The Call to LeadershipThe Ateneo Graduate School of Business

Session 3: Leadership DevelopmentJanuary 8, 2014

The Prayer for Generosity

Dearest Lord,

Teach me to be generous.

Teach me to serve you as I should:

To give and not to count the cost,

To fight and not to heed the wounds,

To toil and not to seek for rest,

To labor and ask not for reward;

Save that of knowing that I do Your Most Holy Will.

Mary Seat of Wisdom. Pray for us.

Recap & Re-entry

‣ Let’s just recall some ideas. What do you remember about the following:

‣ The reading on Authentic Leadership

‣ Leadership VS. Management

‣ Leaders create change (from good to great)

‣ 5 Levels of Leadership

A Story Of Someone’s Call & Journey Towards LeadershipHow does someone become a leader?

Film Showing:The Last Journey of Ninoy

Discussion Questions

‣ What did Ninoy want to do at the end of his life (aka what was his call to leadership or his purpose?)

‣ What were the significant experiences that lead his to that?

Was Ninoy a leader in our definition?

‣ Did people willingly follow him?

‣ Did he exhibit competence, character, and a sense of purpose?

‣ Did he exhibit authentic leadership?

‣ Lead with passion & values, heart & head

‣ Know themselves: strengths, weaknesses, motivations

‣ Use transforming experiences in his mission

‣ Build others. Empower others.

‣ Did he create change?

The Call to Leadership happens in the story of our lives.

Childhood

Adolescent

Young Adult

AdultPhysical & mental development to

move to autonomy.

Main influence is family.

Foundational skills in school.

Socialization.Learn values.

Transition periodExperiment -

identity, roles to develop a sense of

selfMain influence are

friends/ peer group

“Who am I?”

Begin to make your way in the

worldGrowth in

relationships & career

“What am I supposed to do?”

Sense of responsibility

Building somethingMaking a

contribution that’ll outlast their lives

The Call & Work of Leadership happens here

Thesis # 3:Defining one’s purpose for leadership is an interplay of self & context: your personality, history & family influence.

SELF

+ CONTEXT

CALLTO LEADERSHIP

THE WORK OF LEADERSHIP

Who are you?

Making a differenceExercising character, competence, and purpose

Often sharing the important experiences/lessons of our life

What is happening around you?

What do you feel you needto do? What is important to you?

SELF

+ CONTEXT

CALLTO LEADERSHIP

THE WORK OF LEADERSHIP

Family, Personal History,Personality (Desires, Skils, etc.)

What decisions did Ninoy haveto make in different phases of his life?

What did he feel like doing orwant to do?

Points to Highlight in Ninoy’s Journey

‣ Part of the call to leadership is the journey of transformation - we change and we change the context/environment.

‣ Mixed motivations are normal. Ninoy didn’t start out with pure intentions but they were purified.

‣ There were transforming experiences in his life:

‣ Imprisonment in Bonifacio took away his career and his future. It made him see his quest for power & prestige

‣ Isolation in Laur made his lose everything & made him get in touch with the most important things: faith & family.

‣ Boston gave him back everything that was most important to him.

‣ Transformation: It takes from us to purify us and it gives us something to empower us

‣ Ninoy’s purification

‣ Ninoy’s empowerment

‣ Transformation can be fast & sudden or slow & gradual

• We as people have many layers (like an onion)

• External- expectations of others, cultural norms, image

• Internal - motivations, needs, values, dreams, sense of meaning

• Transformation helps us become authentic leaders

• Peels away the non essential/ even disordered layers

• Reveals our true real selves. Our true best selves.

• We are not changed. We evolve into the better versions of ourselves

• You cannot give what you do not have. But you naturally give what you do have.

• And learnings in transformation are significant lessons. We share the significant lessons in our life.

• Our leadership call & work sometimes follows themes in our life

Transformation begins from withinIt’s what happens in our insides vs what happens to us on the outside that is more important to our personal change.

The first step is self-awareness: to know our many different layers better.

Narrate a transforming experience in your life: (a) what were you, (b) what happened, (c) how were you more authentic after?

• Write enough so that the situation is clear

• This question is not graded. It lays the ground work for your self-analysis in the next question.

Reflect on the experience & analyze yourself:

What did the experience take or purify from me?

What did it give me (ex. a skill, a lesson, attitude, personal insight)?

What did I learn about myself from it? (d) How important was the experience in making you who you are today?

Application Paper # 1

• Answer both questions. 3 pages max. At least font size 12.

• Try to think & rethink your answers. Write & rewrite so you can deepen the self analysis. Ask 5 “So whats?”

• Email to jdeguzman@gsb.ateneo.edu>by Jan 15.

• Late papers accepted & required but earn a 0.5 deduction

• Word or Text Document. File name: 27+LastName+Initial First Name+P1.doc (ex. 27PascualP P1.doc)

Application Paper Instructions