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Sunday 9 August 2015

Reasons Your Company Should Start a Meditation Program

                             Reasons Your Company Should Start a Meditation Program

      "Please begin meditation" are the sounds that people are hearing at meditation centers in Boston, Chennai, Paris, and even Chile! These aren't just the sounds of people just meditating, but meditating on the heart.

        Meditation is an practice that focuses on the heart through the help of yogic transmission. The meditation system was formulated around universal love for others, and the essence that we are spiritual beings, and getting to the enlightened level is what we are looking for.

     Practitioners of Meditation have put through a simple process of learning to relax, and then meditate on divine light in the heart. Entrepreneurs such as Chirag Kulkarni, co-founder of Insightfully have spoken highly of the practice, calling it the "number one reason for success in business, health, and relationships".

     An popular meditation practice called Mindfulness, which is a Buddhist practice that espouses inner strength, balance, and compassion to create a harmonious and effective state of existence has taken effect in major companies such as Google and Apple, where thousands of individuals are trying to use it to improve their focus, efficiency, and productivity.
 
   Meditation practices are extremely successful, but why should you care if you are the CEO?
 here is why your company should start a meditation program at work.

1. Build company culture

         What is the number one reason why employees are retained at companies? Is it because of pay?
No, in fact, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the value of corporate culture is being one of the important aspects of why retention rates at some of the larger firms is going down. The single easiest way to build company culture is by creating initiatives that will inspire your employees to come to work, and learn.


2. Invest in your employees' growth

        How many businesses keep track of metrics such as week over week growth, or revenue growth? Most of the companies I speak with on a daily basis do.
But what fuels company growth? As Jack Dorsey, co-founder of Twitter and Square puts it, "a company is simply a company, the people are what execute the vision and drive it forward." This becomes blatantly obvious while looking at business metrics; human fuel growth!

3. Cut back on expenses

            Can meditation cut back on your company's expenses? It sure can, and here is how.
One of the main expenses that affect your businesses bottom line is human capital, which can include everything from the cost of maintaining employee healthcare costs, to employee productivity.
For example at Alumnify, we understand that even 2 hours of unproductive time spent by employee's means less work being done, which means lost opportunities and even revenue. That is a major expense for us, and anything we can do to avoid it is crucial.
Similarly, the more engaged and focused you can keep your employees, the more success you will have.
Meditation has helped millions in practical aspects of improving their lives, and building organizations that result in massive successes both personally and financially.

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