Jim Blake - A practical approach to leadership. The Zen Executive

There is an intersection in business which makes people feel their lives have to be compartmentalised making it impossible to combine their spiritual and work lives - the idea that work just has to be work and `I can't bring some of what I believe in terms of my own spirituality’. Some of the things we do at work however are in alignment with the things that exist in our spiritual life such as compassion, empathy and deeply listening to others. It is possible to bring a spiritual approach to our work and posture of service in what we are doing and how we are doing it by developing an approach that brings the same spiritual posture in your most comfortable setting to the office in how your treat people, how you approach your work and how you endeavour to inspire others.We don't necessarily need to share the reasons and motivations that inspire us with everyone but we don't need to exclude them from the workplace.  Looking at the workplace and finding the 'why' then gives context to the meaning of the work you’re doing.