Technalink has been one of the pioneers in bringing spiritual management to the workplace. And while there are clear benefits to this type of business practice, there is a reason it’s rare in the business world. Spiritual management, while beneficial, takes a different kind of approach to the workplace that requires time and effort. Here are a few things you can actually do in your workplace if you want to incorporate spiritual management into it.
Make Your Work Your Calling
People tend to view their work as either “just a job,” a “career,” or “a calling.” Unsurprisingly, those whose only attachment to work is a paycheck are usually the least satisfied with their job prospects, while those who view their work as a calling to fulfill a higher purpose tend to have more job satisfaction and thus more resiliency.
If you can integrate your calling in life into your work, and attract like-minded individuals who feel the same way, this creates much more synergy and commitment to the workplace. This creates more drive, satisfaction, and results.
See The Good In The Work
There will be bad meetings, things not working out, financial problems, or even just worrying about the future. However, in most cases, there will also be things about work that are good, perhaps even gratifying. One way to bring more spirituality into the workplace is to make an effort to shift perceptions and be more conscious of the good things, rather than only the things to worry about.
For example, you may have a team you’re grateful for being so supportive and competent. Celebrate this fact. You may find the work itself worthwhile and gratifying, even when obstacles get in the way.
Exercise Compassion With People At Work
Some define compassion as “Empathy + Action,” because it is about understanding someone’s feelings and making manifest a real-world consequence based on that empathetic understanding. Compassion may be especially important when things aren’t working out, and there is even conflict or disagreement with people in our environment.
This is where compassion can become particularly important, since it can take resentment or other negative emotions and convert them to understanding. You may be at odds with someone, but that doesn’t mean that other person, like you, isn’t striving for happiness, for good results, and improvement of the business. Compassion can help to anchor these perceptions and result in collaboration, not competition.
Get In Touch With Awe
“Awe” is often described as a feeling of reverence or wonder. It is the emotion architects tried to evoke in visitors to holy spaces such as mosques or cathedrals to put people in the proper emotional space for religious activity. Awe, however, has many positive spiritual applications outside formal worship.
Bringing awe into the everyday, such as an appreciation for nature by taking a walk, can be a great way to neutralize the momentum of stress and worry. Awe brings many emotional benefits that can help make a day go smoothly.
Work On Yourself
Finally, if you want to bring spirituality to the workplace, how spiritual are you? What practices and beliefs are you maintaining? If you want to be a spiritual entrepreneur, then laying the foundation for this in your business starts with you.
Fortunately, you don’t have to start from scratch in learning how to do this. Others have already blazed the trail, and if you want to see how those before you have done it, you can try reading The Om Factor: A Woman’s Spiritual Guide To Leadership, which is available in print, digital, and audiobook formats. In it, Alka Dhillon brings her personal insights and experiences to making this approach work in the world of business.
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