John, so glad you brought this up! I'm an HR pro and I'm not swooning.

I don't necessarily know that we need to use the word "spiritual" in talking about the whole human at work, though I totally get what you are saying. And something that just occurred to me... we have no verification that human beings in the workforce consider their spirituality (or lack of) as something that has to be addressed or acknowledged.

Several years ago when I was playing around with the thought of writing a book, I was using the words sacred and reverence a lot. My coach challenged, asking if my materials were only for people who were spiritual or religious. She broke open an assumption for me, thankfully. Given my own personal perspective (i.e. spiritual) she prompted some deep thinking. What I came to is that no matter what a person's beliefs: religious, spiritual, atheist, agnostic or any other interpretation - none of this gets in the way of morality and believing in the value of life and how it is expressed through another human being, through work for instance.

Though my personal mission is bringing more humanity to the workplace, I can speak to my clients in their language. For some what speaks to them is that it is proven that treating people like human beings is good for business. Over time we can get to the reverence part.

Wow, what a thought-provoking post, John! Thank you!