core qualities
Core Qualities and the
Core Quadrant®
1
Introduction
2
Three planets
3
Three dimensional awareness
4
Core Qualities
5
Core Quality and Pitfall
6
Core Quality and Challenge
7
Core Quality and Allergy
8
The benefits of your Allergy
9
Inner confusion and stress
10
Mask quadrants
11
Twelve checks
12
Double quadrants
13
Balance and unbalance
14
Origin of core qualities
15
Qualities versus values
16
Working on yourself
17
Cultural quadrants
18
Afterword
Hundreds of qualities, pitfalls, challenges and allergies
1
Introduction
When the Dutch text of Core Qualities: a Gateway to Human Resources was published in
1992, I was mainly concerned with the business world and with management. As a management consultant, this was (and still is) my primary field of employment. In that book I introduced the concept of core quadrants, a model which provides a simple way of gaining an insight into one’s own particular qualities. To my astonishment and pleasure, it became a bestseller. The simplicity of the model appealed to many then, and continues to so today, so much so that it has almost found a place in the Dutch language.
In the Netherlands there are hardly any courses (whether formal or otherwise) that do not have core quadrants on the syllabus. Universities, colleges of higher education, and even primary schools; hairdressing and secretarial courses; courses for solicitors and real estate agents; law degrees; degrees in economics; nursing courses; teaching courses; courses for family and relationship therapists: you name it. Why? The reason is that the model is simple in the extreme – almost suspiciously so. You only need five pages to get the essence of the theory. It can be explained in ten minutes. Then you spend two hours on it – or the rest of your life. One can discuss personal qualities with children as young as twelve: what they are
Core Quadrant®
1
Introduction
2
Three planets
3
Three dimensional awareness
4
Core Qualities
5
Core Quality and Pitfall
6
Core Quality and Challenge
7
Core Quality and Allergy
8
The benefits of your Allergy
9
Inner confusion and stress
10
Mask quadrants
11
Twelve checks
12
Double quadrants
13
Balance and unbalance
14
Origin of core qualities
15
Qualities versus values
16
Working on yourself
17
Cultural quadrants
18
Afterword
Hundreds of qualities, pitfalls, challenges and allergies
1
Introduction
When the Dutch text of Core Qualities: a Gateway to Human Resources was published in
1992, I was mainly concerned with the business world and with management. As a management consultant, this was (and still is) my primary field of employment. In that book I introduced the concept of core quadrants, a model which provides a simple way of gaining an insight into one’s own particular qualities. To my astonishment and pleasure, it became a bestseller. The simplicity of the model appealed to many then, and continues to so today, so much so that it has almost found a place in the Dutch language.
In the Netherlands there are hardly any courses (whether formal or otherwise) that do not have core quadrants on the syllabus. Universities, colleges of higher education, and even primary schools; hairdressing and secretarial courses; courses for solicitors and real estate agents; law degrees; degrees in economics; nursing courses; teaching courses; courses for family and relationship therapists: you name it. Why? The reason is that the model is simple in the extreme – almost suspiciously so. You only need five pages to get the essence of the theory. It can be explained in ten minutes. Then you spend two hours on it – or the rest of your life. One can discuss personal qualities with children as young as twelve: what they are