EFFECT OF INTEGRATED YOGA MODULE ON LEADERSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF MANAGERS

Abstract

Globalization, technological advances, mixing of work cultures, the 2008-11 recession newlineand subsequent changes in the nature of work, have occurred in rapid succession and are newlinechallenging to leadership practices. Workplace stress is an obstacle to leadership newlinedevelopment. The role and responsibility of leaders is vital in every industrial sector. To newlinefulfill their responsibilities, leaders compromise their physical and mental health. That newlinestress develops when leaders fail to address issues, and targets are not achieved, is quite newlineevident, yet there is no search for a solution. Could yoga offer the required solution?The aim of the study is to examine the effects of Integrated Yoga Module on leadership newlinedevelopment of managers.1. To unravel the qualities of leaders identified in texts concerning yoga and spiritual newlinelore. newline2. To investigate the effects of integrated yoga module on transformation in leadership newlinequalities, newlinestyles and behaviors in managers assessed by the multi-factor leadership newlinequestionnaire (MLQ). newline3. To assess changes in guna of managers.4. To evaluate improvements in General Health (GHQ etc.) after practice of IYM. newline5. To assess changes in Emotional Intelligence after Yoga practice. newline6. To check the moderating effect of three Gunas on Emotional Intelligence and General newlineHealth.Subjects were eighty four business leaders (mean age 52.01years±sd 5.73) undergoing newlineSelf Management of Excessive Tension (SMET), an intensive five day short term newlineIntegrated Yoga Module (IYM) on ONGC (Oil and Natural Gasses Corporation) managers newlineincluding top level managers. Data was recorded on the first and sixth days of the newlineprogram and Pre-Post comparison was made using paired sample t tests with R newlineStatistical Package. newline