Recently I posed the following question to a few CEOs and Senior Human Resource Managers in both the manufacturing and service sectors. “What is the most significant change you would want to see in your leadership team?” The responses centred around two focal issues (i) how the team thinks and (ii) how the team works … Continue reading Time Out ………… Use of Knowledge
Author: judyjosephmcsween
If you chat long enough with Judy, at some stage of the discussion, the importance of being still and reflecting will surface in the conversation. It is hard to imagine that someone who exudes such passion and energy actually takes time out daily to sit still for 20mins twice a day. However Judy would be the first to admit that her daily meditative practice has contributed to her success with her organisational development interventions.
Clients continually express surprise at her ability to engage workshop participants in open and honest discussions, on highly contentious interpersonal and organisational issues, while she contains a relaxed and respectful climate in the room.
The duality of her persona is exposed as she convulses into spontaneous laughter, bringing elements of fun into her strategic planning leadership development and team building sessions.
Her energy is contagious, so do not be surprised if you succumb and find yourself and your team mates working into the wee hours to complete a workshop assignment, so that you are able to spend the next day in introspection and reflection :-)
Time Out ……… the intentional cessation of an incomplete task
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Time Out ……… “What is the lesson – and am I learning it?”
Today as I read the papers and reflected on the year gone by, I realised that at least a dozen persons that I know have died for the year. Some I knew well, others not so well, but all luminaries in our society. It caused me to reflect on another type of loss that is … Continue reading Time Out ……… “What is the lesson – and am I learning it?”
Time Out ………… from Stress to Distress
We are pieces of elastic!!! Consider how a piece of elastic performs. You apply pressure to it and it stretches and is at its most productive when it is stretched to its limit. Similarly, we engage in a myriad of social and work related activities, which push us to our limit, whether it is running … Continue reading Time Out ………… from Stress to Distress
Time Out ……. Rest Relax Rejuvenate
Do you feel overwhelmed by all that is going on around you and inside you? Are you feeling that amidst everything you have, there is still something missing? Do you feel as if you are operating at below what you are truly capable of? Do you feel as if you’re at a crossroad and not … Continue reading Time Out ……. Rest Relax Rejuvenate
Time Out ……… what is the lesson to be learnt
Marianne Williamson in her course on miracles asks "What is the gift -- and have I given thanks for it?" And, "What is the lesson -- and am I learning it?" As I read these questions, my mind went back to a Time Out that I had taken in the midst of an event. It … Continue reading Time Out ……… what is the lesson to be learnt
Time Out …….. Let’s Do It
You are all familiar with some form of my work, whether it is my Organisation Development Interventions Daily inspirational postings on facebook Weekly Group Meditation Sessions Or my articles and ideas in my Time Out Blog (www.judyjosephmcsween.wordpress.com) Over the last few months, I have been receiving various requests to host a "retreat, a real Time … Continue reading Time Out …….. Let’s Do It
Time Out …… Type 2 Prisoner
In Emma Donoghue’s novel “Room”, the Room is described as “home to Jack, but to Ma, it's the prison where she's been held since she was nineteen-for seven long years.” Mental confinement versus physical confinement. For some of us, we may consider these one and the same. There are few people who enter into physical … Continue reading Time Out …… Type 2 Prisoner
Time Out ………. Today I Made A Difference
Recently I had the opportunity to listen to a series of talks by Glenda Meakin on “Listening to the News with a Contemplative Heart.” The news today whether locally, regionally or internationally is filled with tales of demise. It relates stories of social, economic, political and spiritual fabric being eroded. It is not surprising then, … Continue reading Time Out ………. Today I Made A Difference
Time Out ……… too much on my mind
Have you ever experienced a period, when there is so much going on in both your personal and professional life, that it appears impossible to focus on any one thing? Each time you sit, your mind is bombarded by one thought after another. As soon as you think that you have found the remedy to … Continue reading Time Out ……… too much on my mind
are you ready for a time out? 