You are hereby cordially invited to attend the personal excellence program.

PERIOD: VENUE:

COST:

ARRIVAL:

5 daysOaklands Country Manor – Van

Reenen’s http://www.oaklands.co.zaR24 000.00 (excl VAT. incl course,

materials, accommodation & meals)08H30 - 09H00

Presenter Etsko Schuitema

Please advise us if you have any special dietary requirements. It is advisable to bring along comfortable and warm clothing (warm hats and gloves in winter) and good walking shoes. Dress code is casual. Delegates stay at the venue.

Should you have any queries or nominees please direct them to Glenda Brooks at +27 (0) 11 867 0587 glenda@schuitema.co.za

Oaklands contact numbers: +27 (0)79 529 2314 / +27 (0)79 848 9991 (Annie) +27 (0)58 671 0067/77

Oaklands GPS Co-ordinates: Latitude: 28°18'38.42"S Longitude: 29°23’12.57"E

Driving directions to Oaklands: The dr ive to Oak lands Count ry Manor i s approximately 3 hours from both Durban and Johannesburg. Oaklands is situated 30 km from Harrismith (South bound) and about 25 km from the Tugela Toll Plaza (North bound) on the N3. Turn into the R793, next to the CALTEX garage in Van Reenen, and follow our signage. Once you've crossed the railway line, travel for 7 km on the dirt road and you'll find Oaklands on the right.

Etsko Schuitema is a renowned business consultant who has authored numerous books including Leadership: The Care and Growth Model and Intent: The Core of Being Human. He is a senior partner in Schuitema, a business transformation consultancy operating worldwide. Etsko is also a Shaykh or teacher in the Shadhili - Darqawi Sufi tradition and is known as Shaykh Ebrahim.

PERSONAL EXCELLENCEAn examination of the key elements of Personal Excellence which are necessary for success both in terms of the leadership of others and personal fulfilment.

The Framework • Maturation

• Transactional correctness

• Seeing Things as They Are and Giving Everything It’s Due

• The Growth Process

The leadership approach which we have been teaching at Schuitema Associates emphasizes that the key problem facing leadership at work is to establish legitimate relationships of command. What we have discovered is that these relationships are only seen to be legitimate if the two criteria of care and growth are operative in relationships between subordinates and superordinates at work. The criterion of growth implies a willingness to entrust responsibility to people. It means that the person who is doing the enabling has to have the courage to take the risk to entrust people.

This capacity to take risks relates directly to the individual’s basic assumptions about existence. If you are convinced that the universe is an unfriendly place you are bound to be nervous of taking risks in your life generally and with your subordinates particularly. Furthermore, the criterion of care, we have found, has an unconditional requirement associated with it. In other words, to truly care for people requires a remarkable degree of maturity and personal mastery of the person doing the caring. In short, you cannot lead anyone else if you are not in charge of your own life.

The Personal Excellence Programme is a five day programme aimed at providing an opportunity for people to establish the existential gravity and maturity which is so essential in leading others. It is an examination of the key elements of personal excellence which are necessary for success both in terms of the leadership of people and personal fulfillment. The programme examines the following:

1. The Two Attentions

The relationship between t h e b e n e v o l e n t a n d malevolent. Maturity as the cultivation of attention. Understanding how the attention functions and how to use attention optimally. Attention as the vehicle for the transcendence of self. Listening, inner tranquility and correct attention.

2. Transactional Correctness

The question of balance in g ro w t h . T h e m u t u a l l y disabling effect of inner and outer incorrectness, as well as the mutually enabling effect of inner and outer correctness. Learning to see things as they are and to give everything its due.

3. The Three Intentions

T h e m a t u r i t y a s t h e cultivation of intention and the quest ion of socia l conscience. Reading the text of relationships so as to gain insight into one’s own correctness.

4. The Four Concerns

Establishing your level of maturity on the basis of what concerns you and visualising the way forward.

5. The Six Aspirations

Establishing your level of maturity on the basis of what your aspirations are. Understanding growth as an increasingly subtle apprehension of existence. Seeing society as you apprehend it as a metaphor for your relationship with the cosmos. The limitations of social conscience.

Mon 09h30 – Introduction Exploring Personal Excellence 13h00 – Lunch 14h00 – Reflection and Action 18h00 – Meditation 19h00 – Dinner 20h00 – Personal Reflection

Tue 07h00 – Meditation 08h00 – Breakfast 09h00 – Exploring Transactional Correctness (Walk) 13h00 – Lunch 14h00 – Constructing the categories of transactional correctness 18h00 – Meditation 19h00 – Dinner 20h00 – Personal Reflection

Wed 07h00 – Meditation 08h00 – Breakfast 09h00 – Pursuing the Essence – Techniques of transmuting resentment into gratitude 13h00 – Lunch 14h00 – Constructing Biographies 18h00 – Meditation 19h00 – Dinner 20h00 – Personal Reflection

Thur 07h00 – Meditation 08h00 – Breakfast 09h00 – Reviewing Biography 13h00 – Lunch 14h00 – Understanding Growth 18h00 – Meditation 19h00 – Dinner 20h00 – Personal Reflection

Fri 07h00 – Meditation 08h00 – Breakfast 09h00 – Re-engaging the world – establishing values 13h00 – Lunch

The Programme