“You have
to grow from the inside out. None can teach you, none can make you spiritual.
There is no other teacher but your own soul.”
: Swami Vivekananda
Opening
Spirituality is the art and science of knowing the Self and fostering harmony with the environment. It is the science of balancing the energy at all levels and to live with ease and relaxation without compromising with the goals of being productive and effective for family, office and the society. Spirituality is an internal quest of knowing oneself, intuitively and following the natural instincts of mind, body and the soul. It is journey of knowing oneself as body ( physical) to soul ( energy).
Mind to Spirit
The meaning of ‘knowing yourself’ has changed over the past few decades. It began with Intelligence Quotient (IQ) which is associated with learning, acquiring knowledge and rational thinking. It progressed to possessing Emotional Intelligence, which is the ability to be empathetic, manage emotions or be in control during challenging times and vicissitudes of life.
However, recent studies suggest gaining knowledge is important and so is emotional stability, but it is not the purpose of being human. In absence of effective engagement with people and nature and not doing something meaningful on daily basis, happiness is short-lived. To make life fulfilling and wholesome, there is a need for something more without which one cannot be at their peak of contentment and productivity, even with the best of IQ and EQ.
Spirituality at Workplace
Today, workplaces are getting challenging and competitive. There are targets and goals to achieve, enhance revenues, profits, capture market shares, complete projects on time and be ahead in the race. Amidst all this, there is also a constant desire to sprint through the career ladder and rush to the top.
Spirituality with its focus on self awareness, wholeness and purpose, gives tools to the modern workforce to overcome daily uncertainty, complexity and ambiguity. This in turn help the professionals for a balanced understanding of what is happening around, what life is all about and helps in better decision making in all aspects.
Developing SQ has become the modern corporate mantra. Whether manufacturing, service or IT industry, eminent personalities are invited to give awareness sessions to employees on improving the spiritual quotient. Values, Beliefs, Ethics, and Attitudes are given importance not just in vision or mission statements, but also carry weightage in the performance appraisals of the employees. Corporate houses are organizing programs for their employs on values like Humility, Entrepreneurship, Learning and Inner Excellence. The program on Inner Engineering offered by Isha Foundation is attended by many professionals from various
All this is possible when employees feel engaged and fulfilled in the relationships, self, and others, as well as in their careers. SQ plays a major role in organizations to create that edge, which is otherwise not possible with other types of quotients.
SQ in Action
Today, developing Spiritual Quotient (SQ) is one of the most important tool for achieving professional excellence and creating lasting value for the organisation. SQ helps professional resources at workplace in multiple ways.
a. Develop Outstanding Leadership
Being a leader in the present context is not just about being intellectually and emotionally smart, but going way beyond. SQ makes for an outstanding leader who brings inclusivity in the vision, mission, and values of the organization by being mindful about the triple bottom line (People, Profit, and Planet), It fosters a good culture and drives positive change. Leaders with high SQ create success stories that inspire others. They also have a keen interest in sustainability issues which makes them wholistic thinkers and doers.
b. Drive Performance with Pleasure.
An environment of trust, strong work ethics, robust code of conduct not only help employees to perform better but helps an organization gain a competitive advantage in the market place. Happy employees are more productive, have high commitment levels and job satisfaction, which is a win-win situation. Professionals with High SQ creates joy in everything they DO, making achievement of results a happy journey.
c. c. Enhance Employee Engagement
Organizations that integrate values and business practices bring families of employees together, invest in people behaviors like integrity, self-discipline or transparency in interactions and help employees to find meaning or higher purpose in their work, score better in Employee Engagement.
d. Bring A Greater Sense Of Balance
Some amount of tussle and turmoil in our personal and professional lives is inevitable. Planning interventions that improve the overall quality of life and also bring happiness creates more harmony and balance. The effort is to create a life that looks good not just from outside, but also inside.
Tools for developing SQ are simple and efficient. Connection with the higher power through prayer, developing a calm, balanced and focused mind through Meditation, developing an attitude of Gratitude for the gifts of life and empathy for less privileged ones, appreciating the principles of balance and harmony in all spheres of life are simple ways to develop SQ.
To Conclude, Organizations are no more a place to gather only intellectual wisdom but also to develop spiritual insight. Therefore, SQ is becoming a part of the workplace by appearing more in the forefront than remaining in the background. It encompasses cognitive and emotional skills, makes one reflect on higher possibilities in the grandeur of life, provides values that fuel the journey and creates an overall blissful experience. SQ is the basis of sustainable development not only for business organisations but also for earth. It the sure way to progress with peace in everyone’s life.
Live Whole, Live Well
Satyanveshi
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