To the astonishment of the world knows Barack Obama the hearts of Americans to win and even outside America, he is an inspirational figure. In one way or another, he knows the confidence of the people to win. What is his power to people in motion?
Confidence shows his spiritual strength. This occurs when someone knows how to create space for opponents and make them to friends and associates. Barack Obama shows in his choice of staff competent persons he considers whether they are supporters or opponents were in the political struggle. He is a realist and sees in this concrete situation, who can support them effectively. At the same time he is an idealist, he has a great eye and knows what he wants the world to create one. This attitude transcends the existing political contradictions and the people he knows hot to make his dream. He is open to any dialogue and breaks free from prejudice. This creates confidence and he touches people in their hearts.
All the essential ingredients of business spirituality in this attitude of Obama to find. Realism and pragmatism effective in doing an idealism that besides the contradictions surpass. It builds confidence and gets into conversation with the people. It is an undeniable fact that with confidence can achieve the impossible. Without trust there is nothing to stand, how expert one also works. In the banking sector this is apparent. How well and seek a bank also is set up, as customers no longer have confidence they get their money from the bank and invest it in a different place, and the bank goes bankrupt. There is nothing else to do. Only the trust recovery can save the case. The power of people like Mandela, Gandhi, and now Obama is to trust what they know to win.
It is the way an organization treats its people with the confidence wins. Due to the crisis, companies and banks lay off people. Where is the human they can trust. Where people work is inhuman can mean bankruptcy as confidence in the policy is lost.
A relevant example is the American Southwest Airlines, which like all other airlines in America after September 11 disaster in a major crisis was because most of the passengers their flights afboekten. All companies had to lay off people, but Southwest has no wish to dismiss the confidence of the people not to weaken. "You were there for us, now we're here for you" was the reaction of the workers, but also the passengers. Many passengers asked their money back, senior executives took no salary from September to January and many workers collapsed a portion of their salary back. Despite the tough business world of flight duty nobody was dismissed due to the spiritual power of the trust.
| Sincerely, Paul de Blot Professor of Business Spirituality Nyenrode Business Universiteit |  |
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Thanks for this article that I've been reading nodding approvingly. As a layman, where the economy is concerned, I see my view confirmed. That gives me confidence again! Inspiring, thank you.
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