Intezari, Al., Alammer, F. & Gladstone,J. (2020). Wisdom Odyssey into the Interspace Symposium at International Leadership Association annual meeting (5-9 Nov 2020 online).

Wolfgramm, R., Spiller, C., Henry, E., Pouwhare, R. (2020). Māori leadership and decision making for prosperous economies of wellbeing. Ko te rangatiratanga me te whakatau tikanga ki te whai oranga mō ngā ōhanga houkura at International Indigenous Research Conference hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (18-20 Nov 2020 online).

Dell, K., Spiller, C., & Staniland, N. (2020). Pushing and Pulling Organizations to Paradigm Shift: Taking Direction from Indigenous Imagery. at International Indigenous Research Conference hosted by Ngā Pae o te Māramatanga (online)

Henry, E., Wolfgramm, R., Spiller, C., Pouwhare, R. (2019). ‘Promoting effective Māori leadership and decision making for prosperous economies of wellbeing: Te whakatairanga i te ārahitanga whai hua me te Māori te whakatau kaupapa’ Australia New Zealand Academy of Management (ANZAM) Cairns, Dec 3-7, 2019

Kennedy, F., & Spiller, C. (2017). Field of Encounter: Turning to Māori Introduction processes in leadership development. In EGOS. Copenhagen, Denmark.

Nicholson, A., Spiller, C., & Pio, E. (2015). Ambicultural Governance: Harmonizing Indigenous and Western Approaches. In Academy of Management. Vancouver.

Spiller, C., Pio, E., Erakovic, L., & Henare, M. (2011). Building a bridge and getting over it: A Middle Earth position on wisdom through kaitiakitanga. In Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting: West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, and Transcending. San Antonio, Texas.

Spiller, C. & Spiller, R. (2011). Taking care of business: Spiritual direction for businesspeople. International Faith and Spirituality at Work Conference. Fayetteville, Arkansas.

Pio, E., & Spiller, C. (2011). All Academy Symposium: Wisdom intersections or cultural crossroads? In Academy of Management 2011 Annual Meeting: West Meets East: Enlightening, Balancing, and Transcending. San Antonio, Texas.

Spiller, C., Erakovic, L., Henare, M. A., & Pio, E. (2010). Applied wisdom at work: Stories of how Māori organizations create well-being and wealth. In 26th EGOS Colloquium: Waves of Globalization: Repetition and difference in organizing over time and space. Lisbon, Portugal.

Spiller, C. (2010). Relational well-being and wealth: Māori business and an ethic of care. In Manu Ao Academy. Auckland, New Zealand. Retrieved from http://www.manu-ao.ac.nz/

Spiller, C., Erakovic, L., Henare, M., & Pio, E. (2010). Relational well-being and wealth: Māori businesses and an ethic of care. In Academy of Management: Dare to Care: Passion and Compassion in Management Practice and Research. Montreal, Canada.

Spiller, C., Erakovic, L., Henare, M., & PIO, E. (2010). Relational Well-being and Wealth: Māori Businesses and an Ethic of Care. In The Best Paper Proceedings of the 2010 Academy of Management Meeting. Montreal, Canada.