Leadership
Leadership, a critical management skill, is the ability to motivate a group of people toward a common goal.
1. “Great Man” Theories
Great Man theories assume that the capacity for leadership is inherent – that great leaders are born, not made. The term “Great Man” was used because leadership was thought of primarily as a male quality, especially in terms of military leadership.
2. Trait Theories
Trait theory assumes that people inherit certain qualities and traits that make them better suited to leadership. Trait theories often identify particular personality or behavioral characteristics shared by leaders.
3. Contingency Theories
Contingency theories of leadership focus on particular variables related to the environment that might determine which particular style of leadership is best suited for the situation. According to this theory, no leadership style is best in all situations. Success depends upon a number of variables, including the leadership style, qualities of the followers, and aspects of the situation.
4. Situational Theories
Situational theories propose that leaders choose the best course of action based upon situational variable. Different styles of leadership may be more appropriate for certain types of decision-making.
5. Behavioral Theories
Behavioral theories of leadership are based upon the belief that great leaders are made, not born. Rooted in behaviorism, this leadership theory focuses on the actions of leaders, not on mental qualities or internal states. According to this theory, people can learn to become leaders through teaching and observation.
6. Participative Theories
Participative leadership theories suggest that the ideal leadership style is one that takes the input of others into account. These leaders encourage participation and contributions from group members and help group members feel more relevant and committed to the decision-making process. In participative theories, however, the leader retains the right to allow the input of others.
7. Management Theories
Management theories, also known as “Transactional theories”, focus on the role of supervision, organization, and group performance. These theories base leadership on a system of reward and punishment. Managerial theories are often used in business; when employees are successful, they are rewarded; when they fail, they are reprimanded or punished.
8. Relationship Theories
Relationship theories, also known as “Transformational theories”, focus upon the connections formed between leaders and followers. These leaders motivate and inspire people by helping group members see the importance and higher good of the task. Transformational leaders are focused on the performance of group members, but also want each person to fulfill his or her potential. These leaders often have high ethical and moral standards.
Reaction of a 12-year old High school student from public school regarding the leadership in our country.
Sa ating bansa ay kinakailangan ng mabuti, masipag, matalino, tapat responsable at kung anu-ano pang mga katangian ng isang leader o mamumuno sa ating bansa. Kinakailangan ito upang mapatakbo ng maayos ang kalagayan ng ating bansa.
Kung ako ang tatanungin kung sino para sa akin ang gusto kong maging leader o mamuno ng ating bansa, ang pipiliin ko ay si Ferdinand Marcos, kung sya ay nabubuhay pa sa kasalukuyansya ang aking gusto kahit hindi pa ako tao noong sya ay naging pangulo ng bansa. Noong si Ferdinand Marcos pa ang pangulo ng bansa maraming may ayaw sa marshall law ngunit ng dahil sa batas na ipinatupad ni Marcos, maayos at maganda ang pamumuhay ng mga mamamayan. Noong si Marcos ang namumuno ng bansa, kayang bilihin ng mga mamamayan ang kanilang mga pangangailangan dahil sa mura ng mga bilihin. Maayos ang takbo ng bansa sapagkat walang masyadong krimen na nagaganap at wala ring mga tambay sa lansangan ng dis-oras ng gabi ng dahil sa maaga ang curfew.
Sa ating bansa talagang kinakailangan natin ng magaling na leader o mamumuno upang gumanda ang kalagayan ng bansa.
Tuesday, September 29, 2009
Entrepreneur
The benefits that can be derived from entrepreneurial activities are as follows:
1. Enormous personal financial gain
2. Self-employment, own bossing, offering more job satisfaction and flexibility of the work force
3. Employment for others, often in better jobs
4. Development of more industries, especially in rural areas or regions disadvantaged by economic changes, for example due to globalization effects
5. Encouragement of the processing of local materials into finished goods for domestic consumption as well as for export
6. Income generation and increased economic growth
7. Healthy competition thus encourages higher quality products
8. More goods and services available
9. Development of new markets
10. Promotion of the use of modern technology in small-scale manufacturing to enhance higher productivity
11. Encouragement of more researchers/studies and development of modern machines and equipment for domestic consumption
12. Development of entrepreneurial qualities and attitudes among potential entrepreneurs to bring about significant changes in the rural areas
13. Freedom from the dependency on the jobs offered by others
14. Ability to have great accomplishments
15. Reduction of the informal economy
16. Emigration of talent may be stopped by a better domestic entrepreneurship climate
17. Serious tax advantages
1. Enormous personal financial gain
2. Self-employment, own bossing, offering more job satisfaction and flexibility of the work force
3. Employment for others, often in better jobs
4. Development of more industries, especially in rural areas or regions disadvantaged by economic changes, for example due to globalization effects
5. Encouragement of the processing of local materials into finished goods for domestic consumption as well as for export
6. Income generation and increased economic growth
7. Healthy competition thus encourages higher quality products
8. More goods and services available
9. Development of new markets
10. Promotion of the use of modern technology in small-scale manufacturing to enhance higher productivity
11. Encouragement of more researchers/studies and development of modern machines and equipment for domestic consumption
12. Development of entrepreneurial qualities and attitudes among potential entrepreneurs to bring about significant changes in the rural areas
13. Freedom from the dependency on the jobs offered by others
14. Ability to have great accomplishments
15. Reduction of the informal economy
16. Emigration of talent may be stopped by a better domestic entrepreneurship climate
17. Serious tax advantages
Tuesday, September 15, 2009
TEACHING PLAN
Weather
Title: Weather & Memory
Language: ESL
Grade(s): High School
Program Type: TESOL
Level: beginner-intermediate
Class Profile: This class is a beginner-intermediate high school class with students from all over the world in it. There are 3 students from Haiti, 2 from South America, 2 from Bosnia, 2 from Iraq, and 1 student from India. This class is filled with students who are new in America and they are having a hard time adjusting to the culture, the language, and new environment. Most of the kids miss their friends and family that they left in their home countries. They feel alienated because they do not speak the language. This lesson plan would be part of a larger project to help the students make connections between their home countries and America.
Contest/Theme: This lesson will introduce the worldwide phenomenon of weather. Students will learn the different types of weather, temperature, and feelings associated with weather. The 4 seasons will be discussed and the different holidays that take place during them will be addressed. The students will be able to give some sort of description of their own experiences with the different seasons and holidays.
Description: This lesson will give some examples of American holidays and give the students a chance to think about their own holidays in their cultures. Hopefully the lesson will give the students an opportunity to get to know each other and the cultures that each of them comes from. If anything, the lesson is geared toward the students interacting with each other. The lesson will show that seasons and holidays are all part of life no matter where you go in the world.
Guided participation: The lesson will be introduced with picture cards of the different kinds of weather (rainy, sunny, snowy, windy, foggy, cloudy). The students will be given different thermometers to look at and there will be a short discussion about different temperatures (hot, cold, cool, warm). The students will be asked to think about how they feel when the temperature outside is hot or cold. Depending on the students, the instructor will introduce the new vocabulary (I am cold, I am hot, etc.) A blow up globe will be tossed from student to student and when the student get the globe they will tell each other about where they come from and what the weather is like and if it is hot or cold in their country. The students will get into groups of two with someone not from their own country. The students will have to discuss the seasons and holidays of their own country and present what they found out to the class.
Extension?: The students will get into groups of two and play memory with the words and pictures for all the new vocabulary—memory is a game where you have two cards that match and they are all face down on the table. You turn over two cards and try to match them.
• If there is time left over the students will give examples of how they talk about the weather in their own language. The teacher will try to find similarities to the English language. The teacher will also try to introduce the vocabulary “How’s the Weather?”
o Homework: to copy a prepared worksheet with a dialogue about what the weather is like and how to ask about the weather. The students should be prepared to do an oral presentation about it the next day.
o Week’s Homework: ask 3 other people from different states what the weather is like in those states.
Targeted Standards:
o 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
o 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
o 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
o 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
What changes could be made to this activity to target different, or additional, standards?
To get the students to read more of the language and not have the lesson so orally based, they could read something about weather and culture in America. This activity could also be stretched into addressing other standards if the students were willing to talk to each other in depth about what the different holidays are in their different cultures. It would be important to discuss the different connections between weather and festivities, with a word of caution about discussing religion.
Title: Weather & Memory
Language: ESL
Grade(s): High School
Program Type: TESOL
Level: beginner-intermediate
Class Profile: This class is a beginner-intermediate high school class with students from all over the world in it. There are 3 students from Haiti, 2 from South America, 2 from Bosnia, 2 from Iraq, and 1 student from India. This class is filled with students who are new in America and they are having a hard time adjusting to the culture, the language, and new environment. Most of the kids miss their friends and family that they left in their home countries. They feel alienated because they do not speak the language. This lesson plan would be part of a larger project to help the students make connections between their home countries and America.
Contest/Theme: This lesson will introduce the worldwide phenomenon of weather. Students will learn the different types of weather, temperature, and feelings associated with weather. The 4 seasons will be discussed and the different holidays that take place during them will be addressed. The students will be able to give some sort of description of their own experiences with the different seasons and holidays.
Description: This lesson will give some examples of American holidays and give the students a chance to think about their own holidays in their cultures. Hopefully the lesson will give the students an opportunity to get to know each other and the cultures that each of them comes from. If anything, the lesson is geared toward the students interacting with each other. The lesson will show that seasons and holidays are all part of life no matter where you go in the world.
Guided participation: The lesson will be introduced with picture cards of the different kinds of weather (rainy, sunny, snowy, windy, foggy, cloudy). The students will be given different thermometers to look at and there will be a short discussion about different temperatures (hot, cold, cool, warm). The students will be asked to think about how they feel when the temperature outside is hot or cold. Depending on the students, the instructor will introduce the new vocabulary (I am cold, I am hot, etc.) A blow up globe will be tossed from student to student and when the student get the globe they will tell each other about where they come from and what the weather is like and if it is hot or cold in their country. The students will get into groups of two with someone not from their own country. The students will have to discuss the seasons and holidays of their own country and present what they found out to the class.
Extension?: The students will get into groups of two and play memory with the words and pictures for all the new vocabulary—memory is a game where you have two cards that match and they are all face down on the table. You turn over two cards and try to match them.
• If there is time left over the students will give examples of how they talk about the weather in their own language. The teacher will try to find similarities to the English language. The teacher will also try to introduce the vocabulary “How’s the Weather?”
o Homework: to copy a prepared worksheet with a dialogue about what the weather is like and how to ask about the weather. The students should be prepared to do an oral presentation about it the next day.
o Week’s Homework: ask 3 other people from different states what the weather is like in those states.
Targeted Standards:
o 1.2: Students understand and interpret written and spoken language on a variety of topics.
o 2.1: Students demonstrate an understanding of the relationship between the products and perspectives of the culture studied.
o 3.1: Students reinforce and further their knowledge of other disciplines through the foreign language.
o 4.2: Students demonstrate understanding of the concept of culture through comparisons of the cultures studied and their own.
What changes could be made to this activity to target different, or additional, standards?
To get the students to read more of the language and not have the lesson so orally based, they could read something about weather and culture in America. This activity could also be stretched into addressing other standards if the students were willing to talk to each other in depth about what the different holidays are in their different cultures. It would be important to discuss the different connections between weather and festivities, with a word of caution about discussing religion.
NEWS
T.v local news
MANILA - Iminungkahi ni Speaker Prospero Nograles nitong Miyerkules sa publiko na tangkilikin ang lokal na produkto at magtipid sa paggastos ng dolyar bilang bahagi ng estratehiya upang labanan ang tumataas na inflation rate.
"Ito ay isang kampanya upang makatipid sa dolyar at mapalago ng mga lokal na industriya sa ating bansa," pahayag ni Nograles na naniniwalang mas malaki ang pag-asa ng Pilipinas kaysa sa mga kalapit na bansa para makaahon sa lumalalang krisis pang-ekonomiya sa Asya.
Ang panawagan ni Nograles na tangkilikin ang lokal na produkto ay makatutulong para mapababa ang inflation rate na doble ang itinaas nitong Hunyo, na nagtulak sa pagtaas sa presyo ng mga pagkain ng 10 hanggang 11 porsiyento.
Ang inflation rate ay pamantayan ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin at serbisyo.
Sinabi ni Nograles na hihilingin niya kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na magpatawag ng pulong ng Ehekutibo at Lehislatura kasama ang sektor ng bangko upang bumalangkas ng mga paraan para mapababa ang inflation rate.
"Kailangang gumawa tayo ng paraan para pababain ang lebel ng inflation rate dahil hindi ito makakayanin ng mga negosyante sa Pilipinas," ayon kay Nograles
Radio foreign news
Sa okasyon ng isang taong anibersaryo ng pagyanig ng lindol, pumunta kamakailan sa Sichuan ang mga reporter ng CRI para maikober ang hinggil sa kasalukuyang kalagayan ng purok. Napag-alaman ng mga mamamahayag na sa kabila ng mga negatibong epekto na dulot ng super-lindol noong nagdaang taon at ng kasalukuyang pandaigdigang krisis na pinansyal, salamat sa mga preperensyal na hakbangin ng pamahalaang lokal, masigasig ang mga bahay-kalakal na dayuhan sa pamumuhunan sa Sichuan.
Kaugnay ng mga pinaiiral na hakbangin ng pamahalaang lokal para maakit ang mga puhunang dayuhan sa pakikilahok sa rekonstruksyon ng mga pook na tinamaan ng lindol, ganito ang inilahad ni G. Yi Jun, opisyal mula sa Sichuan.
"Sa isang banda, nakipag-ugnayan kami sa mga multinasyonal na bahay-kalakal para matulungan silang magtakda ng kanilang pamumuhunanang larangan. Sa kabilang banda naman, aktibong nakipag-ugnayan din kami sa mga bansang dayuhan para magkasamang maitakda ang mga kooperatibong proyekto."
Napag-alamang bilang pagkatig sa rekonstruksyon, nahihikayat ng pamahalaang lokal ang mga bahay-kalakal na dayuhan na mamuhunan sa makinarya, piyesa ng sasakyang de motor at semento.
Ayon sa datos, inaasahang aabot sa 1.6 trilyong Yuan RMB o 230 bilyong dolyares ang buong halaga ng rekonstruksyon ng nilindol na Sichuan at maraming mangangalakal na dayuhan ang nakakita ng pagkakataong komersyal dito. Ang Ericsson ay isa sa mga ito at sinabi ng isa sa mga tagapangasiwa ng kompanya na si G. Li Yongqiang na:
"Pagkaraan ng lindol, nakita ng aming kompanya ang posibilidad at pagkakataon ng paglawak ng pamilihang Tsino, lalung lalo na sa larangan ng telekomunikasyon."
Sinabi naman ni G. Liu Xianguang, isang namamahalang tauhan mula sa Lee Kum Kee, isang multinasyonal na bahay-kalakal na gumagawa ng iba't ibang uri ng sauce na ang puhunan sa rekonstruksyon ay kapuwa kapaki-pakinabang sa kanyang kompanya at sa mga sinalantang lugar. Sinabi pa niya na:
"Sa pamumuhunan sa mga nilindol na lugar, makakatulong ito sa pamumuhay ng mga residenteng lokal at makakatulong din ito para sa aming kompanya na maghanap ng isang base ng pagsusuplay ng hilaw na materyal."
Ayon sa datos, bago maganap ang lindol, umabot sa 4149 ang bilang ng mga bahay-kalakal na dayuhan na may puhunan sa anim na pinakaapektadong purok ng Sichuan at pagkaraan naman ng kalamidad, naragdagan ng 174 ang bilang ng mga kompanyang dayuhan may puhunan sa nasabing mga pook.
Salin: Xian Jie
Radyo local news
Amateur Radio Nagbibigay Communication sa San Jose Kapag Vandals Gupitin himaymay
Sa umagang-umaga, lamang pagkatapos ng hatinggabi noong Abril 9, ang isang tao climbed down na apat na manholes sa San Jose, California na lugar sa ilalim ng lupa at hiwa hibla ng mata cable. Ang sabotahe na humantong sa lakit pagkaputol ng mga serbisyo ng telepono - kabilang ang mga sampu-sampung libo ng lupa na linya, ang isang hindi tiyak na bilang ng mga cell phone, Internet access at 911 emergency na serbisyo - mula sa timog sa Santa Clara County, pati na rin sa Santa Cruz at San Benito county. San Jose ay ang county upuan ng Santa Clara County. Gamit ang infrastructure disabled, ang mga lokal na opisyal ng Emergency Management tinatawag sa hamon ng radyo operator sa kanilang komunidad na magbigay ng back-up na komunikasyon. Ayon sa San Jose Merkuryo News, Santa Clara County na tinatawag na ang isang lokal na estado ng kagipitan, "ngunit worst-case scenario ay matagumpay na iwasan sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga hamon radios, door-to-door na tseke at dagdag-gising patrols." - ARRL
$ 250,000 gantimpala sa telepono cable paninira - San Francisco salaysay
MANILA - Iminungkahi ni Speaker Prospero Nograles nitong Miyerkules sa publiko na tangkilikin ang lokal na produkto at magtipid sa paggastos ng dolyar bilang bahagi ng estratehiya upang labanan ang tumataas na inflation rate.
"Ito ay isang kampanya upang makatipid sa dolyar at mapalago ng mga lokal na industriya sa ating bansa," pahayag ni Nograles na naniniwalang mas malaki ang pag-asa ng Pilipinas kaysa sa mga kalapit na bansa para makaahon sa lumalalang krisis pang-ekonomiya sa Asya.
Ang panawagan ni Nograles na tangkilikin ang lokal na produkto ay makatutulong para mapababa ang inflation rate na doble ang itinaas nitong Hunyo, na nagtulak sa pagtaas sa presyo ng mga pagkain ng 10 hanggang 11 porsiyento.
Ang inflation rate ay pamantayan ng pagtaas ng presyo ng mga pangunahing bilihin at serbisyo.
Sinabi ni Nograles na hihilingin niya kay Pangulong Gloria Macapagal-Arroyo na magpatawag ng pulong ng Ehekutibo at Lehislatura kasama ang sektor ng bangko upang bumalangkas ng mga paraan para mapababa ang inflation rate.
"Kailangang gumawa tayo ng paraan para pababain ang lebel ng inflation rate dahil hindi ito makakayanin ng mga negosyante sa Pilipinas," ayon kay Nograles
Radio foreign news
Sa okasyon ng isang taong anibersaryo ng pagyanig ng lindol, pumunta kamakailan sa Sichuan ang mga reporter ng CRI para maikober ang hinggil sa kasalukuyang kalagayan ng purok. Napag-alaman ng mga mamamahayag na sa kabila ng mga negatibong epekto na dulot ng super-lindol noong nagdaang taon at ng kasalukuyang pandaigdigang krisis na pinansyal, salamat sa mga preperensyal na hakbangin ng pamahalaang lokal, masigasig ang mga bahay-kalakal na dayuhan sa pamumuhunan sa Sichuan.
Kaugnay ng mga pinaiiral na hakbangin ng pamahalaang lokal para maakit ang mga puhunang dayuhan sa pakikilahok sa rekonstruksyon ng mga pook na tinamaan ng lindol, ganito ang inilahad ni G. Yi Jun, opisyal mula sa Sichuan.
"Sa isang banda, nakipag-ugnayan kami sa mga multinasyonal na bahay-kalakal para matulungan silang magtakda ng kanilang pamumuhunanang larangan. Sa kabilang banda naman, aktibong nakipag-ugnayan din kami sa mga bansang dayuhan para magkasamang maitakda ang mga kooperatibong proyekto."
Napag-alamang bilang pagkatig sa rekonstruksyon, nahihikayat ng pamahalaang lokal ang mga bahay-kalakal na dayuhan na mamuhunan sa makinarya, piyesa ng sasakyang de motor at semento.
Ayon sa datos, inaasahang aabot sa 1.6 trilyong Yuan RMB o 230 bilyong dolyares ang buong halaga ng rekonstruksyon ng nilindol na Sichuan at maraming mangangalakal na dayuhan ang nakakita ng pagkakataong komersyal dito. Ang Ericsson ay isa sa mga ito at sinabi ng isa sa mga tagapangasiwa ng kompanya na si G. Li Yongqiang na:
"Pagkaraan ng lindol, nakita ng aming kompanya ang posibilidad at pagkakataon ng paglawak ng pamilihang Tsino, lalung lalo na sa larangan ng telekomunikasyon."
Sinabi naman ni G. Liu Xianguang, isang namamahalang tauhan mula sa Lee Kum Kee, isang multinasyonal na bahay-kalakal na gumagawa ng iba't ibang uri ng sauce na ang puhunan sa rekonstruksyon ay kapuwa kapaki-pakinabang sa kanyang kompanya at sa mga sinalantang lugar. Sinabi pa niya na:
"Sa pamumuhunan sa mga nilindol na lugar, makakatulong ito sa pamumuhay ng mga residenteng lokal at makakatulong din ito para sa aming kompanya na maghanap ng isang base ng pagsusuplay ng hilaw na materyal."
Ayon sa datos, bago maganap ang lindol, umabot sa 4149 ang bilang ng mga bahay-kalakal na dayuhan na may puhunan sa anim na pinakaapektadong purok ng Sichuan at pagkaraan naman ng kalamidad, naragdagan ng 174 ang bilang ng mga kompanyang dayuhan may puhunan sa nasabing mga pook.
Salin: Xian Jie
Radyo local news
Amateur Radio Nagbibigay Communication sa San Jose Kapag Vandals Gupitin himaymay
Sa umagang-umaga, lamang pagkatapos ng hatinggabi noong Abril 9, ang isang tao climbed down na apat na manholes sa San Jose, California na lugar sa ilalim ng lupa at hiwa hibla ng mata cable. Ang sabotahe na humantong sa lakit pagkaputol ng mga serbisyo ng telepono - kabilang ang mga sampu-sampung libo ng lupa na linya, ang isang hindi tiyak na bilang ng mga cell phone, Internet access at 911 emergency na serbisyo - mula sa timog sa Santa Clara County, pati na rin sa Santa Cruz at San Benito county. San Jose ay ang county upuan ng Santa Clara County. Gamit ang infrastructure disabled, ang mga lokal na opisyal ng Emergency Management tinatawag sa hamon ng radyo operator sa kanilang komunidad na magbigay ng back-up na komunikasyon. Ayon sa San Jose Merkuryo News, Santa Clara County na tinatawag na ang isang lokal na estado ng kagipitan, "ngunit worst-case scenario ay matagumpay na iwasan sa pamamagitan ng paggamit ng mga hamon radios, door-to-door na tseke at dagdag-gising patrols." - ARRL
$ 250,000 gantimpala sa telepono cable paninira - San Francisco salaysay
Emotional Intelligent
Summary:
The title of the article is “What Makes a Leader?” by Daniel Goleman. According to Daniel Goleman, that what distinguishes great leaders from good ones are isn’t the IQ or technical skills but rather the emotional intelligence. It is a group of five skills that enable the best leaders to maximize their own and their followers’ performance. He was the first to bring the term “emotional intelligence” and applied to business through this article.
Most large companies have employed trained psychologists to develop competency models. Their objective was to determine which personal capabilities drove outstanding performance within the organization and to what degree they do so. Psychologists asked senior managers to identify the capabilities of the organization’s most outstanding leaders. Wherein, they grouped it into 3 categories: purely technical skills, cognitive ability and Emotional Intelligence.
Upon interviewing and evaluating their performance, intellect or cognitive was a driver of outstanding performance but when he calculated the ratio of these 3 categories, EI proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels.
The EI skills are:
• Self-awareness—knowing one’s strengths, weaknesses, drives, values, and impact on others
• Self-regulation—controlling or redirecting disruptive impulses and moods
• Motivation—relishing achievement for its own sake
• Empathy—understanding other people’s emotional makeup
• Social skill—building rapport with others to move them in desired directions
We’re each born with certain levels of EI skills. But we can strengthen these abilities through persistence, practice, and feedback from colleagues or coaches.
He believed that intelligence, toughness, determination and vision are not enough to be a good and effective leader. There should be self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and interpersonal or social skill. He wants to emphasize the importance of the goodness of the heart combined with the brightness of our brain.
The author believed that the intelligent quotient and technical skills are “threshold capabilities” which is that these are the entry-level requirements for executive positions. And according to his research, the EI is the sine qua non of leadership meaning EI is indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient.
Daniel Goleman, author of the bestseller Emotional Intelligence, explores the power of EQ in leadership and shows how we can apply these proven principles to excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others. Studies of star performers have shown that 85% of the difference in success is attributed to emotional intelligence factors rather than cognitive abilities like IQ or technical abilities. In today s competitive world, the art of relationships is more indispensable than ever.
Reflection in this Article:
This article is awesome!!!! I have been a unit manager for almost 3 years and this article was the best thing I ever found. I always new leading people emotionally was a much better way of managing them and getting the best out of my subordinates but this article really brought it home and helped me focus on how to do it properly so as not to seem week or get walked on. It also showed me how to teach other nurses to do the same. I recommend this book to all my co workers.
I like the concept of this article; it is really a good and helpful one. I agree with Daniel Goleman, the author of this article, that it is really a heart does matter to be successful in anything we do. Above all else, our heart dictates what will our future will be. It is follows where our heart is.
The authors show that great leaders-whether CEOs or managers, coaches or politicians-excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using Emotional Intelligence competencies like empathy and self-awareness. The best leaders, they show, have resonance-a powerful ability to drive emotions in a positive direction to get results-and can fluidly interchange among a variety of leadership styles as the situation demands. Groundbreaking and timely, this article reveals the new requirements of successful leadership.
If one doesn’t t grasp the concept of emotional intelligence and how to use it in day to day life (not just for work) this is the article for you.
The title of the article is “What Makes a Leader?” by Daniel Goleman. According to Daniel Goleman, that what distinguishes great leaders from good ones are isn’t the IQ or technical skills but rather the emotional intelligence. It is a group of five skills that enable the best leaders to maximize their own and their followers’ performance. He was the first to bring the term “emotional intelligence” and applied to business through this article.
Most large companies have employed trained psychologists to develop competency models. Their objective was to determine which personal capabilities drove outstanding performance within the organization and to what degree they do so. Psychologists asked senior managers to identify the capabilities of the organization’s most outstanding leaders. Wherein, they grouped it into 3 categories: purely technical skills, cognitive ability and Emotional Intelligence.
Upon interviewing and evaluating their performance, intellect or cognitive was a driver of outstanding performance but when he calculated the ratio of these 3 categories, EI proved to be twice as important as the others for jobs at all levels.
The EI skills are:
• Self-awareness—knowing one’s strengths, weaknesses, drives, values, and impact on others
• Self-regulation—controlling or redirecting disruptive impulses and moods
• Motivation—relishing achievement for its own sake
• Empathy—understanding other people’s emotional makeup
• Social skill—building rapport with others to move them in desired directions
We’re each born with certain levels of EI skills. But we can strengthen these abilities through persistence, practice, and feedback from colleagues or coaches.
He believed that intelligence, toughness, determination and vision are not enough to be a good and effective leader. There should be self-awareness, self-regulation, motivation, empathy and interpersonal or social skill. He wants to emphasize the importance of the goodness of the heart combined with the brightness of our brain.
The author believed that the intelligent quotient and technical skills are “threshold capabilities” which is that these are the entry-level requirements for executive positions. And according to his research, the EI is the sine qua non of leadership meaning EI is indispensable and essential action, condition, or ingredient.
Daniel Goleman, author of the bestseller Emotional Intelligence, explores the power of EQ in leadership and shows how we can apply these proven principles to excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others. Studies of star performers have shown that 85% of the difference in success is attributed to emotional intelligence factors rather than cognitive abilities like IQ or technical abilities. In today s competitive world, the art of relationships is more indispensable than ever.
Reflection in this Article:
This article is awesome!!!! I have been a unit manager for almost 3 years and this article was the best thing I ever found. I always new leading people emotionally was a much better way of managing them and getting the best out of my subordinates but this article really brought it home and helped me focus on how to do it properly so as not to seem week or get walked on. It also showed me how to teach other nurses to do the same. I recommend this book to all my co workers.
I like the concept of this article; it is really a good and helpful one. I agree with Daniel Goleman, the author of this article, that it is really a heart does matter to be successful in anything we do. Above all else, our heart dictates what will our future will be. It is follows where our heart is.
The authors show that great leaders-whether CEOs or managers, coaches or politicians-excel not just through skill and smarts, but by connecting with others using Emotional Intelligence competencies like empathy and self-awareness. The best leaders, they show, have resonance-a powerful ability to drive emotions in a positive direction to get results-and can fluidly interchange among a variety of leadership styles as the situation demands. Groundbreaking and timely, this article reveals the new requirements of successful leadership.
If one doesn’t t grasp the concept of emotional intelligence and how to use it in day to day life (not just for work) this is the article for you.
Sunday, September 13, 2009
LEADERSHIP
Good leadership is of primary importance in that it provides the motivating force which leads to coordinated action and unity of effort.
Three Basic Elements of Leadership (Hollander)
Styles of Leadership:
- Productivity is usually high, but creativity, self-motivation and autonomy are reduced.
- It is useful in crisis situations.
- The control is maintained over the work group. The decision making does not involve others.
- People are motivated by coercion some are directed with commands.
- The communication flows downward. Criticism is punitive.
- It is appropriate to groups who work together for extended periods, promotes autonomy and growth in individual workers.
- Economic and ego awards are used as motivation. People are directed through suggestions and guidance.
- Communication flows up and down. Thus, decision making involves others
- Criticism is constructive.
- It is permissive with or no little control.
- Motivates by support when requested by the groups or individuals.
- Provides little or no direction.
- It does not criticize.
Three Basic Elements of Leadership (Hollander)
- Leader – including his or her personality, perceptions and abilities
- Followers – with their personalities, perceptions and abilitie
- Situation – within which the leader and followers function, including formal and informal group norms, size and density.
- Formal
- Informal
Styles of Leadership:
- Autocratic – Self-centered
- Productivity is usually high, but creativity, self-motivation and autonomy are reduced.
- It is useful in crisis situations.
- The control is maintained over the work group. The decision making does not involve others.
- People are motivated by coercion some are directed with commands.
- The communication flows downward. Criticism is punitive.
- Democratic – People-Oriented
- It is appropriate to groups who work together for extended periods, promotes autonomy and growth in individual workers.
- Economic and ego awards are used as motivation. People are directed through suggestions and guidance.
- Communication flows up and down. Thus, decision making involves others
- Criticism is constructive.
- Bureaucratic – Rule-Centered
- Laissez-faire – Permissive
- It is permissive with or no little control.
- Motivates by support when requested by the groups or individuals.
- Provides little or no direction.
- It does not criticize.
DELEGATION - FIVE RIGHTS
Five Rights of Delegation
Right Task
Right Circumstances
Right Person
Right Supervision
Right Competency, Ability, Capacity, Skills and Knowledge
TYPES OF POWER
Types of Power
Referent Power – Association with others; is when one person has an attraction somehow to the person giving the power. It derives from your subordinates’ identification or association with you. You have this power by simply being "the chief." People identify with the ideals you stand for.
Legitimate – comes from the authority of your rate and position in the chain of command.
Coercive – results from the expectation of a negative reward such as fear and punishment; the supervisor intimidating an employee to do the work or they can be fired or demoted. This can be compared to someone having a power trip complex.
Reward – Ability to grant favors; means an employee believes they are going to get some type of reward for doing their job. The reward could be pay, days off, etc.
Expert – knowledge and Skills; It is based on one individual believing that another individual has so much expertise in an area that they believe everything that is being told to them. You have expert power because your subordinates regard you as an expert in your rating.
Charismatic – Personal; dynamic and powerful persona
Informational – the need for information; it depends on your giving or withholding of information or having knowledge that others do not have.
Self – Maturity, personality, confidence and ego strength
Characteristics of a Good and Effective Leader:
Aristotelian philosophy asserts that some people are born to be lead, whereas others are born to be led.
Leaders should be:
- With good decision making
- Can Work under pressure or Flexible to any situation
- Assertive, Alert, Smart
- Creative
- Prestige
- With good interpersonal skills
- Empathetic
- With emotional balance and control
Saturday, September 12, 2009
Group Dynamics
- Initiator: Contributor who proposes or suggest group goals or redefines the problem. There may be more than one initiator during the group's lifetime.
- Information seeker: Searches for a factual basis for the group's work.
- Information giver: Offers an opinion of what the groups view of pertinent values should be.
- Opinion seeker: Seeks opinion that clarify or reflect the value of other members' suggestions.
- Elaborator: Give examples or extends meaning of suggestion given and how they could work.
- Coordinator: Clarifies and coordinates ideas, suggestions and activities of the group.
- Orienter: Summarizes decisions and actions; identifies and questions departures from predetermined goals.
- Evaluator: Questions group accomplishments and compares them to a standard.
- Energizer: Stimulates and prods the group to act and raises the level of its actions.
- Procedural technician: Faciliates group action by arranging the environment.
- Recorder: Records the group's activities and accomplishments.
Differences in Leadership and Management
MANAGERS
- Have an assigned position within the formal organization
- Have a legitimate source of power due to the delegated authority that accompanies their position
- Are expected to carry out specific functions, duties and responsibilities
- Emphasize control, decision making, decision analysis, and results
- Manipulate people, the environment, money, time and other resources to achieve organizational goals
- Have a greater formal responsibility and accountability for rationality and control than leaders
- Direct willing and unwilling subordinates
LEADERS
- Often do not have delegated authority but obtain their power through other means, such as influence
- Have a wider variety of roles than do managers
- May not be part of the formal organization
CHAPTER 1 Intergrating Leadership Roles and Management Function
- Focus on group process, information gathering, feedback and empowering others
- Emphasize interpersonal relationships
- Direct willing followers
- Have goals that may or may not reflect those of the organization
Holidays In The Philippines
January 1 - New Year's Day
April 9 - Araw ng Kagitingan
Thursday of April - Holy Thursday
Friday of April - Good Friday
May 1 - Labor Day
June 12 - Independence Day
August 30 - National Heroes Day
November 30 - Bonifacio Day
December 25 - Christmas Day
December 30 - Rizal Day
April 9 - Araw ng Kagitingan
Thursday of April - Holy Thursday
Friday of April - Good Friday
May 1 - Labor Day
June 12 - Independence Day
August 30 - National Heroes Day
November 30 - Bonifacio Day
December 25 - Christmas Day
December 30 - Rizal Day
Thursday, September 3, 2009
Business Tips for Successful Life
- Examine your motives. Make sure that you have a passion for owning a business and for this particular business.
- Take the long view and do long-term planning. Map out where you want to be three years from now and how you plan to get there.
- Know your mission.
- Communicate policies to all your staffs in your business. Doing so helps prevent problems and future crises, and helps solve problems before they arise.