For women entrepreneurs, the 21st century has certainly opened up a lot of opportunities. It may not be a world of total sexual and racial equality yet, but at Technalink, we believe that we can one day hit that goal, as long as we continue to commit ourselves to doing better, more ethical business. [Read more…]

The decision to be a compassionate leader always sounds—on paper—like nothing but a win-win situation. If you’re showing more kindness and compassion to your employees, this is going to be reflected both in the work culture that you cultivate and in the reputation that your business garners as a result. But where do you draw the line when it comes to compassion in your leadership and decision making skills? This next question is something only each individual person can answer for themselves, but where, for example, does compassion fit in with someone applying for a job that has a criminal record? [Read more…]

If you’ve decided that you’d like to try to encourage more mindfulness both in and out of work, one great tech-nique for this is meditation. Useful tools in meditation are mala prayer beads, which are a tactile aid in keeping track of your meditation progress, but there are so many beads to choose from! Which one is the right one for you? [Read more…]

We put a lot of our focus here at Technalink on being women in business, balancing business acumen with spir-itual awareness, and finding ways to make a profit coincide with being compassionate and empathetic. What we don’t often discuss here is the personality types of the women in business themselves! Everyone knows that people who are outgoing and extroverted often get ahead when it comes to networking, negotiating and busi-ness interactions. But does that mean that even if you’re talented, have a head for business, but are an introvert you should stay out of this line of work? [Read more…]

Empathy is the ability to understand and connect with the feelings of another person, and it’s a necessary skill to learn when working collaboratively in a leadership position or as an employee. At Techanlink, we use and encourage empathy in various ways within the workplace, and we know the benefit that active empathy brings to your overall professional atmosphere. A few ways you can use active empathy in the workplace today, whether to generally improve the office environment or as part of your soulful leadership, are: [Read more…]

Leadership has some old-school rules that have been followed for as long as anyone remembers. Unfortunately, many of these rules are toxic to spiritual entrepreneurship, and today’s compassionate leader may not find them relevant to their style of leading. These leadership rules are changing, however, and we at Technalink like this new direction they’re going in. The new rules of leadership focus less on control and toughness, and more on collaboration and empathy, allowing today’s leaders to truly get the best out of the talent they have working for them.

The first old rule has to do with who is chosen to be in a leadership position, and it states that leaders are picked based on their company tenure and business performance. While there is nothing particularly wrong with prioritizing performance and experience, it doesn’t embrace the real traits that translate to great leadership. The new rule doesn’t completely disregard these characteristics, but instead of placing them in the top priority spot, it focuses on choosing leaders based on creativity, adaptability, and a talent for inspiring people and leading teams.

The second old rule that is being replaced is the one that states that leaders should be trained using professional training in a structured environment. There is nothing wrong with professional training, but you’re not going to get quite as much out of it when compared to real-world experiences. Using simulations, projects, and hands-on learning, a leader is not just taught, but molded, into a person who can handle any situation that may come their way with creative critical thinking skills.

Another old rule is that leaders lead organizations and businesses, but the future is replacing the impersonal with the personal. Rather than viewing leaders as those who are leading a business, they’re viewed as those who lead teams and people, effectively humanizing the role and putting a collaborative spin on what leadership is. For spiritual entrepreneurship, this focus on the human aspect of leadership is a wonderful thing, and it will create real results using a collaborative effort between leaders and the people they lead.

Lastly, the rule that expects leaders to be in the know is falling by the wayside in favor of a new rule that states that leaders should be able to find out. The assumption that a leader has all the answers may seem comforting in a control leadership style, but the truth of the matter is that no one can know it all. Rather than the belief that the leader knows already, the new belief states that the leader will learn, find out, and come up with creative new solutions even to age-old problems.

A recent study performed by Fidelity Investments and the National Business Group on Health found that 22% of Fortune 500 businesses have begun implementing some sort of mindfulness or meditation program, and this number is only expected to rise as 2017 wraps up and 2018 gets started. At Technalink, we know the many benefits of spiritual entrepreneurship, and how implementing group meditation can provide positive real results seen in your productivity. [Read more…]

Respect is a big deal in soulful leadership. At Technalink, we pride ourselves on placing respect in a high priority position in our professional and personal lives, knowing the impact it has not only on the atmosphere of a workplace but on productivity as well. It’s easy to see how respect leads to productivity in the workplace, and why placing respect in a high priority position may improve your workplace from the top down.
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