Sometimes, there is boundless wisdom in apparent contradiction. Such is the case with the complicated, clever concept of servant leadership. Servant leadership is a practical, altruistic philosophy finding increasing play in the modern workplace as leadership styles overall shift to those that emphasize compassion, encouragement, empathy and service. Inside the servant-leadership belief system, the best…
A little over a decade ago, some leading American academics endeavored to identify the relationship between a company’s spiritual practices and its corporate success. A Spiritual Audit of Corporate America: A Hard Look at Spirituality, Religion, and Values in the Workplace, was a groundbreaking report that revealed that organizations that embrace spirituality actually do better…
The time of year is well upon us now. Holiday parties, in all their reckless, unpredictable glory, spread beneath our feet like poinsettia leaves, loosed from their stems thanks to a stumbling encounter by someone in accounting who’d been too much into the rum punch. Managing their volatile presence inside of an otherwise orderly office…
There is an ancient Cree maxim that sums up blessedly the irrefutable connection that exists between the notion of sustainability and the notion of spirituality. “Only after the last tree has been cut down,” the adage opens, gravely, “only after the last fish has been caught, only after the last river has been poisoned, only…
It’s easy to forget that spirituality in the workplace is not the province of aging boomers alone, an ancient concept relegated to move into obscurity with the generation that first identified it. Indeed, the reality is that the younger generation may be more engaged with the subject, and the intrinsic role it should play in…