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3Q 2012 | Issue 6 | Brought to you by:
MAXIMIZE THE POWER IN YOU!
I
believe
that
when
you
develop
your
personal
powers
to
the
fullest,
you
become
confident.
When
you
are
confident,
you
are
joyful.
When
you
are
joyful,
you
“Maximize the intuitively
want
to
share
the
joy.
When
things
flow
in
Power in You” this
way,
you
start
to
build
self-­‐leadership,
which
helps
to
build
your
team
and
organizational
leadership
as
In this issue well.
I
believe
that
to
develop
your
strong
leadership
is
to
empower
you
–
to
enable
you
to
develop
or
grow
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set
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on
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3. 2
1
3
What
is
the
“Power
in
You”?
This
performing
organization
and
is
POWER refers
to
your
personal
powers,
essential
to
self-­‐leadership.
NOTES which
may
be
derived
from
People
in
high-­‐performing
internal
or
external
sources.
organizations
are
regarded
as
Internal
sources
include
your
“appreciating
assets”
who
grow
knowledge,
talents,
skills,
more
valuable
with
knowledge
Maximize the competencies,
values,
potential,
and
experience.
They
are
influence,
while
external
sources
POWER in YOU! include
your
position,
tasks,
developed
by
these
organizations
through
formal
training,
association
and
information,
mentoring
and
on-­‐the-­‐job
among
others.
It
also
happens
to
By Elaine Cercado support.
be
the
basis
of
our
company
name,
de’POWERinU,
as
it
aptly
Ken
Blanchard
then
defined
the
describes
our
mission
of
bringing
three
critical
skills
of
a
self-­‐leader
out
the
power
in
each
person.
as
follows:
This
article
focuses
on
how
you
could
lead
by
developing
your
• Challenging
assumed
internal
and
external
powers
to
constraints.
An
“assumed
the
maximum.
This
is
important
constraint”
is
a
belief
based
because
you
cannot
lead
a
team
on
past
experience
that
limits
or
an
organization
unless
you
are
current
and
future
able
to
develop
and
lead
yourself
experiences.
Self-­‐leadership
first.
teaches
the
person
to
let
go
of
the
assumed
constraints.
What
is
Self-­‐Leadership?
• Celebrating
your
points
of
In
Ken
Blanchard’s
book
“Leading
power.
According
to
Ken,
At
A
Higher
Level,”1
he
wrote
“If
there
are
five
sources
of
empowerment
is
to
be
successful,
power:
position,
personal,
organizations
and
leaders
must
task,
relationship
and
develop
self-­‐leaders
in
the
knowledge.
The
key
is
to
workforce
who
have
the
skills
to
know
your
points
of
power,
take
initiative…An
organization
and
then
expand
them.
filled
with
self-­‐leaders
is
an
• Collaborating
for
success.
organization
with
an
empowered
This
is
the
time
when
self-­‐
workforce.”
leaders
take
the
initiative
to
“Self-leadership is about
get
the
directions
and
developing individuals to
pick up the ball and run
Ken
then
reiterated
the
need
to
support
they
need
to
with it… Individual learning train
people
on
self-­‐leadership,
successfully
achieve
their
is a key element of high- which
is
about
developing
goals.
performing organization individuals
to
pick
up
the
ball
and
and is essential to self-
run
with
it.
He
said
that
individual
How
Do
You
Maximize
the
leadership.” (K. Blanchard) Power
in
You?
learning
is
a
key
element
of
high-­‐
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4. 2
1
4 (Continued
from
page
3)
improvement
plan.
POWER
Firstly,
you
have
to
be
aware
what
Secondly,
consistently
NOTES powers
you
currently
have
and
demonstrate
the
ACE
values.
once
you
are
aware,
make
a
ACE
stands
for
authentic,
personal
development/
courageous,
and
energetic.
improvement
plan
and
execute
it.
Once
you
are
aware
of
your
Maximize the I
suggest
knowing
thyself
through
powers
based
on
your
self-­‐
self-­‐assessment
and
360
degrees
assessment
and
feedback
from
POWER in YOU! feedback.
Similar
to
making
a
others,
you
are
ready
to
assert
company
SWOT
(strengths,
and
demonstrate
your
unique
(Continued)
weaknesses,
opportunities
and
strengths
and
powers.
This
threats)
analysis,
make
a
personal
requires
strong
convictions
and
SWOT
analysis.
There
are
also
consistent
efforts,
as
there
will
By Elaine Cercado
many
personality
profiling
surely
be
challenges
along
the
/diagnostic
tools
in
the
market
way,
whether
from
people
you
such
as
MBTI
personality
test,
DISC
work
or
interact
with,
or
from
personality
test
and
Hay
group’s
the
organization’s
structure,
Managerial
Style
Questionnaire
culture
and
politics.
(MSQ)
that
you
can
use
to
Authenticity
understand
yourself
better.
I
also
Mindtools.com
wrote,
suggest
looking
into
one
of
our
“Authenticity
means
you're
EMPOWER
mentoring
modules,
“Purpose”
which
is
all
about
true
to
your
own
personality,
finding
your
passion,
mission
and
values,
and
spirit,
regardless
of
vision
in
life.
In
this
module,
I
use
the
pressure
that
you're
under
to
act
otherwise.
You're
honest
“The
Path”
process
by
Laurie
Beth-­‐
with
yourself
and
with
others,
Jones,
which
I’ve
personally
used
and
you
take
responsibility
for
to
define
my
mission
and
vision
statement.
As
for
the
360
degrees
your
mistakes.
Your
values,
feedback,
this
entails
that
you
get
ideals,
and
actions
align.
As
a
result,
you
come
across
as
feedback
from
your
boss,
peers,
genuine,
and
you're
willing
to
direct
reports
and
external
clients
based
on
key
criteria.
You
may
do
accept
the
consequences
of
this
through
formal
360
degrees
being
true
to
what
you
consider
EMPOWER: PURPOSE is all about tools
available
in
the
market,
or
to
be
right.”
finding your passion, mission and
through
informal
surveys
or
How
does
being
authentic
vision in life…
interviews.
Key
differences
empower
you?
To
answer
this,
I use “The Path” process by between
your
self-­‐assessment
and
let
me
reiterate
a
key
point
Laurie Beth-Jones to define the
feedback
from
others
can
from
our
EMPOWER
seminar
mission and vision statement.
serve
as
a
starting
point
for
your
series
3:
Find
/
know
your
personal
development/
anchors
–
your
core
values
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5. 5
(Continued
from
page
4)
Winning
leaders
also
create
purpose
and
principles
–
and
be
POWER firm
with
them.
Once
you
are
energy
in
others.
How?
They
motivate
with
their
enthusiasm
firmly
anchored,
you
are
strongly
NOTES empowered!
and
actions.
They
aim
for
stretch
goals
that
inspire
Courage
ambitious
effort.
They
turn
negative
energy
to
positive
use.
Winston
Churchill
said,
“Courage
is
Maximize the what
it
takes
to
stand
up
and
How
does
being
energetic
empower
you?
Energy
sustains
POWER in YOU! speak;
courage
is
also
what
it
your
continuous
learning
and
takes
to
sit
down
and
listen.”
In
(Continued) development,
which
is
critical
the
book
Leadership
Engine
by
for
you
to
develop
your
personal
Noel
Tichy2,
he
wrote
about
how
powers
to
the
fullest.
Energy
is
winning
leaders
never
take
the
By Elaine Cercado critical
also
when
you
develop
easy
way
out.
They
face
the
hard
and
empower
the
people
under
facts,
make
the
tough
calls
and
the
your
care.
difficult
“yes
or
no”
decisions.
Risk
and
pain
don’t
deter
them.
Your
self-­‐understanding
and
set
of
ACE
values
are
critical
success
How
does
being
courageous
factors
to
developing
and
empower
you?
Real
courage
maximizing
the
power
in
you.
empowers
you
to
take
actions
and
As
mentioned
at
the
start,
it
is
risks,
at
the
same
time,
it
anchors
important
to
maximize
the
you
to
your
authentic
self.
Noel
power
in
you
because
you
Tichy
wrote
about
leadership
edge,
cannot
lead
a
team
or
an
which
means
showing
the
courage
organization
unless
you
are
able
of
your
convictions.
Edge
is
not
to
develop
and
lead
yourself
arbitrary;
rather
it
is
based
on
the
first.
To
develop
your
strong
leader’s
ideas,
vision
and
values.
leadership
is
to
empower
you
–
Edge
is
about
being
honest.
to
enable
you
to
develop
or
Winning
leaders
pursue
the
truth
grow
the
people
under
your
and
can
explain
it
to
others.
care,
who
will
then
help
you
Without
edge,
convenience
wins
achieve
set
goals.
over
conviction.
1
Leading
at
a
Higher
Level,
Ken
Winning leaders also create Energy
Blanchard,
2007,
pages
103-­‐116
energy in others. How? They
2
motivate with their enthusiasm & The
Leadership
Engine,
Noel
M.
Tichy,
Again
in
the
book,
Leadership
1997
actions. They aim for stretch Engine
by
Noel
Tichy,
he
wrote
goals that inspire ambitious
that
winning
leaders
are
high-­‐
effort. They turn negative energy
to positive use. energy
people.
They
are
focused
and
determined,
and
they
like
(Leadership Engine book)
challenges
and
enjoy
their
work.
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6. 6
DEVELOPING
POWERFUL
THINKERS AND
LEARNERS
I had the privilege to attend Dr. Ron Richhart’s session last 11th of October
at Canadian International School. I wish to share a few key take-aways
from this wonderfully refreshing session on how to build “cultures of
thinking” by making thinking visible.
GROW MINDSET. How you view and handle failures /challenges /problems
depend on whether you look at your intelligence and talents as
fixed/static or changing/growing. Those on the second set look at
problems as opportunities to learn and grow. Dr. Ron also talked about
the research done on how our mindset is shaped by feedbacks we
receive. For example, one who always receives general feedback based
on ability (“You are smart”) versus feedback based on process (“You
study hard and achieve good results”) tends to base and protect his/her
identity on that ability, which then affects his/her mindset. Whereas a
person who always receives feedback based on process would be more
open to change or grow, e.g. the mindset becomes “If I study harder, I
POWER SESSION can achieve better results.”
ARGUE. Allow your child, or the person you wish to develop, to argue with
you – that is, to engage in a respectful debate. With your child, “arguing”
with is actually one of the factors that make him/her less susceptible or more
resilient to peer pressure because they can bring over the ability to
engage to their peers.
DR. RON RICHHART WMYST. Next time you are in a conversation with your spouse, child or co-
worker, ask, ”What makes you say that?” You will be surprised at how the
By Elaine Cercado thinking and the conversation will become deeper, broader and richer. It
builds the culture of thinking – as thinking is valued, visible and promoted.
For more details on Dr. Ron Richhart’s Visible Thinking, visit
http://www.pz.harvard.edu/VT/VisibleThinking_html_files/01_VisibleThinkingInAction/01a_VTIn
Action.html
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POWER EVENT
Guest Speaker: Ms. PAULETTE LIRIO, PMC, ACTA, CPA
Guest Sharers: Ms. CONSUELO MENESES &
Ms. ELISA MONTANO
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Solutions
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• Revamped
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