Is This You?

From the Introduction to Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders by Nancy R. Smith

Are you among the. . .  

• 72% of Americans who work more than 40 hours per week?

• 61% who consider themselves overworked?

• 86% who are not satisfied with their job?

• 82% who are unhappy with their work/life balance?

• 89% of workers who hope to change jobs in the next six months?  

• 84% who say the economy has hindered their ability to change jobs?[1]

Are You an Over-Worked, Disillusioned Worker?

Workers are disillusioned with the scandals in business ethics, distrusting of employers and disappointed in corporate failures to live up to pension promises.

Sometimes the economy makes it necessary to “hunker down” and keep quiet about demands. But as they have come to recognize the end of job security, workers are also learning to take their careers into their own hands. And as they have learned to manage their own careers, they have also decided to look for a different kind of workplace:

If I’m going to work for you, I want a decent salary—but I want more! I want you to conduct business ethically. I want you to institute business practices that will preserve the environment for generations to come. I want you to see me as a person, not merely a ‘resource.’

And I want a spiritually-friendly workplace where I can bring my whole self, be true to my own values, and make a satisfying contribution to the business.  

Are you one of these workers? Or are you an employer who must deal with dissatisfied and demanding workers like these?  
 

Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Leaders  ^{©
Copyright 2006 By Nancy R. Smith
Axial Age Publishing}

The first book that presents workplace spirituality as personally meaningful and spiritually diverse while emphasizing the essentials of business ethics and corporate social responsibility in a global world.              —Book Description

What You Will Find Here:

Workplace Spirituality: A Complete Guide for Business Workers is the first in a series of titles related to Workplace Spirituality. Here you will:

• Discover the origins and significance of the Workplace Spirituality movement and learn how it can benefit you as a worker, a leader, or a manager.

• Discover the seven essential traits of a spiritual person and the job-related behaviors that result from those traits.

• Consider the underlying economic theories and issues involved in business ethics and corporate social responsibility.

• Discover six principles for a spiritual workplace.

• Learn the differences between managers and leaders and the contributions both make to business.

• Reect on six human issues that will help you become a spiritual leader.

• Consider six factors that are involved in changing cultural values in your workplace.