Cultivate with Intent: A Blueprint for Leaders to Become Worldclass Cultural Architects

CULTIVATE WITH INTENT: A BLUEPRINT FOR LEADERS TO BECOME WORLDCLASS CULTURAL ARCHITECTS

Cultivate with Intent builds on the foundations laid in Hermann du Plessis’s bestselling Lead with Intent, shifting the focus from leadership behaviour to the often unseen force that shapes everything we do at work: organisational culture.
Culture is the environment people ‘swim in’ every day. When it is neglected, even the best leaders and strategies falter. When it is intentionally cultivated, people flourish, engagement deepens, and performance becomes sustainable.
Drawing on more than three decades of leadership experience and research across over 130 organisations in 23 countries, du Plessis exposes the cultural pitfalls that lead to toxicity and disengagement, and offers a clear, practical blueprint for designing life-giving workplaces.
Written with insight, humility, and real-world application, Cultivate with Intent equips leaders to become cultural architects who create environments where people – and organisations – can truly thrive.

REVIEWS

Cultivate with Intent shifts the focus from developing “good fish” to creating “good water”.
~ Mosala Phllips Chief Marketing Officer, Old Mutual Group

A timely and practical guide to intentionally designing healthy, life-giving organisational cultures.
~ Dr Henri Weideman, President, AFM of South Africa and AFM International

Hermann du Plessis is himself a cultural architect. When it comes to forging organisational cultures in which people flourish, he lives what he teaches. Drawing on three decades of leadership experience, he reflects candidly on the pitfalls that lead to toxic cultures and equips readers with wise, practical guidance for designing life-giving environments in which people can lead and work well. Cultivate with Intent is a worthy and welcome companion to his best-selling Lead with Intent, and I commend it warmly.
~ Trevor Hudson – Author of over 20 books including Discovering God’s Will For Your Life

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