Over the past decade, I have conducted countless workshops in the corporate environment on topics such as "stress resilience" burnout prevention. My own impressions concur with a global Gallup poll that roughly two-third of employees hate their jobs.
Clinical burnout, depression, and suicide are only some of the effects of the broken workplace. Many people simply find no meaning or purpose in what they are doing for most of their lives.
The modern workplace has not only alienated many people from their inner being and purpose but is having a huge toll on productivity and long-term prosperity. The complexity of the individual becomes reduced to a role within an institution that is seldom congruent with core values and soul elevation.
People want to be seen and to be validated
Basic human emotional needs are to be seen, to be heard, and to be validated. If these needs are met from an early age the child will thrive, and feel protected by the parents leading by example.
Especially if there has been a pattern of emotional neglect in childhood with parents giving recognition and validation only with achievement, the "inner child" will desperately seek validation through career achievement. The tragedy is that many a modern workplace implies that the employee is a "family member" but ruthlessly discards that member when it no longer performs or when times get tough.
With the person's identity becoming closely intertwined with the corporate identity there comes a disconnect to soul purpose, as individual talent and the need for elevation of consciousness find no room for growth and expression.
