Bringing Spirit to Work. Leanne Holdsworth Holistic Business Solutions Ltd

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1 Bringing Spirit to Work Leanne Holdsworth Holistic Business Solutions Ltd

2 Game for next hour Levels of consciousness Spiritual Intelligence Emotional Intelligence But, what is Spirit at Work?

3 Levels of consciousness The human experience being what it is everybody is at a different place Understanding this place in yourself and in others makes it easier to: spend your energy on the things that are important to you in all aspects of life

4 Levels of consciousness Insert my model here

5 Spiral Dynamics

6 Spiral Dynamics Beige Meme Purple Meme Red Meme Blue Meme Orange Meme Green Meme Yellow Meme Turquoise Meme I survive We are safe I control We are saved I improve We become I learn We experience

7 Other levels of Consciousness Richard Barrett, Seven Levels of Consciousness

8 Levels of consciousness in business Because organisations are made up of human beings, they also have something akin to levels of consciousness

9 4 Levels of consciousness in business Force and control: abrasive communication, complex power relationships, command and control mentality, strong ego Results driven:patch protection, unwilling to engage in self evaluation, taking the credit when not due Socially responsible: encouraging, from me to we, sense of purpose beyond profit, family friendly Authentic Humanness: self knowledge, reflection, authenticity, humility, active listening Holdsworth, 2004

10 Levels of consciousness in your world Complete the questionnaire on the 4 levels of consciousness for your organisation

11 Linkages Levels of consciousness is a holistic way of looking at who we are and what motivates us. Emotional and spiritual intelligences are aspects of ourselves that contribute to our level of consciousness.

12 Emotional Intelligence Emotional Intelligence refers to the capacity to deal effectively with one s own and others emotions (Genos 2003) EQ is the ability to sense, understand, and effectively apply the power and acumen of emotions as a source of energy, information, creativity, trust and connection (Orioli and Cooper, 2001)

13 Breaking it down Self Awareness Self Management Social Awareness Relationship management

14 Models of EQ Salovey and Mayer (1990) Daniel Goleman (1995) Bar-On, Mayer, Salovey and Caruso, Cooper and Sawaf ( ) Genos (2002)

15 Measuring your EQ EQ Map

16 Measuring your EQ Genos Total Emotional Intelligence Emotional recognition and expression Understanding emotions Emotions direct cognition Emotional management Emotional control Percentile Score Very Low Low Average High Very High

17 Be the living expression of kindness; kindness in your face, kindness in your eyes, kindness in your smile, kindness in your warm greeting, Mother Teresa of Calcutta

18 Spiritual Intelligence Insert my model here

19 Spiritual Intelligence A spiritual state, in which the individual poured out creativity, and was playful, joyful, tolerant, with a sense of purpose and mission to help others to achieve this state of wisdom and bliss. All of these are to be accomplished in an environment of growing compassion and love

20 Spiritual Intelligence Spiritual intelligence helps us outgrow our ego selves and to reach beyond to the deeper layers of potentiality that lie hidden within us. It helps us to live life at a deeper level of meaning. (Zohar and Marshall)

21 Spiritual Intelligence Indications for a highly developed SQ include (Buzan, 2001) : a high degree of self awareness a capacity to face and use suffering a capacity to face and transcend pain the quality of being inspired by vision and values

22 Spiritual Intelligence Indications for a highly developed SQ include cont d: a reluctance to cause unnecessary harm a tendency to see the connections between diverse things (being holistic ) a tendency to ask why and what if questions being what psychologists call fieldindependent - possessing a facility for working against convention

23 Measuring your spiritual intelligence Tony Buzan, The power of Spiritual Intelligence

24 Spirit at Work What does all this mean in regards to spirit at work? It s about bringing humanness to work Humanistic behaviours/values such as compassion, care, empathy, self esteem are explicit and rewarded

25 Moving Forward Spend 3 minutes reflecting on the following questions then in groups of 4 or 5 share your thoughts: What is your organisation doing to nurture spirit at work? What else could it be doing?

26 Leanne Holdsworth Ph