City of Cape Town
Leadership Development Proposal
Arnold Smit
Date: 25/09/2012
It’s About Time By Prof Johann Coetzee
Presented by Prof Johann Coetzee
We Read For You: September 2012
Your partner in world-class business learning
1. Welcome
It is indeed my privilege to facilitate this Programme on
Work Life Integration and Executive Wellness.
I am deliberately not lecturing, but sooner engaging in a
narrative version of story-telling, based on my
experiences gained, interfacing with thousands of
executives over many years. It is actually these men and
women who are the authors of our publications and the
co-presenters of this programme. This authenticates the
message today.
I have endeavored to convert the literature into
functional documents and instruments, which you can
place in your executive toolbox as you continue to
engage your executive position charter and strive to
achieve a balanced integrated work life.
Welcome, and I trust that you will benefit from our
session today.
2. Human Life Cycle: age, stage & phase
AGE PHASE SENSATIONS 0 Symbiosis Dependence/Comfort
3 Formative Values, norms, ideology, religion, faith, culture
6 Instructional Customs, manners, lifestyle
9 Prescription Behaviour, social construct
12 Puberty Hormonal ripening, hair, experimenting
15 Identity Self focus, attractiveness, style, appearance
18 Choices Friendships, choices, commitments
21 Adolescence Growth, maturity, independence
24 Relationships Permanent relationships, partnership, family.
30 Vocation Dominance of work life
33 Acceleration Professional attractiveness, growth, wealth.
36 Maturation Consolidation and success.
39 Neglect Self, relationships, preferences, priorities
42 Restrictive focus Career success, wealth, affordability, mid-life
45 Materialism Future focus, asset management, provision
48 Values clarification Confrontations, introspection, evaluations.
51 Posturising Institutional attractiveness, membership in networks
54 Alienation Partnership, parental, self
57 Consolidation Re-organising priorities and choices
60 Obsolescence Sensation of old and unattractiveness
63 Tiredness Enough, retirement
66 Terminations Work, career, elegance, lifestyle, address
69 Loneliness Social decline, shrinking
71 Freedom Financial, no prescription
74 Existentialism Future and external perspectives
77 Alignments Critical decisions and final choices
80 Geriatrics OLD
CONDITION
Excessive ambition
Achievement Motive
Materialism: Greed, Wealth
Career acceleration: Too much, too fast, too soon
Competitiveness (win syndrome)
Normative Collapse: Values disintegration
Institutional disintegration: Marriage, family
Additions: Success, applause
Relational Fatigue
Ego: Image, Status, Stature, Power
Neglect: Priorities
Fears: Failure, Losing
Tolerance of nonsense
Fun Deprivation
Sensorial Poverty: Only doing, not feeling
Mechanistic Living: Too prescriptive
Make belief: “It will get better”. False future focus.
Commitment (Corporate Call)
Slavishness
Invasiveness: E-mails, Blackberry
Future Uncertainty – Provision
Addiction to condition
3. Unwellness – causes of imbalance
• Confrontation emanating from disaster / adverse experience / situation / event.
• Dramatic values clarification (recognizing and conforming to priorities).
• Sanctioned teaching, counseling and guidance anent life skills philosophy and maintenance.
• Involvement of partner (integrative strategy).
• Recognising appeal of desired alternative lifestyle.
3. What have the 17% achieved and what do they report?
• Becoming philosophical about life (existential perspective).
• Defining enough.
• Not being (becoming) too radical.
• Considered comprises – notably material.
• Management (manipulation) of Ego (equilibrium).
• Recorded alternative life-and-living plan to paper as a model and a discipline.
• Less futuristic and more immediate (contemporary focus and strategy).
• Competent definition of affordability.
• Disciplined self management regime: Diet, culture, time management.
• Sustainable commitment to enduring freedom.
• Legislation against negativity
• Disciplined preventive maintenance
• Relapse management / strategy
• Fearless public announcement.
• Alternative channeling of energies.
• Education / Disciplining of Employer.
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