Every professional is struggling for his or her existence at every level. The intensity of friction for a newly joined management trainee may be equal to that of a top-notch CEO as they both need to demonstrate the competency required for a particular assigned job. When a candidate is selected at the junior management levels, his intelligence and suitability are checked against pre-defined parameters. But what about emotional and spiritual intelligence? It seems not too many organizations have a training mechanism that aims to develop both of those quotients.
Salary and perks are great motivating factors for employees, but lately these factors seem to matter less than before. Employees begin at a lower level thinking their potential will be fully utilized. But most companies don’t have a suitable structure to completely utilize an employee’s talent so he or she feels worthy and fulfilled. Once employees begin to realize they are not in a position to be fulfilled, they start to deceive themselves, and that ultimately results in deceiving the job and company.
A company has limitations and boundaries for its functions. So what can a company do when an employee adds value but doesn’t feel fulfilled? The solution is to help the employee realize his or her spiritual quotient. Some companies have begun to make this an effective dimension of training and they run it responsibly, but they often treat it as a back-burner program. Companies strive to develop leadership skills in their employees, but such a leadership program often falls on its face. They explore merited structured programs and run training without realizing that they need to teach those trained leaders how to work efficiently with other leaders.
Organizations need to focus less on money and more on how to successfully train employees on their spiritual criteria. Spirituality is not something that has come to light recently, but companies are realizing that the theme they left for winning the race is the very salt for the long race. No one can remove psychology or spirit from the human system. Thus, properly molding the mind and giving food for the spirit is a must for professional development, too.
The struggle of human psychology has been coming for ages and will be there for eternity; professionally, we can’t cut it out for the long run. That’s where training comes in. Currently we have training programs that can train on a certain set of criteria in an industry, but the realization of spirit through responsibility, humility, and happiness is minimal. Companies need to be more experimental and exhaustive in creating such training programs for consistent success.
That said, personal liability is attached to the employee, too. It’s a rat race out there, and spiritual requirements are at the bottom of the laundry list of things we have to do. Breathing would be the last thing we realize in accomplishing our daily routine with success. You see everyone in your surroundings acting in the same chaotic way, but you fail to observe those few successful people who kept their spirit alive. This is your responsibility to be responsible toward your work. This is your humble decorum, which helps you execute your duty with happiness. And this should be your own way to emerge from your psychological tussle, which will provide you with both personal and professional advancement.
Known as “ForeZorba,” Vikash Kumar is the author of “Nugget On Wings” and a mindfulness coach and SQ trainer. He is the founder of Mantra with Zorba (MWZ) and offers counseling, corporate coaching, meditation, and astro-numero guidance. For more information, e-mail: forezorba@gmail.com; visit: http://www.forezorba.com; or call +91 9741122250.
