Leadership Lessons

Basic Ingredients of Leadership according to Warren Bennis
Guiding Vision: You have a clear idea of what you want to do—professionally and personally—and the strength to persist in the face of setbacks, even failures.
Passion: You have an underlying passion for the promises of life, combined with a very particular passion for a vocation, a profession , a course of action.
Integrity. Your integrity is derived from self-knowledge, candor, and maturity. You know your principles, and have learned from experience how to learn from and work with others.
Trust. You have earned people’s trust.
Curiousity. You wonder about everything and want to lear as much as you can.
Daring. You are willing to take risks, experiments and try new things.
Farsightedness. You keep your eyes firmly fixed on the far horizons, even as you take steps toward it.
Mastery of change. You regulate speed, direction and rhythm of change in the organization so that its growth and evolution match the external pace of events.
Organizational design. You are an institution builder whose legacy is an organization capable of success in realizing the desired vision.
Anticipatory learning. Lifelong learner.
Initiative. Ability to make things happen.
Mastery of interdependence. You inspire others to share ideas and trust each other to communicate well and frequently to seek collaborative solutions to problems.
High standards of integrity. You are fair, honest, tolerant, dependable, caring, open, loyal and committed to the best traditions of the past.

Enjoy Life The Healing Concert

Last Saturday I watched the Healing Concert with my friend Joevy at the Arena. It was a spiritually refreshing concert. I am reminded of my SFC days especially the worship part. I like the songs that the singers sang. One song that has a great message is "Love is Greater than the Universe" sang by a cute priest, I think it's his own composition. One song that made me cry was Bridge Over Troubled Water. The singer has a powerful rendition of the song full of emotion. We can very well relate to the song because of the recent storm that has affected us, but despite the storms in our life we managed to rise above the situation. The reason why I attended the concert was for healing of my mother and for other friends who are sick. I thought I will not cry but I cried, as always when I attend healing session. I feel high and my spiritual life was recharged once more, how I wish there was no ending but the concert has to end. After the healing I'm back to the real world but now ready to face whatever may come with God's help.