Spiritual Quotient

Spirituality can not be measured or quantified. Nor can there be a standard set of behaviors, experiences, beliefs or outcomes to compare one person's degree of spirituality against another.
The term Spiritual Intelligence is still in its infancy while the world becomes more comfortable with this amorphous concept. The world, however, is coming to the realization that spirituality has a fundamental part to play in the productivity of people at work, in the strength of relationships between people and in the solution of global problems.

It is valuable now to identify some tangible aspects of the way spirituality affects the lives of people themselves and those they interact with. This would lead to a better appreciation of the impact of spirituality in our personal and work relationships and potential application in the corporate world.
Perspective's Spiritual Quotient has been developed with that goal in mind. This is a directional measure of the degree to which a spiritual connection influences a person's experience of life. The 25 questions included in the Spiritual Quotient Assessment (SQA) are behavioral and explore the impact of a spiritual perspective on one's thoughts, beliefs and actions. They are independent of faith, worship and religious persuasion. The questions cover five relevant areas.

Self Awareness: deeper than described by Emotional Intelligence, it includes the understanding of self as a conscious entity separate from observed experience.
Self Mastery: the ability to steer thoughts and feelings actively to ensure decisions, actions and behavior are aligned with purpose.
Connection: a relationship with others based on the immanence of a common source, and the ability to experience empathy without entanglement.
Purpose: guided by a commanding purpose that drives all goals in life and creates intention, determination, commitment and congruence.
Transcendence: experience of a consciousness beyond the physical and emotional, leading to insight, clarity and connection with a higher source.

The SQA test was validated with a diverse group of volunteers from various age groups and backgrounds. The rating is based on normalized results obtained from that distribution. This test is informational only. No scientific study of the correlation between scores and any quantifiable measure of performance has yet been conducted.

To learn more about Spiritual Intelligence, click here.
To take the Spiritual Quotient Assessment, click here.