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WORKSHOP ON
IGNATIANSCHOOL
LEADERSHIPMarch 12, 2014Day 02
Morning
Tagaytay, PHILIPPINES
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Examining Leadership Stereotypes:
A Leadership of Reflection + Action
Sharing My Leadership
Journey:
A Personal Definition
of Leadership
Navigating the Messy World of Administration:
The Complex Problems of Leadership
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The complex world
calls for DISCERNMENT.
The inner complex world
calls for SELF-AWARENESS.
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BuildingMy Pillar of
Self-
Awareness
Ms. CORIE LUZ
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Self-Awareness
the
rst building blockof DISCERNMENT Especially for leaders
who live and movein complex worlds
outside and inside
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Some kind of
overview
A snapshotof ourselves
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Ignatian Discernment
A shared understanding
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Our dilemmas as leaders
are rarely right
vs. wrongdecisions.
They are usually right
vs. right choices.
Joseph L. BadarracoDefining Moments:When Managers Must Choose
Between Right and Right
TECHNICAL
ADAPTIVE
In making right vs. right choices,
we reveal our values,
test our commitment to those values,
and ultimately shape our characters.
We define ourselves
and the organization we lead.
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Mr. Tony LeungPrincipal
Justin BieberStudent
Ms. Toni ColletteEnglish Teacher
Promote the students formation.
Educate Justins parents.
Help Colette understand.
Keep teachers morale.
Maintain good relations with benefactors.
Keep integrity of the school.Keep construction project going.
righ
tvs.rig
ht
choices
In addressing these adaptive problems(and recognizing them in the first place!),
Mr. Leung clarifies his values, defines himself and the school.
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In Ignatian Discernment,
we believe that
in every given situation,
Gods Will is
the greater good
to seek the greater good
The greater good
is what makes us
less self-oriented
& more other-oriented.But Ignatius warns:
Gods Will is not always
what seems
more other-oriented.
Right vs. Rightchoices(or Adaptive Problems) call for DISCERNMENT.
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To discernTo strainto seedue to uncertainty,
distance or
darkness.
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IgnatianDiscernment
refers towhat we do
to discover
what God wantsfor us:Gods will,
the greater good.
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A true story...
Jill decided to call for a prayer meeting
so they all could pray for openness.To decide, they agreed to toss coins.
The outcome wasto be considered Gods Will.
Sarah, who got the assignmentnobody wanted
shrugged her shoulders and accepted her fate:Its Gods Will.
Jill could not make decisionsabout the assignments of her teachersbecause all had very strong preferences.
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Discerning Gods Will requiresa way of looking at God& a way of looking at life.
What is your face of God ?
What is your outlook in life?
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Godis a puppet
master.Gods
Will only.
Godis a watchmaker.Our Freedom
+ Nature only.
Godis a dancepartner.Gods Will +
Our Freedom+ Nature
Life is aPUPPET SHOW
Life is aFINISHED PRODUCT
Life is anONGOING DANCE
God is involved, butalso respects our
freedom & nature.
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Life as a
PUPPET SHOW
Life as a
FINISHED PRODUCT
Life as an
ONGOING DANCE
discernment
From absolutedivine controlto no involvement at all...
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Discernmentis possible and makes
sense only if we believe:that God is involved in our livesand that we have real freedom
within the constraints of nature.
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GOOD BAD
GREATER
GOOD
Discernment is a search for Gods Will.
God can only want what is good.So discernment is NEVER a choice between good and bad,
or a decision between right and wrong
because God never wants something evil.
Discernment = always a choice between two goods
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MoralDiscernment
hen what is right & wrong
isnt clear
Ignatian
Discernmentwhen the greater good
isnt clear
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NO PROB
NO PROB NO PROB
?
? ?
Discernment
is not
easy.
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theEMOTIONAL
self
theWISE +
DISCERNING
SELF
theLOGICALself
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True orFALSETRUE
FALSE
What do your responses tell you aboutyour beliefs about emotions & feelings?
The more TRUE responses you have,
maybethe less positiveyour attitude towards emotions?Maybethe less comfortable you are
with your feelings?
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For St. Ignatius of Loyola,
Discernment =interior movements
motions of the soul
examining our thoughts(understanding),
but also
& ESPECIALLY our feelings,
desires, memory, imagination
Reason is overratedin discernment:
Necessary but not suffi
cient.
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EXPERIENCE
REFLECTION
ACTION
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External Events
Internal Events
EXPERIENCE
REFLECTION
ThoughtsFeelings
Action Urges
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REFLECTING on Experience
DISCERNING My Response
PRAYING for Confirmation
IGNATIAN DISCERNMENT
The Ingredients of
DISCERNING My Response
PRAYING for Confirmation
REFLECTING on Experience
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Reection on external events andour interior movements
Ignatian discernment begins with
St. Ignatius invites us
to pay attention to our thoughtsand feelings, our imaginings,desires, attractions & repulsions.
REFLECTION ON EXPERIENCE.
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BRAND NEW BOSSA CASE STUDY
PAIR WORK
MISS MARIA SILVANew English Department Chair
Not an exercise in problem-solving
but an exercise inEMPATHY
Questions:
* What could Maria have been feelingtowards the end of her rst meetingwith her department?* What could have made her feel thatway?* If Maria were to react based on herfeelings, what would she feel likesaying and doing? (Be ready to act itout)
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What influences our feelings?
thoughts
feelings behavior
Give an example of how ourthoughts affect our feelings.What if we change ourthoughts?
Give an example ofhow our behavior
affects our feelings.What if we change
our behaviors?
events
GOD
InfluencesoftheGood&BadSpirits
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glad
sad
mad scaredAll emotions are ashade or a mix of
these 4.4 basic
emotions
Which oneis your "default"--even if not triggered
or warranted?
Feelings affect us
more than wesuspect, so its helpfulto know which one wefeel most frequentlyor in general--for no
reason.
hurt
surprised
Feelings?Intensity?
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Not questions, but statementsabout self, others, life, world...Where could these be comingfrom?
How valid are these thoughts and
beliefs?What would be theconsequences of believing them?
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We have often have unconscious or beliefsabout ourselves, others, the world, or life in general.
BELIEFS about SELF BELIEFS about Others
Im undesirable. Im inferior. Im notgood enough.
If others know me, they will reject. IfI put on a front, they may accept me.
I should be perfect. I cant makemistakes. I must be in control.
If Im not responsible, the world willfall apart. Others are unreliable.
Im helpless. I cant take care ofmyself. I need others to take care of me. If Ido it myself, Ill fail.
Im superior, special, or gifted. (Imactually inferior). I need to succeed.
If people dont treat me in a special,it means they dont value me.
Im nothing. Im not important. I need
to be noticed.
If Im not entertaining or dramatic,
others will ignore me and not like
I never fit in. Others have nothing to offer me.Relating with them will only harm me.
Theres something wrong. Im bad. Illsurvive if I depend on myself.
Other people will abandon me. Theycant be trusted.
What if I change them?
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REFLECT on Experience
DISCERNING My Response
PRAYING for Confirmation
IGNATIAN DISCERNMENT
The Ingredients of
DISCERNING My Response
PRAYING for Confirmation
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If a friend were in my place, what would I advise him/her?
How would I feel about my response years from now?
At my deathbed? At the Last Judgment?
for nowDISCERNING My Response
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You may have
undergone an
experience similar to
the case, one that
triggered emotions andcalled for discernment.
(Or you may currently
be going through one).
Use this worksheet to:
(1) recall & reect onthis experience
(external & internal), &
(2) make a discerned
response.
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