The Mandala of Managerial Joy

Management means combining the art of exercising it and the managerial science about it. It grows out from culture, it is one of its elements as well as a factor affecting it. It is like a mandala made from grains of managers’ experience and knowledge, as well as the values they declare. The formation and creative destruction of such a mandala is something like poetry, because it needs some talent and imagination. When managing, one develops many virtual, and sometimes real different mandalas showing various aspects of management. The most important is the mandala of managerial joy. Experience of such joy depends on the way a manager perceives reality. It requires from the manager the following attributes: perspective, humility, humor, acceptance, forgiveness, gratefulness, compassion and generosity as well. This article explains the essence of the pillars of managerial joy and describes how to understand them.