Spiritual Intelligence Dimensions (SID): A Case for Impact Analysis of SID on Business Leadership

Dr Shalini Upadhyay Assistant Professor (Dept of Humanities and Management) BITS Pilani K.K Birla, Goa Campus, Goa. shaliniu@bits-goa.ac.in

Mr. Anubhav Kapoor B.E. (Hons) Electronics & Instrumentation BITS Pilani K.K Birla, Goa Campus, Goa. anubhavkapoor22@gmail.com

Abstract: Dimensions of Spiritual Intelligence (SI) have immense impact on business leadership competencies. SI lets us think with our spirits, visions, aspirations, sense of purpose and value. It allows us to be creative, and to think 'outside the box'. SI instills wisdom and compassion, while maintaining peace in oneself. SI gives the ability to discriminate and facilitates dialogue between reason and emotion. It draws an individuals higher motivations, teaches him that he is a part of something larger and calls for collective good. A spiritually intelligent leader transforms the nature of business itself and develops a business culture driven by fundamental values that strives for a decent profit and serves for the betterment of the community at large. Effective Business Leadership can be measured by leaders effect on followers or by achievement of organizational goals such as profit and productivity. You may expect strategy, intelligence, even ruthlessness to be attributes of a successful leader, but a review of the literature shows that these are not the defining elements. Even, Emotional Intelligence (EI) does not account for innovative ability, inspirational, humble and meaning-giving nature of a soul. Spiritual Intelligence (SI) on the other hand, encompasses Emotional Quotient (EQ) and Intelligence Quotient (IQ), giving a bigger picture. Instead, spiritual values such as integrity, honesty, humility, compassion and gratitude have been found to be the benchmarks of great business leaders. Spiritual Intelligence is a completely new concept which has not been explored in terms of the impact that it exerts on business leadership. In this paper, the impact analysis of dimensions of SI and its co-relation with the attributes of business leadership is achieved and shown with the help of case study. The questionnaire is developed to get the values of the critical elements and their interdependencies. These values are later used to develop SI index and leader attributes index. The impact of SI dimensions on business leadership qualities is then ascertained. Keywords: Spiritual Intelligence, Business Leadership