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but rather to reinforce what Dr. Carl Jung always stated: ence is key to the fabric of spirituality.
that the inner and the outer are the same, that is, whats 8-Nik DeCosta-Klipa, November 22, 2016. Author at Bos-
in our hearts becomes reality for the growth of self and ton.com.
the world around us or sadly, for its opposite. A good 9-Ponder here means serious inner reflection.
heart contextualizes the chance for good work. A good 10-This is the usual sequence of events that occurs as
mind maps out intelligent work. A good will creates the night follows day even if the manager does not or refuses
energy and choice-making to build a future worth going to acknowledge the souls whisper that things are not what
to. In other words: a worthplace. Effective soulmaking at they should be. Lets say that the whisper can eventually
last. become a roar and then the manager needs to seek
help not from the bottle or sexcapades or anger, etc.
11-See Andy Raskin, Medium, January 27, 2017. Website:
https://medium.com/the-mission/why-leadership-equals-
ENDNOTES storytelling-71877abfe1f0#.ac06ei3nu. Accessed January
-------------------------------------------------- 27, 2017.
1-Dr. Michael Rock is a seasoned facilitator of personal 12-Tom Goodwin, Thursday, 12 January 2017. website:
and corporate retreats now or nearly 50 years. Trained http://www.gq-magazine.co.uk/article/education. Accessed
in Jungian dream analysis for many years in Zrich and January 27, 2017. GP Strategies, in its February 2017 we-
Toronto, author/editor of 20 textbooks and over 300 binar, describes itself: In a Learning 3.0 World, Context is
magazine articles, he has been a professor of emotional King. Website: http://www.trainingindustry.com/webinars/
intelligence, transformational leadership, business eth- in-a-learning-3-world-context-is-king.aspx?elqTrackId=a78
ics, and human relations. His latest book describes and 7e92304764818b1d4a2810d134af0&elq=05070f90e72e46
builds on the monastic insights of St. Benedict of Nursia 2690cfaa9467c6a29c&elqaid=2899&elqat=1&elqCampaign
(480-547 CE), a towering leadership figure, whose insights Id=1679. Accessed January 27, 2016.
are extremely relevant to our 21st century personal and 13-I will discuss these in a future article.
corporate world: St. Benedicts Guide to Improving Your 14-A workplace spirituality is already present in a work-
Work Life < https://www.amazon.ca/Benedicts-Guide-Im- place. The question for each company, executive, and
proving-Your-Work/dp/2896881867/ref=sr_1_1?ie=UTF8 employee is: do we want a healthy workplace spirituality?
&qid=1485622251&sr=8-1&keywords=St.+Benedict%E2% If so, there are ways to acknowledge, cultivate and develop
80%99s+Guide+to+Improving+Your+Work+Life >. He lives such a workplace culture so that workplaces are trans-
in Ottawa, Canada and can be reached at: 1 613 898 7733. formed into worthplaces.
2-Website: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/key- 15-This methodology is grounded in my book: Michael
words/profit.html. Accessed January 19, 2017. Cox and Michael Rock. The 7 Pillars of Visionary Leadership:
3-Website: https://www.brainyquote.com/quotes/key- Aligning Your Organization for Enduring Success (w/CD)
words/profit.html. Accessed January 19, 2017. (Toronto: Harcourt Brace & Company, Canada, 1997).
4-Website: Jonas Ellison, Being Pulled to Your Greater 16-Summa Theologica, I-II, q. 57, a. 5. The Summa The-
Mission, Medium website: https://medium.com/ ologi is the best-known work of Thomas Aquinas. Al-
higher-thoughts/being-pulled-to-your-greater-mission- though unfinished, the Summa is one of the classics of the
1decf0f28b1#.un0mp3byh. Accessed January 22, 2017. history of philosophy and one of the most influential works
5-T.S. Eliot, The Hollow Men, I. of Western literature (Wikipedia).
6-I say current because it is now so obvious globally.
Before globalism and the Internet, we could often ignore
the suffering in other parts of the world.
7-Netflix, Tony Robbins, I Am Not Your Guru. Website:
https://www.tonyrobbins.com/documentary/. Accessed
January 19, 2017. When Robbins says that when theres
something larger than yourself that youre here to serve
and you believe youre made for, hes talking about self-
transcendence, not just self-actualization. Self-transcend-
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Mayor Joseph Curtatone and Ben Echevar- A third choice that a manager or leader needs to em-
ria, the executive director of The Welcome brace is to go back to school and learn a new version of
Project, a local immigrant organizing group. the educational 3 Rs (reading righting, rithmetic). Even
Our diversity is our strength, the letter though hes talking about student education, author Tom
said. Since we became a sanctuary city, our Goodwin writes something I fully agree with as it also ap-
crime rate has dropped more than 50%. In plies to executives and managers12 : I believe that there
fact, our crime rate for every type of violent are five key attributes to develop, these are values at
crime is below the state and national aver- the core of who we are. This is an inside out approach to
ages. Curtatone also noted that Somer- developing robust, happy, balanced people fit to embrace
villes unemployment rate was 2.2 percent. the modern age. Here are his five key attributes:13
For anyone who claims that cracking down
on sanctuary cities has something to do 1. Relationships
with high crime or a stagnant economy, 2. Curiosity
Somerville stands as a flashing, neon bill- 3. Agility
board for how wrong that thinking is, they 4. Creativity
wrote. Data shows more of the real story. 5. Empathy
Somerville officials said the city wont
cave on its values, regardless of what the Goodwin concludes with these words:
president-elect decides to do.8
The reality of the modern age is that I learned
Somewhere, sometimes, when push comes to shove, more in one year of a well-curated Twitter
we need to more consciously align, attune ourselves and feed than in my entire masters degree. I have
choose spirit over anything. For many people around the better relationships from LinkedIn than from
world such a choice has often meant death; for others, university. We dont need to change every-
prison; for still others, fines and ostracization. Many in thing now, but we do need to start forgetting
our world know these realities only too intimately. Soul- the assumptions that we have made. The
making in many different forms is critically need. future is more uncertain than ever, but we
need to make our kids as balanced, agile, and
How does corporate soulmaking happen? I believe as self-reliant as ever in order to thrive in it.
first that every soulmaker must take time to ponder the
realities facing them.9 They dont rush in where angels Soul is not some fabricated new thing that managers
fear to tread. Such impetuousness is often called fear of and executives can willy-nilly set up or give orders to make
foolishness. That is, even if a manager or a senior execu- it to happen. Soul emerges and can never be pushed,
tive wants to create an open and soul-filled workplace bought or sold. This is especially true if one is thinking of
with only ROI as its raison dtre, we know from common cultivating a workplace spirituality.14 Our main task is to
sense and many researched practical corporate situa- transform the workplace into a worthplace. For sure, such
tions that a suppression of ROIR spirituality and soulmak- a vision is more subtle in its fabric because; it speaks to
ing eventually beckons a depression soul talk for Im the deepest values we hold; it questions our integrity; it
trying to get your attention but since you wont listen demands vision, the path to following the steps on the
after repeated interior promptings and external mis- journey, the new learning, the guides that will often be
steps,10 youre now becoming more brittle, like rats feet needed, the leadership that will make the vision hap-
over broken glass in short, youve opened the door to pen, and experiencing the joy of working in a worthplace
be personally miserable, physically or mentally sick, and where head, heart, and hands produce what is good.15
perhaps much more. Your call! Medieval theologian, Thomas Aquinas (1225-1274),
wrote: To live well is to work well, or display a good activ-
A second choice that a manager or leader needs to ity.16
embrace is to see, experience, and engage in storytell-
ing! Yes! Real leaders are by nature storytellers be they In short, soulmaking implies that good living and good
teachers, executives, parents, etc.11 Leaders need to working go together. You cant have one without the
make storytelling a visceral part of their DNA. other. Such a statement is not to create a guilt complex
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reason. We already know what such reasonable forces
have done to people, populations, and causes. Nazi rea-
son is one very, very sad outcome; so is Trump reason-
CORPORATE SOULMAKERS: ing. Such a vision and negative spirituality leaves a sense,
as T.S. Eliot calls it, of rats feet over broken glass.5 The
Reflections on Workplace Spirituality prophet Ezekiel (37:1-14) calls such a mind-and-heart
Michael Rock, Ed.D., D.Th., Ph.D. space a valley filled with dry bones.
Urban Hesychast1
Spirit, on the other hand, pulls us towards something
that is greater than ourselves, a beyond, a future worth
Don't be seduced into thinking
that that which does not make a profit is without going to. Spirit or breath gives us what we call breath-
value. ing room; soul is how we enable such spirit to embed
- Arthur Miller2 itself in and enhance our day-to-day actions. Spirituality,
therefore, is not a skill to be learned as it is a spiritual or
At its core, banking is not simply about profit, spirit-filled perspective to be embraced.
but about personal relationships.
- Felix Rohatyn3 Our current6 aggressive world view believes that suc-
cess = push, that is, if you want to get things done, only
pushing will make something happen. Whats ironic and
interesting at the same time is that after all these years as
Most companies speak the same a corporate guru, Tony Robbins, the long-standing push-
mantra: productivity, perform- ing facilitator who promoted his walking on the fiery
ance and profit the corporate coals exercise, has had a 180 metanoia or inner change.
3 Rs. And so they should since a Robbins says, Im no longer pushed, Im pulled. Push will
business is in business to make a wear you out. When youre pushing to do something,
profit. But some companies often you only got so much willpower. But when youre pulled,
miss out on a fourth R: Rela- when theres something larger than yourself that youre
tionship. R which recognizes the here to serve and you believe youre made for, that brings
perspective that ethics + spiritual- energy7 Today we need to listen to and experience the
ity provide the context for good pull of something or someone greater than ourselves.
outcomes from a healthy corporate culture. Yet, ROI We also need guides and mentors to help us get on track,
(Return-on-Investment) needs more. ROIR (Return- stay on track, and avoid the lure of the egocentric pushing
on-Investment-in-Relationships), on the other hand, that is so dominant in corporate land. One very poignant
recognizes a wider perspective of business that embraces and disturbing case example is the negativity with which
personal integrity as the key factor in doing business. For Trump recently blanketed sanctuary cities in the U.S. In
those who have studied Latin, they will recognize that the Somerville, Mass., near Boston, Mayor Joseph Curtatone
original Latin root meaning of integrity means one, tells Josh Reynolds of The Boston Globe: We will remain
from whence we also get the mathematical word inte- a sanctuary cityeven if Trump pulls our federal funding.
ger. Someone with integrity acts with internal cohesion If we lose this funding, we will tighten our belts, but
of heart, mind, and will. Someone who lacks integrity is we will not sell our community values short. Let us read
opportunistic, especially when it comes to money mat- further:
ters.
Despite Donald Trumps threats, [the city
Soulmaking is firmly grounded in integrity. It is the of] Somerville says its staying a sanctuary
effective practice and implementation of spirit in the city. city officials reaffirmed their commit-
workplace. ment to the policy, even if [Trump] follows
through on pledges to pull federal funding
Writer Jonas Ellison4 writes that while our egos push for sanctuary cities, a general term for cities
us be the push called money, power, performance, or that do not cooperate with federal efforts to
productivity cut off from integrity, they turn noble goals detain undocumented immigrants. We will
raw, often contextually bankrupt, and merely forces of not turn our back on our neighbors, wrote
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Tel: (613) 695.4443 101-1296 Carling Avenue

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Tel: 613-291-6167 Tel: 613-291-6167

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