This is how I have responded to the question - reproduced below - posed by
"thinksmart" people. I consider this worth sharing with you all.
> If you were the Chief Spirituality Officer, what would you do?
> How would you increase spirituality in the workplace without
> interfering with individual religious beliefs and rights?
> What would you expect the benefits of those actions to be?
The following questions from the book "Dharmic Management" - I suppose it
was written by Richard Bach - form the basis for my response:
Is this the way you want to live your life?
Is this the way you want to be treated by others?
Is this the way you want to treat others?
Is your action taking you away from your spirituality?
These four questions are not at all religious. Spirituality, according to
me, is a faith in something - that can be righteousness, being truthful,
the God or a value / set of values and even a religion! This faith
becomes a "unique entity" within each individual. In other words -
rather to put it succinctly - we all indulge in talking to ourselves and
we also listen to ourselves. It is this talking and listening that forms
our spirituality.
If I were the person responsible for helping people indulge more in
talking and listening to themselves, I would like to spend my time on
developing instruments, creating situations and facilitating
discussions/events that help people keep in touch with their spirituality
and manifest it in their actions, in the organisational processes and
policies.
I consider posing right questions - on all possible aspects - to the top
management and the people in the organisation as my primary job so that I
can help all of them get in touch with their spirituality constantly.
Prior to all this, I shall prove to be qualified to hold this position by
experiencing my own spirituality - I do not know what the selection
process should be. Once selected I shall vacate the position after some
specified time to enable my other colleague to occupy it as I believe
strongly that this position needs to be manned by as many people as
possible on rotation basis so that the "job" gets enriched.
May your actions keep you in touch with your spirituality.
--Raju
IVNS Raju Corporate Human Resource Management Group National Dairy Development Board Anand - 388 001 - India Phone:40148,40149 Ext.306(O) 319(R) FAX: 02692-40165,40156 Email:ivnsr@anand.nddb.ernet.in
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