Implementation of Mind Management and formation of staff care group at work place.

Mechanical department plays a key role in running of freight and coaching services in Railways.The job of maintenance, overhauling of rolling stock and running of trains is achieved by a huge team of artisans, khalasis and crew led by officers and supervisors working in different field units. 

Effectiveness of our workforce can increase manifolds, if positive working environment and their passionate involvement in work can be ensured. Costly assets, majestic infrastructure, state of the art M&P, latest rolling stock alone do not make any organisation great. It is the camaraderie, workplace chemistry, commitment and attitude to work that makes a workplace great.

Implementation of mind management philosophy and formation of staff care groups at workplace will play a major role in achieving above objective.

Mind management is the philosophy, which promotes a positive outlook to life and work, removes negativity and helps each person to discover & utilise huge untapped latent capacity. Each person rises beyond call of duty and walks the extra crucial mile. He becomes a role model, nucleus of positivity and inspiration for others. He acquires a “can do” attitude and the attitudinal change becomes infectious; setting cascading effects.

Great work in transforming lives of large number of maintenance staffs in a Diesel Shed has been done. 

 A number of staff, who were in clutches of loan mafia, alcoholism, drug could be salvaged by staff care group. These vices, terror tactics of moneylenders and payment of exorbitant interest on small loans had destroyed many a lives and families. Such staffs had lost all hopes from life and were living marginalized inhuman existence unable to do their assigned duties. Even daily coming to workplace was a Herculean task for most of them.

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The story unfortunately unfolds at all major work units in Railways with unerring precision.

Sr DMEs and CWMs as leaders of workforces at divisions and workshops are uniquely placed to usher in this revolution and positively influence their lives by providing a facilitating environment.

It is requested to start staff care group(s) at all workplaces by co-opting volunteers, who are willing to make positive changes in lives of others. Small daily sessions on mind management philosophy may be arranged as part of daily on job training schedule. Write up enclosed. 

You will agree that Quality of our live is sum of quality of our contributions, when we work to improve the lives of others we indirectly elevate our own life in the process.

Few things energise the human spirit more than desire to make a difference in the lives of others. “Even the smallest act of caring for another person may appear like a drop of water but it will make ripples throughout the entire organisation.”

I have personally seen improvement in interpersonal relations, reduction in friction at workplace and decrease in blame game, during my experiments with mind management philosophy at work.

Unnecessary argument in shop floor, looking for alibi and saying no without giving any new idea a fair chance consume too much time and energy of managers. At the end of day, he has little energy left to pursue innovation and development after fighting protracted battle against wall of negativity.

It will help us to address issues of lack of trust, cynicism, lack of faith and lack of motivation at workplace. Only then, meaningful contributions will take place at shop floor. Reliability, efficiency and out turn will automatically follow.