Spiritual Intelligence. • Emotional Intelligence. • But, what is Spirit at Work? Game
for ... complex power relationships, command and control mentality, strong ego.
Bringing Spirit to Work
Leanne Holdsworth Holistic Business Solutions Ltd www.holisticbusiness.co.nz
Game for next hour • Levels of consciousness • Spiritual Intelligence • Emotional Intelligence
• But, what is Spirit at Work?
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
Levels of consciousness Insert my model here
Spiral Dynamics
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
Other levels of Consciousness
Richard Barrett, Seven Levels of Consciousness
Levels of consciousness in business Because organisations are made up of human beings, they also have something akin to levels of consciousness
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 Holdsworth, 2004 listening
Levels of consciousness in your world Complete the questionnaire on the 4 levels of consciousness for your organisation
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.
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)
Breaking it down • • • •
Self Awareness Self Management Social Awareness Relationship management
Models of EQ • Salovey and Mayer (1990) • Daniel Goleman (1995) • Bar-On, Mayer, Salovey and Caruso, Cooper and Sawaf (1995-1997) • Genos (2002)
Measuring your EQ EQ Map
Measuring your EQ Genos Percentile Score
Total Emotional Intelligence Emotional recognition and expression Understanding emotions Emotions direct cognition Emotional management Emotional control
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“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
Spiritual Intelligence Insert my model here
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”
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)
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
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
Measuring your spiritual intelligence Tony Buzan, The power of Spiritual Intelligence
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
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?
Leanne Holdsworth
[email protected] Ph 027 2883844
