Self-responsibility and empowerment have been popular ideas in business for many years. The labyrinth assists in bringing those ideas home. Labyrinths also provide time for reflection. The President of our company and others would take walks around the block or the building when they needed to cool off or regain their balance. The labyrinth provides a similar opportunity.
Labyrinths are also great for community building.
Groups, departments, and leadership teams can walk the labyrinth together to focus on challenges, visions, and conflicts using what comes up for solutions, creativity, decompression, reflection, etc. Staff meetings have a very different feel when everyone walks the labyrinth prior to the start of the meeting. It can also be an assessment tool for organizational development. I believe the applications for the labyrinth are unlimited. Since my background is in Human Resources and training, I see them used in teambuilding programs and experiences, during transitions, to reduce stress, to increase and enhance communication, and to resolve conflicts, to name a few.