What Is In Your Workplace Toolbox? Recognizing And Developing Spiritual Intelligence Through Problem Solving

Performance management frameworks in public educational institutions have not dealt with some of the challenges in creating an environment that reflects organizational commitment, sustainability, productivity, and retention among academic staff. The purpose of this article was to explore the experiences of people of color regarding the challenges they face involving the use of spiritual intelligence in the workplace. Gardner’s multiple intelligence theory served as the foundation for this article. The key research question focused on the perceptions of people of color working in nonprofit educational institutions regarding the role that spiritual intelligence played in their workplaces and career successes. Targeted research included face-to-face interviews with 10 participants older than 18 years old. Two findings revealed spiritual intelligence was viewed as an indirect tool used for career success and there are opportunities for human resources to promote spiritual intelligence to create a sustainable work environment to increase performance. I concluded that the results are useful for human resource management to implement programs for their employees to understand and apply their spiritual intelligence in the workplace environment. Keywords: People of Color, Organizational Culture, Spiritual Intelligence, Organizational Commitment, Human Resource Development