The emergence of undemocratic nationalist leaders and movements globally, the growth of AI, the equity reckonings, COVID-19, human displacements from wars, and one of the biggest concerns of our time: climate change. These and other challenges highlight the demand for principled leadership with a global perspective (McLaughlin & Cox, 2022). This expertise must extend beyond strategies for managing initiatives, obtaining funding, and maintaining institutions. A more thorough approach to leadership development is required, one that goes beyond technical expertise to include educated humanism and spirituality that support moral decision-making and action (Rothausen, 2016; Oh, J. & Wang, Jia 2020; Allen & Fry, 2023). To establish a deeper meaning for our work, we shall contend in this article that the education of the social sector leadership must go beyond acquiring skills. Yes, developing intelligent leaders is essential (Brown & Hale, 2022). These leaders navigate monumental challenges, foster strategic collaborations, fundraise, run organizations on shoestring budgets, and propel constructive local and global change, all of which increase the influence and resilience of the sector. But what ought to drive them? Increasingly, these leaders are, by necessity, brought into global efforts like sustainable and regenerative development, refugee management, climate action, and other crises. What will be the guiding principles of purpose for their leadership that is genuinely transformative (Gilstrap C. et al. (2016)? How will they be leaders who thoughtfully counter the challenges we currently face? Why will the social sector of the future need to be involved in any of this?