Spirituality in the workplace (often called ‘holistic thinking’) can be seen as managers and staff applying a heightened level of awareness towards others, in an altruistic way.  Key benefits of this approach include:

  • Managers and staff with more positive, developmental attitudes towards work and progress;
  • People with a greater degree of objectivity and fairness;
  • Increased creativity and productivity;
  • More staff loyalty and better retention of managers and staff.

Spiritual England is encouraging a more spiritual approach within workplaces. This applies to inter-personal skills, management practices and staff development.  We want to:

  • Make contact with companies and organisations that are actively developing and applying spiritual practices;
  • Help companies and organisations wishing to improve their current skills, techniques and awareness in spirituality within the workplace.

Contact us on info@spiritualengland.org.uk

 

What makes a ‘spiritual worker’ within business or your organisation? Spirituality in the Workplace develops and supports people who:

  • Can think co-operatively and/or altruistically;
  • Have a balanced, objective view of the world;
  • Can listen as much as/more than they speak;
  • Apply three-dimensional, ‘bigger picture’ thinking;
  • Believe in some higher driving force and purpose;
  • Find the time to think things through objectively;
  • Think laterally in order to promote realistic solutions;
  • Encourage and empower others selflessly;
  • Work open-mindedly with a wide range of people;
  • Consistently display integrity and trust;
  • Expect the best from people.

Notice that there is very little religious about these criteria – indeed most of them could be considered as general good business practice, without even being overtly spiritual. Perhaps the spirituality element is the importance of these criteria being practiced consistently and co-operatively, with over-lying altruistic intent. This, evidently, takes effort to introduce, monitor and maintain – making the initial preparation of the management structure, practice and support vital to the success of a spiritual or holistic approach.

Events

‘Spirituality and Your Own Workplace’ residential retreat workshop – 23 to 25 October 2009 - to be held at the White Eagle Lodge, New Lands, Liss, Hampshire, GU33 7HY, for an all-inclusive cost of only £150.  To receive the programme of events, details of domestic arrangements and booking form, please contact Jeremy Hayward by email on Jeremy@whiteagle.org, or telephone on 01730 893300.

Participants will be able to:

  • Define spirituality within the context of a workplace environment;
  • Consider applications of love, harmony and service as they apply to interactivity, co-operation, team building and related development;
  • Develop strategies to respond to past and current stressful situations;
  • Practice discussed ideas for goal setting, applied within their experience;
  • Apply exercise and breathing to respond to potential stress build-up;
  • Review “best practice” in the workplace and discuss possible strategies;
  • Prepare the foundations for a more spiritual workplace atmosphere.

Useful contacts & websites

www.the-integrated-triangle.com

 

Disclaimer: Most of the events listed here are not organised by Spiritual England but we do aim to check out that they have been organised responsibly.