INDIAN ETHOS AND VALUES

SPIRITUAL VALUES IN MANAGEMENT

SPIRITUALITY
Spirituality is concerned with those qualities of the human spirit-such as love and compassion, patience tolerance, forgiveness, contentment, a sense of responsibility, a sense of wholeness and harmony-which bring happiness to both self and others.

SPIRITUAL INTELLIGENCE
SELF AWARENESS CAPACITY TO FACE & USE ADVERSITY TO BE HOLISTIC ABILITY TO RE -FRAME

SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP Based in Intrinsic Motivation

EXTRINSIC EFFORT = MOTIVATIO N PERFORMANCE REWARD

(GIVE ME A REWARD TO WORK)

INTRINSIC EFFORT MOTIVATION =

PERFORMANCE

REWARD (MY WORK IS MY REWARD)

PERSONAL SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP Qualities

QUALITIES OF PERSONAL SPIRITUAL LEADERSHIP AS INTRINSIC MOTIVATION THROUGH VISION, HOPE/FAITH and ALTRUISTIC VALUES

Hope/Faith (Effort) Endurance Perseverance Do What It Takes Stretch Goals Expectation of Reward Victory

Vision (Performance) Broad appeal to key Stakeholders Defines the Destination and Journey Reflects High Ideals Encourages Hope/Faith Establishes a Standard of Excellence

Altruistic Values (Reward) Forgiveness Kindness Integrity Empathy/Compassion Honesty Patience Courage Trust/Loyalty Humility

Definitions of Workplace Spirituality:

A framework of organizational values evidenced in the culture that promote employees experience of transcendence through the work process, facilitating their sense of being connected to other in a way that provides feeling of completeness and joy

Workplace spirituality
Honesty Forgiveness Hope Gratitude Humility Compassion Integrity

Satisfying these spiritual needs in the workplace positively influences human health and psychological well-being and forms the foundation for the new spiritual leadership paradigm

Spirituality at work has three components:

the inner life, meaningful work, and community. A community is a place in which people can experience personal growth, be valued for themselves as individuals, and have a sense of working together. Meaning at work includes items that capture a sense of what is important, energizing, and joyful about work. That is, it taps into workrelated dimensions of human experience that are neither physical nor intellectual, but spiritual. Inner life is composed of items that capture an individuals hopefulness, awareness of personal values, and concern for spirituality.

Benefits of Workplace Spirituality

Positive individual transformation is an outcome of inner

spiritual transformation of an individual.

Employees who work for organizations they consider being spiritual are less fearful, more ethical, and more committed. Increased workplace spirituality results in organization commitment, intrinsic work satisfaction, more job involvement and organization based self esteem.

The benefits of workplace spirituality

A sense of relevance and purpose to employees lives A better work ethic and work/life balance A greater respect for diversity in the organization Lower stress for employees Less ego and less organizational conflict Increased competitive advantage Mentoring and supportiveness High levels of creativity and innovation Respect for conservation of resources

Spiritually intelligent people will be

Able to create more meaningful work, and working environments, for themselves and others
More able to respond to the needs of the moment and, therefore, be more effective More aware of their responsibility to themselves, their colleagues and the planet Able to live more meaningful and fulfilling lives

As you control the events in your life, you feel better about yourself As you feel better about yourself, you are more productive The increased productivity gives you more control The more control leads you to spirituality.

Anyone can become angry - that is easy. But to be angry with the right person, to the right degree, at the right time, for the right purpose, and in the right way - this is not easy

Talking about the use of the word spirituality in the workplace, I dont want to see it used anywhere near the mission and vision statement, I want to see it practiced, not preached.