There has been an increase in the number of people who practise meditation in the business world. This can be attributed to the increase in the number of people who are aware of the benefits it has. It is also due to the intercultural mingling between various countries.
The advantages of meditation are visible over a period of time rather than being immediately evident in the short-term. Here is a list of the benefits of sitting quietly and focusing your mind.
Less absenteeism
Exposure to long-term stress can risk the health of the managers and employees. Also, injuries can be a direct result of the pressure at a job. Meditation helps reduce the probability of injuries at the work site. It also diminishes the risk of sicknesses affecting employees and supervisors.
Lessen the stress
The most popular benefit of meditation is that it helps trim down stress. Everyday business interactions induce anxiety & can be burdensome. When we meditate, the effects start to show in our interactions with various people in the workplace. This helps reduce the chaos and anger which are a result of disagreement.
Maximise performance
Anything that is practised behind office doors can have a direct impact on the company performance and the revenue it generates. Hence, when Google invested in meditation to be incorporated into its company culture, they had some benefit in mind. Meditation helps maximise employee performance.
Augment creativity
When employees are relaxed and free of anxiety, they look at things in a different light and come up with better ways of approaching a task. In stress, an employee may be over-looking a connection between two variables that may be vital to solving the problem. By sitting alone and thinking in a quiet environment, your employees may come up with something that takes your company to new heights.
Enhanced emotional intelligence
By persuading your employees to meditate, you can ensure better use of emotional intelligence around the office. In anger or anxiety, an employee may utter something they may regret later. By using meditation to ward off the added pressure, the workers can enhance emotional intelligence around their peers.
Intensify focus and concentration
Various meditation exercises allow a person to focus on an object for long periods of time. Due to this, each member of staff becomes better at focusing and concentrating on his work and office meetings. A direct result of this is a rise in productivity.
Better decision-making power
With the added concentration and ability to shut out distractions, every employee makes better decisions, which enhances company performance. Steve Jobs used to meditate, and it helped him make a lasting impact to which the world was a witness.
A decline in emotional detachment
When your employees walk into meetings with lesser emotional detachment with the goal, it results in lesser stress for everyone. The added stress forces us to say or do things we later wish we didn’t.
It sharpens intuition
Practising meditation helps sharpen the innate capabilities of intuition every person holds. When a step they are about to take doesn’t feel right, they think twice before acting on it. Paying heed to the inner voice can help a lot, and meditation helps make your intuition better.
Better decisions that help everyone
Meditation enhances the compassion we hold within ourselves. Imagine that compassion getting deeply rooted into your firm’s culture. With greater compassion, each individual thinks of the ramifications of their deeds and hence makes better decisions.