5S for Meditating Manager




As we know that 5 S is a quality tool which talks about improving the quality of the workplace; These 5S are derived from Japanese Language and those are:

 Seiri (To Sort); Seiton (To Set in order); Seiso (To Shine); Seoketsu (To Standardize); Shitsuke 
(To sustain)

 These 5S toosl keep workplace in order but what about worklife?

 To put worklife in order, to improve quality of worklife, we need to see another set of 5S for meditating managers.

 These 5S for better worklife are derived from Sanskrit Language and those are:

 Shanti (Mental peace); Sayyam (Patience); Sanvaad (Conversation); Sahakarya (Cooperation) and Sanvedana (Sensitivity)

 There are managers who are good at managing others or their surrounding but when it comes to managing self, they struggle a lot!

 What goes wrong with these managers? Why do they struggle to manage self?  people who are good in managing external environment do not attention to their internal environment. 5S for meditating managers may help there!

 This may not be an exhaustive list of qualities manager should possess but practicing these virtues will help to achieve a better inner balanace!

 I hope that the objective of this series is met, if you find value in it!!

 by Pushkar Korhalkar

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