Sharon Butler Horizon Journey 2018

Presence of Green behaviours in my LSI – this was new for me & took time for me to digest

Helped me to understand “Why” as well as “What” I did. Really made me question some of my inherent beliefs and values that I held as important

Recognised the Fortress I’d built around my true self and why – practised showing authentic vulnerability

I recognised that I was very self aware but also very hard on myself - became demotivated quickly

Explored how to be kind and forgive oneself so you can be kind and forgive others. There was times where I sabotaged peer relationships because I lost trust easily and failed to forgive

Taught me that I have an ability to absorb a lot of complexity, to see things systemically and to communicate it simply

Helped me recognise when I was acting in a red vs blue way because I practised and could recognise how it FELT vs just observing my behaviour

Realised I feared being judged for not getting involved in too much detail….

Intuitively I knew what to do to navigate but this gave me the framework to understand why

Helped clarify my relationship with power and my response to it – “Diplomat vs Warrior” – gave me hope

Intuitively knew how other cultures behaved but not necessarily WHY – this gave me a great framework to understand this in greater depth

Gave me insight into my own cultural value and belief system – gives me renewed awareness of judging others

Legacy Adult – Child culture and leadership style remains because Horizon influence not wide enough, quickly enough

We fail to innovate quickly enough & business goes into decline

Horizon Cohorts can multiply and influence Ricoh culture

We can influence & support the organisational plans to prepare Ricoh Europe for increased speed of change

Horizon Programme is implemented for all Leadership levels so we can all talk the same language. Horizon cohorts can multiply & influence Ricoh culture

Biggest leadership style change is my awareness of the impact of my perfectionistic tendency, both on myself and those around me

I believe that the Ricoh leadership culture needs to evolve quicker from Adult - Child to Adult - Adult to help speed up innovation & be more joined up globally

Practice makes perfect – I intend to continue to practice key learnings & continue to be curious

Realisation & acceptance that I was typically the “teacher/coach” now, not the student & reinforced my awareness of my "ripple effect"

Servant Leadership – understand what that means & what it felt like – questioned can you really lead like that and not get destroyed politically?

Followship as well as Leadership is critical for the future