Achieving
individual potential requires a strong connection
between personal and professional pursuits.
Understanding and then pursuing individual
potential requires reflection, change, and
support from family, friends, co-workers,
church members, mentors, and coaches. The
result of beginning to understand potential
is the beginning of a personal journey to
achieve that potential. In
every market, in every country on earth,
there are companies that have an edge on
their competitors. They develop and maintain
cultures that attract star performing employees.
They display a level of flexibility unusual
for their size. And when they face setbacks,
they bounce back fast, turning problems
into opportunities, and rallying their troops
behind them. These
outstanding companies have linked employees
with the company they work for creating
strong, living cultures where those employees
really thrive. They exemplify HeartShip.
What do HeartShip organizations look like?
Commitment
DeSai Group is committed to HeartShip
with employees, vendors, business partners,
and clients. The DeSai HeartShip initiative
builds a culture that supports esteem, security,
self-actualization, individual faith journeys,
making a difference, and personal and professional
integrity. The result is a thriving business
where people are:
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Supportive
of each other and the journeys they
are on |
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Committed
to the organization |
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Encouraged
and enabled to innovate, initiate, and
experiment |
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Committed
to business goals while achieving personal
life-long goals |
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Valued
by the organization |
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Exceeding
expectations |
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Respected
for their individual strengths and qualities |
"We are
spiritual beings first and foremost. Therefore
our work naturally has a spiritual dimension to
it, whether we’re conscious of it or not.
"For me, work exists for two spiritual
reasons: (a) for developing spiritual awareness in everyone, including shareholders, management,
employees, customers, suppliers, and society; and (b) for serving others as an expression of our
spiritual growth. "HeartShip environment promotes universal human values. These universal human
values do not need to be taught or learned since they are inherent in our spiritual nature;
rather, they can be evoked or unveiled, sometimes by unlearning the ways we keep them hidden.
When a company understand this golden Truth, they can help create a remarkable culture for all
stakeholders to help work from their spiritual nature of living in harmony of thought, word, and
deed. Therefore HeartShip is a way of life at work, it is Journey of The Heart At Work, it is
about building s Spiritual Muscle for Life to help us change our selves and the world for better.
"If I had to summarize it in one sentence it is Journey of the Heart at work with harmony of our
thoughts, words, and deeds".
–Jatin DeSai |
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The Spirit at Work Conference
Honors Organizations Making a Difference and
Inspires Others to Do the
Same
The
International Center for Sprit at Work (ICSW) is
an international, nonprofit member organization
dedicated to integrating
spiritual values, such as kindness, compassion
and integrity, in the workplace. On October
19th – 21st, ICSW will
hold its annual conference in the Atlanta area
at Simpsonwood Retreat Center in Norcross.
The
three-day conference, “Beyond Wealth: Creating
and Measuring Authentic Success,” promotes the
benefits of spirituality in the workplace and
honors organizations throughout the world. This
year, the seven organizations honored include
Tyson Foods (USA), Seehotel (Germany) and Centre
for Excellence in Leadership (UK). Keynote
speakers are Patricia Aburdene, author of
Megatrends 2010: The Rise of Conscious
Capitalism, Dr. J. Robert Ouimet, Chairman
of the Board of O.C.B. Holding in Montreal, and
John Renesch, futurist and author of Getting
to the Better Future. For details on
conference registration and sponsorship
opportunities, and to learn more about
association membership, visit www.spiritatwork.org.
Jatin
DeSai is a founding board member and Board
Chair for ICSW.
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