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This study aims to present a model model for starting the effects of  the effect of spiritual leadership and resiliency on the organizational excellence and making priority among the faculty members in Khorasan Razavi Azad Universities.  The survey type of descriptive research method was used to conduct the research. The study population included all faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Khorasan Razavitotally1,200 people that 291 of them were selected randomly as sample using Morgan table.The required datawere gatheredthrough three standardized questionnaire including Spiritual Leadership Questionnaire byFry et. al (2005), Corner Davidson Resilience Scale (2003) and Muller’s organizational excellence questionnaire (2000) .The validity of the questionnaires was approved by the respective authors due to their standardization.The reliability of the instruments was calculated 94% for spiritual leadership questionnaire, 87% for Resiliencequestionnaire and83% for organizational excellencequestionnaire using Cronbach's alpha.Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (T-test, Friedman) were used for data analysis. the prioritizing thevariable dimensions showed that faith has the highest rank in the spiritual leadership and outlook dimensions, meaningfulness, performance feedback, membership and love to altruism come after that respectively.In terms ofresiliency, dimensions of positive acceptance of change and safe relationship had the highest rank, while the dimensions of the notion of individual merit, control, trustingindividual instincts and spiritual influences were next in rank respectively.In the case of Excellence, leadership dimension hadthe highest rank, then the dimensions of customer results, society results, policy and strategy, key performance results, processes, employees and business partners and employee’s results were highest in rank respectively.

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This study aims to present a model model for starting the effects of  the effect of spiritual leadership and resiliency on the organizational excellence and making priority among the faculty members in Khorasan Razavi Azad Universities.  The survey type of descriptive research method was used to conduct the research. The study population included all faculty members of Islamic Azad University of Khorasan Razavitotally1,200 people that 291 of them were selected randomly as sample using Morgan table.The required datawere gatheredthrough three standardized questionnaire including Spiritual Leadership Questionnaire byFry et. al (2005), Corner Davidson Resilience Scale (2003) and Muller’s organizational excellence questionnaire (2000) .The validity of the questionnaires was approved by the respective authors due to their standardization.The reliability of the instruments was calculated 94% for spiritual leadership questionnaire, 87% for Resiliencequestionnaire and83% for organizational excellencequestionnaire using Cronbach's alpha.Descriptive statistics and inferential statistics (T-test, Friedman) were used for data analysis. the prioritizing thevariable dimensions showed that faith has the highest rank in the spiritual leadership and outlook dimensions, meaningfulness, performance feedback, membership and love to altruism come after that respectively.In terms ofresiliency, dimensions of positive acceptance of change and safe relationship had the highest rank, while the dimensions of the notion of individual merit, control, trustingindividual instincts and spiritual influences were next in rank respectively.In the case of Excellence, leadership dimension hadthe highest rank, then the dimensions of customer results, society results, policy and strategy, key performance results, processes, employees and business partners and employee’s results were highest in rank respectively.