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Olaf De Ruiter

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📍 Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands

Olaf de Ruiter is the founder of the Team Growth Cycle, a system designed to help newly promoted directors build high-performing, self-managing teams. He focuses on implementing data-driven leadership systems that allow leaders to step out of tactical weeds and focus on strategy.

Olaf appears to embrace a remote work lifestyle, having posted about working from South America during the European winter. This suggests an appreciation for travel and the flexibility that remote work allows for a better work-life balance.

Unique fact: He created his own proprietary framework, the "Team Growth Cycle, " to provide a systematic approach to leadership development for new directors.

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Experience
10 Years
Current Role
Me
Location
Rotterdam, South Holland, Netherlands
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Leadership Development
His professional focus is helping newly promoted directors transition from managing tasks to leading through other leaders.
Remote Team Management
He frequently posts about the unique challenges of remote work, such as invisible team dysfunction and maintaining visibility for leaders.
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Career

Work history

8-2024
Me
Olaf de Ruiter
8-2023 - 8-2024
Project Procurement & Contract Management Manager
Accenture the Netherlands
8-2021 - 7-2023
Indirect Procurement Buyer MRO
Avery Dennison
2-2021 - 7-2021
Indirect Procurement Intern
Avery Dennison
4-2019 - 7-2019
Business Administrator
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Education
2017 - 2021
International Business and Management Studies
HU University of Applied Sciences Utrecht (Hogeschool Utrecht)
2020 - 2020
Minor
ISC Paris
2011 - 2017
HAVO
St Bonifatiuscollege
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