Author: Etsko Schuitema
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Why Intent is so Important for Leadership
There is a little principle that I sometimes call the “golden watch principle”: When I want something from someone else (like a golden watch), their ability to withhold what I want gives them power over me.
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Do We Need to Reconsider How We Think about Management?
To avoid these consequences, managers must stop viewing management as the job of using people to achieve a result.
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What LEADERSHIP SKILLS Can Do for You that MONEY Can’t
Paying people puts bums on seats, it does not engage hearts and minds. Leadership skills engage hearts and minds.
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The Care and Growth Leadership Model
The right to demand of your employees is thus earned, not by paying a wage, but rather by subscribing to these criteria of Care and Growth.
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How we Use Attention is Very Important
We have two broad ways of using our attention. The one is expressed in the statement, “He’s looking at me” and the other one is expressed in the statement, “He’s listening to me.”
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Schuitema Group Personal Excellence Programme
We believe that in order to effectively lead others, you need to be in charge of your own life. It is this simple yet profound concept that sits behind our Personal Excellence Programme.
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Understanding the Deeper Truths of Benevolence
Benevolence is about a whole lot more than just being nice. People can only be dismissive of being here to give if they do not understand the complex nexus of character traits and feelings associated with it.
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Let’s Be Honest: Are we Competitive or Cooperative?
In the Broadest sense, there are two kinds of people, or perhaps better, two “ways of being”. Competitive or Cooperative.
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The Process of Building Teams
Any team building exercise should be conducted in the light of the foregoing observations. When building a team, a process should be constructed in terms of the requirements of the team
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Why Having a Purpose Driven Business is Not Enough
A purpose driven business is a business that sincerely pursues a Benevolent Intent. It is clear that a business which claims to be there to serve its market would trade very differently from a business that is there purely to enrich owners.