Tag: 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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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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Understanding Growth in a Work Environment
Growth is, of course, an essential part of effective leadership. Part of the work that I do is helping people understand growth in a work environment.
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The Importance of Intent in Good Governance
Good governance brings out the best in people. This means cultivating people who are here to serve or make a contribution.
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When you Tolerate Licentiousness you Disable People
What you typically see in a person who is here to take is that he/she will tolerate licentiousness because acting appropriately is given relatively little significance.
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The Focus on Rights is a Worrying Indicator
One of the surprising indicators I look for is how often individuals raise the issue of their personal rights when interacting with others.