Comments for The Parallax Blog http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog Thought leadership on executive, team and organisational development for the 21st Century. Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:50:10 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.0.4 Comment on Announcement: New book launch on Conscious Leadership by John Renesch http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=316&cpage=1#comment-144 John Renesch Sun, 29 Jan 2012 01:50:10 +0000 http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=316#comment-144 Congrats, Sarah! Can you send me an electronic copy and I'll do a review of it. Congrats, Sarah! Can you send me an electronic copy and I’ll do a review of it.

]]> Comment on Announcement: New book launch on Conscious Leadership by Gina Hayden http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=316&cpage=1#comment-143 Gina Hayden Thu, 26 Jan 2012 22:14:22 +0000 http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=316#comment-143 Congratulations Sarah :-) I can't wait to read it! Congratulations Sarah :-) I can’t wait to read it!

]]> Comment on A Conscious Leadership Paradox: Companies Need to Slow Down to Speed Up by Gina Hayden http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=292&cpage=1#comment-131 Gina Hayden Tue, 18 Oct 2011 20:30:40 +0000 http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=292#comment-131 'Cultures rooted in fear' as a source or driver of the never-ending pressure to do more: absolutely! I frequently hear leaders bleating 'but I can't stop!' and, to them, it really feels like they can't. But I once knew a leader of a huge professional services audit firm who, upon returning from holiday for two weeks, decided to ignore every single one of the emails that had piled up in her inbox - about 1,500, she told me. She took one look and decided that she wasn't going to spend another two weeks playing catch up on her holiday emails on top of her day job. She decided that if it was really important enough to these people, they would chase her up. And, she said: "Do you know what? Not one of those people wrote back to ask me their question again or to ask why I didn't reply." She said it was singularly liberating. She could begin the time after her holiday as refreshed as she had been on it. And, I have other clients in a Middle East firm who believe that they need to be available 24/7 to their clients; really - whenever they call. There is no space and no freedom. They dance completely to their clients' tune - and I believe we teach others (clients included) to treat us this way. I wonder how much of this behaviour about our own necessity is rooted purely in our beliefs and, when tested, how we may find ourselves much more free than we imagined? If we slowed down, might we change our reality? ‘Cultures rooted in fear’ as a source or driver of the never-ending pressure to do more: absolutely! I frequently hear leaders bleating ‘but I can’t stop!’ and, to them, it really feels like they can’t.

But I once knew a leader of a huge professional services audit firm who, upon returning from holiday for two weeks, decided to ignore every single one of the emails that had piled up in her inbox – about 1,500, she told me. She took one look and decided that she wasn’t going to spend another two weeks playing catch up on her holiday emails on top of her day job. She decided that if it was really important enough to these people, they would chase her up. And, she said: “Do you know what? Not one of those people wrote back to ask me their question again or to ask why I didn’t reply.” She said it was singularly liberating. She could begin the time after her holiday as refreshed as she had been on it.

And, I have other clients in a Middle East firm who believe that they need to be available 24/7 to their clients; really – whenever they call. There is no space and no freedom. They dance completely to their clients’ tune – and I believe we teach others (clients included) to treat us this way.

I wonder how much of this behaviour about our own necessity is rooted purely in our beliefs and, when tested, how we may find ourselves much more free than we imagined?

If we slowed down, might we change our reality?

]]> Comment on How Do We Create Conscious Leaders? by Gina Hayden http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=261&cpage=1#comment-128 Gina Hayden Sun, 16 Oct 2011 05:16:38 +0000 http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=261#comment-128 Wonderful stuff, Sarah. Your care and thoughtfulness in putting together the 'how' of Conscious Leadership shines through in your work. 'Humility cannot be manufactured - it shines through in the absence of ego' is destined to become a great quote! I cannot wait to read your book and learn more about your Three Pillars and Four Steps. It is just what we need. Great to be working with you. Gina Wonderful stuff, Sarah. Your care and thoughtfulness in putting together the ‘how’ of Conscious Leadership shines through in your work. ‘Humility cannot be manufactured – it shines through in the absence of ego’ is destined to become a great quote! I cannot wait to read your book and learn more about your Three Pillars and Four Steps. It is just what we need. Great to be working with you.
Gina

]]> Comment on A Vision of Leadership for the 21st-Century by NHL Hockey Forum http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=24&cpage=1#comment-115 NHL Hockey Forum Wed, 20 Oct 2010 22:23:17 +0000 http://www.parallaxuk.com/blog/?p=24#comment-115 This is the perfect post and may be one that ought to be followed up to see how things go A pal e mailed this link the other day and I will be desperately waiting your next page. Continue on the top notch work. This is the perfect post and may be one that ought to be followed up to see how things go

A pal e mailed this link the other day and I will be desperately waiting your next page. Continue on the top notch work.

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